Baby Toddler Swim Classes

These classes are for children from 6 months to 4 years old. We like to have mixed age ranges because each age group contributes in different ways to the class. As our older kids pick up more advanced gross motor skills, such as kicking faster, they serve as role models for the infants. At the same time, infants tend to put their faces in the water faster, showing the older kids that it’s not that scary.

As a parent, you will be in the water and will be an active participant on your child’s swim journey.  You will be your child’s “spotter,” helping him or her perform the activities safely and happily.  We also teach you the skills you need to take what you learn in class and have fun with your little one in the pool, lake or ocean.

Please note that you will need a parent or caregiver for each child registered for the class.  For example, if you register your twins for the class, you will need to have two adults in the water to work with the two children.  Our coaches need to watch all the children and run the class, so they will not be able to hold a child.

All of our babies and toddlers begin in Infant Toddler 1 and work their way up to Infant Toddler 3.  When they turn four years old, most families move their kiddos into the Preschool classes for kids ages four and five years old.  Children who have been in our Infant-Toddler program have great success in the Preschool classes and beyond because of the relaxation, water comfort, and fun that we instill while we help them become good little swimmers.

The amount of time that takes depends on the age of your child, whether they come to class once per week or more frequently, and the pace at which they become comfortable with the water and the skills they’re developing.  You’ll find below short descriptions of the skills learned in each class and a rough guide for the ages of the kids in the classes.

Infant-Toddler 1 (6 Months to 4 Years)

• Become comfortable and relaxed in the water.
• Acclimate to being in a group class setting and working with a swim instructor.
• Learn how to immerse their face, hold their breath underwater, and glide with a kick for up to 3 seconds.
• Learn to safely enter and exit the water.

Infant-Toddler 2 (18 Months to 4 Years)

• Extend their “endurance” by adding more immersions and swims.
• Build the distance and time for swims with kicks up to 7 seconds.
• Learn to do a “safety swim” — enter from a seated position, swim out, turn around, swims back, and climb out.
• Jump into the water from a standing position and swim to a parent or caregiver.

Infant-Toddler 3 (2 1/2 Years to 4 Years)

• Add a simple arm motion to the swims on the belly to the gliding and kicking we’ve done up to this point.
• Learn to float, glide, kick, and add the arms when swimming on the back.
• Learn to swim into the wall, grab the wall, and come to a safe resting position
• Learn to self-launch into a front swimming position and swim to the parent
• Search for and retrieve submerged objects and return to a parent

We keep the size of our classes small to give each parent-child more attention and practice. Our student-to-teacher ratio in our Infant Toddler swim classes is 5:1 maximum.

Each Infant Toddler swim class lasts for 30 minutes. The time flies by, and at that age, half an hour in the pool tuckers the kids out.

In our custom-designed Swim Studio, babies and toddlers swim in warm, comfortable Endless Pools. The pool sizes and warm water are ideal for our youngest swimmers (and you, the parent or caregiver!). As they get older, our Endless Pools will help your child learn faster and will make him/her a better swimmer overall.

Our group classes run year round. Enrollment in our group classes is open-ended. There is no official end date to our classes and you may join us for as long as you’d like. How long you remain enrolled in our classes will ultimately depend on your swimming goals. We recommend joining us for at least three months to see measurable improvements.  Within three months, most children are happy and comfortable in the water, able to hold their breath and glide for at least 1 second, and enter and exit the water safely.

Tuition will run automatically each month for as long you are a student. You may discontinue at any point. The value of any remaining credits can be held on account, transferred to another account, converted to other services and products, or refunded to your credit card on file.

The monthly tuition for our Baby Toddler program is provided in the table below.  For parents who want to speed up the learning process, we offer a 7% discount on tuition for additional weekly classes you book.

Class	Cost Per Month
Infant-Toddler 1	$142.00
Infant-Toddler 2	$142.00
Infant-Toddler 3	$142.00

In addition to tuition, there is a non-refundable $25 annual membership fee to cover insurance and safety costs. If you continue on with us beyond one year (and we hope you do), you’ll be charged the membership fee on each anniversary.

Please be aware, a $25 cancellation fee will be charged to your account if you discontinue your classes during the first three months of your enrollment. There are no cancellation fees if you cancel after three months of enrollment. For more details about withdrawing from a class, see “Disenrollment from Automatic Tuition Renewal” on our Policies and Procedures page.

When you register for a class, we charge your credit card that day for the first month of tuition. We will then set you up for automatic payment on the same day in subsequent months. We will keep you on auto pay until your child moves into a class with a different tuition or until you discontinue taking classes.

In addition to charging you for the first month of tuition, we will also charge you a non-refundable $25 annual membership fee to cover insurance and safety costs. If you continue on with us beyond one year (and we hope you do), you’ll be charged the membership fee on each anniversary.

If you withdraw your child from class within the initial three session period, you will be assessed a $25.00 cancellation fee.  For more details about withdrawing from a class, see “Disenrollment from Automatic Tuition Renewal” on our Policies and Procedures page.

Parents rave about our classes. We encourage you to check out our online reviews:
              

Sorry, but we do not offer private lessons to this age group. Private lessons are available at the age of 4.

By default, we put all of our new students in our entry-level class, Infant-Toddler 1.  If your child has taken swim lessons at another provider, it’s difficult for us to determine by class names or skill descriptions where your child would fit into our sequence.  We will be happy to schedule your baby or toddler for a free Infant-Toddler 1 trial class, so we can meet your kiddo and you can see what our program is all about.

In almost all cases, we’ll keep your child in the Infant-Toddler 1 class to get used to the routine and our approach.  Based on our assessment, we’ll start your child at a skill level difficulty appropriate for their current situation.  To schedule a free Infant-Toddler 1 trial class, contact our office at (773) 342-7250 or submit an online request for us to contact you.

Here’s the complete schedule for Infant-Toddler swim classes.  Click the Filters “three line” icon to filter the results by day of the week, time of day class name, and instructor.

See “What is the Cost for Group Classes” above for more details on tuition and membership policies.

Please fill out the contact form below to put in a registration request with our office.  If you have more than one child, refresh the page and submit additional requests as needed.  A member of our team will get back to you within 1 business day. If you would rather speak with someone, please feel free to call us at (773) 342-7250 during our office hours (Monday – Friday: 9 am – 7 pm | Saturday – Sunday: 9 am – 5 pm).