Swim Class Times

Important Information

1. Our Swimming lesson program is a PROGRESSIVE swim system. Your child will learn to swim at their own pace, while going under evaluation by our instructors. As your child masters a skill he/she will then progress to a new skill.

2. We use the Safer 3 approach. Safer Water, Safer Kids, and Safer Response.

3. Our pools are 4' deep all around. We have viewing areas and restrooms as well as changing facilities.

4. All of our employees are First aid and CPR Certified with extensive training.

5. Our department leader has over 13 years of teaching experience and over 10 years experience watching children at the pool.

Rain Days
Classes will be cancelled due to rain 30 minutes prior to class. Please call if you are not at home at this time. Make ups will be held on Friday at regular class time. If it rains for more than 2 days during your two week session then we will do make up classes on Saturday.

Water Gear
It is MANDATORY that parents equip ALL non-potty trained children (learners, too) in Permanent Swim Diapers, as accidents in the pool can be a very costly event. DO NOT SUBSTITUTE: plastic training pants, disposable swim diapers, regular diapers of any kind. Use ONLY the Swim Diapers that are available at the Leaps & Bounds Croaker's Cove Gift Shop or the IDENTICAL brand from elsewhere. Also available for our swimmers at the Croaker's Cove Gift Shop: goggles, water toys, gym bags and more!

Just You and Me Kid
A great way to spend time and learn together. For your child, the Tadpole Training Just You & Me Kid classes are pure fun. And for you, JY&MK classes are a wonderful way to take advantage of the unique manner in which water has of strengthening relationships. And for us… well, we know Leaps and Bounds Just You & Me Kid classes are a wonderful way to help your child, at a young age, associate water with pleasure and fun (rather than fear and anxiety), in order to develop a life-long love and respect of the water.

Note: Your child should register for Group classes after celebrating their third birthday. Rare exception: Parents of children, 30 months of age (not 29 months) who naturally LOVE the water and are eager to separate from MOM or DAD may speak with the Tadpole Training Director about registering for a Group class. With youngsters, it a wise rule of thumb: go slow, don't push.

PARENTAL ADVISORY: PLEASE READ AND HEED…

1. Relax. When confronted with fearful situations, children tend to collapse emotionally in the presence of their parents. As difficult as it is to accept, in stressful situations, children generally fare better when parents are not available as a crutch. We are experienced in calming distressed children and you can confidently leave your youngster in our hands and exit the deck area.
   
2. No parents or siblings on the deck. We have a covered area for your comfort, right outside our pool or you may go inside the building and sit in the parents area. As children do better when they are not observed, we only allow observation for the last 5 minutes of each class and for the entire time on the last day of the session.
   
3. Please respect our age groupings. In our competitive USA culture, the impulse to 'fudge age groups' is powerful. Please resist the seduction of 'fast-tracking'. Seventeen years of experience with thousands and thousands of youngsters has taught us that the potentially negative learning attitudes caused by 'pressures to learn' as a youngster don't manifest themselves until later years. By the time your child is in Jr. high school, he/she will either 'love to learn' or will be 'anxious about learning', displaying an "I can't" attitude or an apathetic, "I don't care" attitude. So be wise: in these early years especially before 2nd grade, please allow your youngster to learn in a relaxed atmosphere.
   
4. Our small, 4:1 ratio exists for one reason- to provide a unique and exceptional swim experience for your child. However, there is a downside to our small ratios: it limits the number of students we are able to accept and favorite classes fill up quickly. So… to avoid being booked out of a class, please familiarize yourself with the registration information in our 'How to' Handbook.