Silver Bear Swim School - Swimming Lessons

	Baby Bear Program
	We believe that swimming and aquatic activity is an integral part of the development, health and happiness of every infant/toddler (6 months to 3 years). Swimming is not only an important safety and life skill that is best learned at an early age, but infant/toddlers who consistently engage in swimming instruction and aquatic activity have been shown to be better socially, physically and mentally developed than children that do not.
	Our lifelong aquatic experiences, as well as our hearts, tell us that swimming is best introduced to infant/toddlers in a comforting, caring, nurturing, fun environment that encourages children to learn at their own pace and style. Baby Bear swimmers are ages six months to three years old and require an adult in the water with them. All of our Baby Bear curriculum is developed around, and works towards, mastery of five key swim skills. Everyone activity we do focuses on at least one of these skills and our goals for graduation require children to demonstrate proficiency in them. Having Fun - - Very important! Submersions - - Voluntarily holding their breath and swimming under water Kicking - - The primary way babies can propel themselves in the water Pool Wall Practice - - A critical safety skill Independence in the Water - - Executing all above skill with little or no assistance Safety Information (PDF)