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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When DS was 4 we went to a resort with a big pool. He was in at all day, every day. On day 1 I had to hold him and by about Day 4 he was diving to the bottom to grab toys. He had 2 years of lessons before this. While it might be extreme, I truly think that was the only way he was going to learn, we didn't do that on purpose, but realized about halfway through the trip the added benefit. If you can't go on a trip, could you do a couple of staycations with a great pool? Probably a better way to spend your money than a coach at this age. [/quote]

+1000

This is the way all 3 of mine learned, and the only thing that really worked. Oldest DC had 2-3 years of pretty much worthless swim lessons- ended up learning on vacation where we spent all day in the pool at age 6.  By kid #3, I didn’t even put him in lessons until he was able to “swim” (jump in, confidently surface and paddle a short distance back to the wall happily). He swam the earliest, flew through his swimming lessons and is the best swimmer of the 3 today.

Staycations or get a membership at an indoor pool and spend a lot of time there.

IMHO early swim lessons are pretty pointless [/quote]

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