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[quote=Anonymous]I can’t speak to the other options on your list but my kids take lessons at old city swim and we’re very happy. We also know numerous other happy families there.

The learn to swim program includes a lot of little kids, but some slightly bigger kids as well. They evaluate the kids at their first lesson and place them in a level based on their skills. Our younger child, now 6 but 5 when they started, could swim freestyle but not float on their back when they started. They were placed in a lower level because floating on your back is a requirement for advancing, and received a few weeks of dedicated instruction on that skill, and have quickly advanced 2 levels since then. In learn to swim the lessons are 30 minutes at a set time, the kids are in the water with the instructor, and they have to hold onto the wall when not working with the instructor.

My older child (age 9) is in their “stroke school,” which is the program after learn to swim.  Stroke school is very much stroke development. Lessons are 30-60 minutes, up to 6 kids, you set your schedule on an app and can go daily if desired, instructor is out of the water.  My 9 year old works hard, has fun, and is improving. It isn’t really a team because the other swimmers and instructors may be different from lesson to lesson, which is a drawback for us so we’re hoping they get into the DC WAVE developmental program.  But if that doesn’t work out we will continue with OCS because the growth is really apparent. This is a kid who previously took 1:1 swim lessons and did not advance stroke development at all - peer presence is critical for them to stay engaged.

9 yo started in learn to swim and spent about 5 months moving through those levels before leveling up to stroke school. They could swim, but similar to our younger child they didn’t have all the skills necessary to advance. OCS is appropriately strict about making sure the fundamentals are there before moving them up and are very transparent about what needs to be done.

It’s also convenient from NE DC. 
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