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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For all those who do swim lessons - do you make your kids go or do they actually like it? We let our (3) kids stop once they were safe in the water but only one ever learned strokes beyond front crawl. It was always such a chore getting everyone to lessons but I’m sure they all could benefit from further instruction[/quote]

DD7 did a year of group swim classes from age 4 to 5 and did quite well, learned all of the safety stuff, mastered crawl, and started learning other strokes. Then we stopped lessons and thought occasional pool time during the year (like at hotels, etc) and swimming during summer camp would be good enough to keep the skills up. We were sorely mistaken. She lost a lot of what she had learned. Now she is in private swim lessons once per week and has regained most of the skills. Plan is to keep her in for probably 1-2 full years and then see if retention is good enough to stop. My goal is (1) survival, (2) proper stroke basics, and (3) endurance (mostly as relate to #1). No desire for swim team or otherwise.

Swim is a huge PITA in colder months. She changes from school clothes into her swimsuit and puts on sweatpants and sweatshirt and socks with boots, then gets into her coat/hat/gloves and we go to class. Sheds everything for the lesson, then after the lesson it's back into the sweats, towel wrapped around her head or she puts a winter hat on, then home, then take it all off and shower. (She does not want to shower at the pool). Logistically, swim is easier in the summer![/quote]

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