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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By what age do kids know how to swim around here? [/quote]

If you have you child in the pool regularly as a toddler, and don’t use wings, or other floats as a crutch, but actively participate with them them in the pool and swimming, age 4 seems to be the natural time frame they can swim independently.  But unfortunately, lots of parents throw on the floaties so they can be hands free.  Teaching swimming is super easy, and you don’t need to be a great swimmer yourself.  But it has to be done before they afraid of water or heavily reliant on floaties. [/quote]

There are a number of posts now purporting teaching swimming to be easy.  Can you guys share some resources of HOW to teach a child to swim?  Not just being comfortable in the water, but actual swimming skills and how to progress/build on skills. TIA![/quote]

Not snarky: google or YouTube it. There are some excellent videos out there.[/quote]

+1 this thread isn’t about how to teach kids how to swim anyway. FWIW I don’t think it’s easy. The kids have a fear of putting their head under. That’s why you have to start young.[/quote]

Yeah with a 9yo I would not try this yourself- get private lessons with a swimming instructor.

Sometimes kids respond better to a different authority figure than their parents, particularly when there is fear involved.[/quote]

Yes. We tried to teach DD to swim but she doesn't like taking that kind of instruction from us. She did great with a swim class and various coaches though. She wants to learn things "on her own" (with a teacher counts as on her own to her) and then show us what she can do and see us be proud. I think some kids are just like this. I could never homeschool![/quote]

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