PARENT AND TOT SWIMMING ACTIVITIES

Teaching Parent and Tot swimming is a unique and rewarding experience. You'll be working with babies and toddlers aged six months to three years, introducing them to the water and teaching basic swim skills such as kicking and floating. 

As an instructor, it's important to create a supportive and engaging environment for both the parent and child. With patience, communication, and a playful approach, you can help families develop a love for the water while also building a strong bond between parent and child.

Here are some valuable teaching tips:

1. Opening games

Opening activities for Parent & Tot should take less than 5 minutes, be fun and imaginative and ease children into the water. Here are some good ones

2.  Circle time

Aim for 5 to 10 minutes of circle time. Try breaking circle time up into two or three 5-minute sessions throughout your lesson. There are lots of fun activities, games and songs to use during circle time. Here are a few of our favourites:

• A Bob Story
• Grand Old Duke of York
• If You're Happy and you Know It
• The Hokey Pokey
• Fishy in the Ocean

3. Skills

Progressions are just as crucial with parent and tot as other levels. You can explaining progressions to the parents to prevent boredom and allows them to work with their kids outside of class time as well. Here are some sample progressions.