Swim Lessons

Anna Catherine and Jackson took swim lessons from Maley Swim School the first two weeks of May. We wanted the kids to have some lessons before we go on vacation. Not that I expect them to be advanced swimmers in two weeks but I do want them to be comfortable in the water and to be able to get to the side if there were some sort of accident. In hindsight, I wish I had enrolled them for the weekly spring session. I know that many people who give lessons have to wait until summer because they use their own outdoor pools. But, if you think about it, why wait until summer to give swimming lessons? What good does it do to give lessons during the swim season? That would be like sports teams not having practice until the season has already started. How can the person improve their skills if there is no practice during the off-season? Ideally, I think children should learn to swim during the fall/winter so they are ready to swim in the summer. Enough of my ramble...


Jackson is afraid of water...at times. He screams bloody murder when you get his head wet in the bath tub. He also loves to play in the rain and will stand under the downspout for long periods of time. This makes absolutely no sense to me whatsoever!!! How can you hate water one minute and love it the next?!? Only Jackson could be capable of this. We enrolled him in the beginner class. He was freaked out and held onto Miss Jessica for the first week. He was terribly afraid to put his face in the water and he would barely kick his legs. Eventually, the teachers would let go of him and let him sink to the bottom of the pool. They would swoop him back up to the surface and let him regain his composure. Poor fella. He was the worst student in his class. I am hoping he will get more comfortable in the water this summer. We have a pool in our subdivision that we plan to use a few times a week.

Even though Anna Catherine has taken private lessons in previous years and absolutely LOVES the water, we enrolled her in the same beginner's class with Jackson to refresh her memory. By the end of the two weeks she was able to swim the width of the pool without taking a breath and she swam the length of the pool while only needing to take a few breaths. She was also able to roll from her stomach to her back while swimming. Not to brag, but she was the BEST in the class. The other mothers said the same thing.

Anna Catherine is eager to learn the different strokes and would like to be on a competitive swim team. We will enroll her in the next level for the fall session. We will also be enrolling Jackson and Chloe for the fall session. Jackson will remain in the beginner class and Chloe will be in the waterbabies class.