Make bath time, holidays and swimming lessons fun for all the family with our tips for building water confidence...
Building water confidence in your baby or toddler positively affects so many areas of your family life. Here's some handy tips for you to try with them when you are next in the pool or even the bath!
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Don’t be put off by the cold weather, we still love swimming in the winter, and we hope that you do too!
Here are some handy tips to keep the trips to the pool fun for all…
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The Puddle Ducks difference - ever wondered what makes us different to other baby and child swim schools – apart from our gorgeous duck 😉?
Our Technical Director, Ali Beckman has spent the last 2 years redeveloping our Baby & Pre-school programme and here she is to tell you exactly why what we do and the way we do it is truly ground breaking and a first in our industry.
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One of, if not the most important aspect of learning to swim is being safe in the water.
Many of our activities are great fun for the little ones but they are picking up a personal survival or water safety skill without even realising.
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Swimming Skills that turn into Life Skills
Learning to swim is a win-win. Not only do you learn an essential, potentially life-saving skill, you also develop skills that will help enhance yours and your family's lives.
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The signs, symptoms and what to do.
To coincide with Meningitis Awareness Week (18th - 24th September), the Meningitis Research Foundation have written this guest blog for us.
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The baby swimming industry speaks out
All the major UK bodies involved in baby swimming have come together to speak out and warn parents about the dangers of ‘survival’ methods being taught to young infants.
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Has your little one asked for some goggles but you don’t know if they’re old enough?
“I started off going to baby swimming classes, and we both loved it! Suddenly, my baby swimmer has become a little toddler, a little wilful, and seems far less happy to put his face in the water. Should I buy him some goggles?”
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Do you know what hyponatremia and secondary drowning are? What causes them? Is there a risk when you take your baby swimming?
As with all scaremongering, there has to be a scientific argument to back it up and quite often there isn’t! This article will settle any fears parents may have about taking their babies swimming.
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