With summer just a few weeks away (yay!) and just in time for National Learn to Swim Day on May 19, I’m so excited to announce that we made the SwimWays Swim Team. This is another fun ambassadorship that will allow us to give you the scoop on great kid gear.
So, this summer, both kids will be learning how to swim with SwimWays gear onhand. The big kid will be learning with SwimWays Swim Step 3 and the babe will be floating along with Swim Step 1. The SwimWays’ Swim Step program is a three-step approach that include swim-training aids to help parents teach kids to swim at home.
Raising Water Babies
I spent endless summer days in our family’s swimming pool and then, as I got older, I lived it up at the beach. Growing up in a beach town, my summer days were routinely spent in the water, from sunrise to sunset. So, now that I’m a parent I hope to enrich my kids’ summers with the same love for the water.
We live in a lake community now, so swimming at the “beach” aka our lake, fills our summer days. Even though the Big Kid has the basics of swimming down, he doesn’t officially know how to swim yet. That said, I cant wait to help him learn the fundamentals of swimming and how to stay safe in the water.
And now that we have the baby, the wee one can’t be forgotten. Baby will be along for the ride on our swimming adventures, where we’ll nurture his activity in the water with Level 1 Swim Steps.
Celebrate National Learn to Swim Day
It’s going to be a fun summer, and I can’t wait for our beach days and teaching the boys how to swim with the help of SwimWays. Speaking of which, to help usher in those summer days full of swimming, SwimWays created National Learn to Swim Day to help raise awareness about the importance of teaching kids to swim. On that end, SwimWays is hosting the first annual National Learn to Swim Day Event at the Greenbrier Family YMCA in Chesapeake, Va from 1-3 pm. The event will not only be a grand opening of the YMCA’s outdoor pool for the summer, but it’s also a way to celebrate National Learn to Swim Day. The event is open to members and non-members and will feature fun activities and goodies. If you’re not in the Hampton Roads area, you can still enjoy National Learn to Swim Day by visiting a community pool or simply enrolling the kids in swim lessons!
Facts and Tips
Here are some staggering facts that SwimWays passed along:
· According to the Red Cross, drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related death for children ages 1 to 14 years old.
· Statistics show that children ages 1 to 4 drown most often in home swimming pools.
· Children were often out of sight less than 5 minutes and under the care of one or both parents at the time of many home pool drownings.
For more resources on pool safety, tips and products for teaching the kids to swim, be sure to check out SwimWays’ TeachMetoSwim.com website.
