The Benefits of Infant Swimming Lessons
Children have the potential.
It’s up to us to give it to them.
Baby swim lessons benefit you and your child equally and we have the science to prove it.
Let’s Dive Into Research
By the age of three, a child’s brain has reached almost 90% of its adult size
A baby’s brain is a fragile sponge. Babies are completely dependent on their parents as a means to build resilience and strength for their years to come.
It’s up to us to give babies the loving trust needed for their brain to create 100 billion brain cell connections.
Safety Benefits
Participation in formal swimming lessons can reduce the risk of drowning by 88% among children aged 1 to 4 years
Swimming lessons should be considered for inclusion as part of a complete prevention program
In a case-controlled study in rural China, Dr. L. Yang and his associates reported a 40% reduction in drowning risk in open bodies of water for children participating in formal swimming lessons
Motor Development
Baby swimmers develop better balance, movement, and grasping techniques than non-swimmers
This difference persisted even when the children were 5-years-old; baby swimmers still outperformed their peers in these skills
Dr. Hermundur Sigmundsson and his colleagues at Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Compared with a control group which did not take year-round lessons, the children who swam consistently from infancy were significantly stronger and more coordinated
Moving in high water resistance strengthened the children's muscles more rapidly than playing on the floor because swimming activates more large muscle groups
Cognitive Benefits
Children under the age of 5 involved in swimming lessons are more advanced in their cognitive and physical development than their non-swimming peers
Minor benefits to social and language development
Children who were taught to swim by the age of 5 had statistically higher IQs
The amount of a person's movement and exercise affects the size and memory capacity of their hippocampus
The hippocampus is an area of the human brain primarily associated with memory and learning
The number of neurons in the hippocampus of humans increased in a controlled exercise program
