Swim Lessons - Boynton Beach,FL

My son is 6, swims like a fish, but he's never had a lesson and NEVER swims in the winter. I don't think they'll forget a thing. It will be fine!

We usually do a short refresher course at the beginning of summer and it all comes back. Kinda like riding a bike :) I say you can skip winter.

I am curious why you need to break?
1. Free their schedule for school work=Yes school work comes 1st
2. It is because it is cold out= No Bring warmer clothes and use the hand dryers for hair dryers and have them dry and then bundle up.
3. Is it for $$?=Yes you need to do what is good for your family
I think only you know what is going to work for your family and no one else can. My oldest has been in swimming all year for 3 years, and for school I have pulled him and his younger brother. is it fair no My yourger son should be able to get the full 3 years like his brother; however, they both have the skills needed to swim with out a float in deep water so ... For my family school needed to be the priority. Do what you see is best for your household.

Hi Maria,

Please consider that we are in FLl and that in South Florida, drowning is the number one cause of death in children ages 5 and under!!! Our answers should be a bit different than people up north!!

We live in Ft. Lauderdale - what I learned to do is to break from whenever it gets too cold (usually in late October sometime) until January. We do a month worth of swim lessons in an indoor, heated pool in January (it is also a super nice treat) and then break again until our city begins swim lessons in early April.

I didn't do this when my son was 2 (has an April bday) and by the time we started swim lessons again in April when he was 3 he HATED the pool and had forgotten almost everything. It was nearly 2 months to get him back to where he was...

We do city swim lessons from April - October once per week (Saturdays). We also try to get in the pool and reinforce the lessons at least once per week or more with our one year old and 5 year old. I go to British Swim School for the January lessons. Expensive but worth every cent.

Cheers,
C.

Well, since you live in florida I think not doing swimming lessons any particular time of the year is kind of odd. If you are tired of going to them then take a break but not because of a particular month the calander is on.

We plan to. DD is almost 6.

We've taken a break from swimming lessons every summer. During the summer we only swim for fun. It hasn't set our daughter back (she's 9 now and in the highest level swim lesson class).

I grew up on a lake, so every summer was spent swimming every day, as well as swim lessons at the pool. We really did not have any swimming opportunities over the winter but it didn't matter - it really did not set as back any at all.

So funny, we had this conversation just last night at my sons swim lessons. Another mother and I noticed that the class sizes have decreased significantly. One of the instructors said that this was a common occurrence of students dropping out after the summer ends. She said, yes they do forget particularly for those (like me) that don't have a pool for them to practice in. She said they come back the next summer and have to go back to the beginner sessions. I have decided to keep my son in as long as I can.

Of course it's ok.
My grandaughter took a year off, and when she got back (with a different instructor) they just asked her to do some exercises to see how advanced she was, and they took off from there. Phew! That sentence left me out of breath!!

We take breaks.

My mom had us go every summer and we never had issues.

Swimming is like riding a bike - once you know how, you never forget. You might be a bit rusty at first, but instinct kicks in and off you go!

My kids are 6 and 4 and we've taken the winters off and both have been fine picking it back up in the spring/summer.

We take a break in the winter. It just gets so hard and cold. We just do spring and summer.

My daughter is 5 years old, she did not start swim lesssons till 4. My daughter was deathly afriad of water touching her face (bath time was a living hell till she was 4), she was fine in the bath tub or wading pool but anywhere else I had to be holding her hand otherwise she would not touch the water.

I have thought of taking a break but I am seeing a lot of progress right now and would hate to put a hualt on it in fear of her regressing. The place I go to has swim lessons year round, we are in WI, and I think it is a great activity for when we can not play outside when it is below 20.

Being a swim teacher and lifeguard myself we were always told to encourage parents to NOT take breaks, one to keep that pay coming in and two to keep the kids on track. Now to be honest about 50% of the kids did regress a fair amount and had to drop down a level to relearn stuff while the other 50% who took a break remembered everything they learned previously. So it really is up to what kind of kids you have, and then at a certian point when they are at a high enough swimming level taking a break is fine for all. You can always try taking a break and if you see that they regressed when you start back up just keep up with the lessons then with no breaks till they are well established swimmers.