All Abilities Swim Academy

09/27/2026

09/23/2026

Specializing in water anxiety and past water trauma. We meet you where you’re at! Beginners, intermediate and advanced lessons available.

09/22/2026

Ages 6 months through adults. 10 minutes 4 days a week for 4 weeks. We get results!

09/22/2026

Ages 6 months and up!

09/21/2026

How do we help kids that don’t want to put their face into the water? Using sensory gating.

09/21/2026

If your child doesn’t want to put their face into the water. Some helpful tips from Coach Jodi.

09/15/2026

We call this “interference”.

🐸💦 SURVIVAL SWIM TIP: Keep Bath Time Short & Simple! 💦🐸

During survival swim training, we encourage parents to keep bath time focused on hygiene rather than long periods of water play. Here’s why:

🛁 Bath time is for bathing—not practicing survival skills.
Long periods of sitting and playing in the tub can create habits that don’t translate to an unexpected fall into a pool, lake, or other body of water.

🧠 Position matters!
When babies spend a lot of time sitting upright in water, they become accustomed to that posture. But in a real water emergency, sitting upright is not the position that allows a baby to keep their airway clear.

🌊 In open water, a horizontal position—especially rolling onto the back—is essential for accessing air and beginning the swim-float-swim/self-rescue sequence.

That’s one reason survival swim lessons are so intentional about teaching babies what to do when things don’t go as planned.

❤️ Short baths. Safe routines. Purposeful swim training.

And remember: No bath, water play, or swim lesson replaces active, hands-on supervision. Never leave a baby unattended around water—even for a moment.