Lilly's Bluefin Aquatics

Learning how to go underwater is a vital survival skill for children when swimming but some kids might find putting their faces under the water scary or unnatural. Overcoming this fear requires practice, encouragement, and lots of patience. Once they have learned to hold their breath, submerging their faces can become a fun activity.

3 important water safety skills all children should know!

By introducing back floating at an early age, children will quickly get used to the feeling of buoyancy and water in their ears. Both of these sensory experiences can be done with visual demonstrations as shown in this video with the baby doll

This bluefin is working on getting the streamline technique down 🙆‍♀️🤩

This little bluefin learned how to get back to safety and propel herself, an important water survival competency skill that all children should learn 💧

Here is Emily, our new instructor teaching this little Bluefin the “rollback-to-float” method. This method teaches children and babies how to roll over onto their backs to float, breathe, and swim back to safety.

Look at how long this little Bluefin can float 🐬

A child born with hemiplegia working on his mobility