Private Swim Lessons with Karla Mlachak

07/01/2026

Swim Families! Happy 4th of July. Please, can we commit to assigning a Water Watcher this weekend, and always? The concept is simple. Dedicate a specific spot near the water (in the shade) and provide water, sunscreen, a whistle, a red ball cap, a thick floating tube, and a water-watcher lanyard. NO PHONES! Make a sign-up sheet, and let each responsible adult take a 20-minute turn. You are literally watching the water, and anytime a young or inexperienced swimmer wanders by, redirect them to find their parent so that the parent can swim, play, and have so much fun with them. I believe swimmers love the water so much and will do almost anything to gain access. Take your setup to the beach house, the campsite, the backyard pool, take a turn, and have a meditative time watching the water's calming effects. Sometimes, it seems that the more adults are around, the more likely someone else is watching the swimmer. I have a few extra lanyards if anyone needs one. Please commit to and have a fantastic weekend celebrating 250 years of this wonderful home we call America. I love you all. .

06/11/2026

Everyday, someone calls wanting to know how to help keep their swimmer safe. Do we all remember the swim lesson waiting bench? I love you all and miss you dearly. Send me swim updates on all your super fun lives.

The best way to keep swimmers safe around the water is to teach them to wait calmly before entering and to also wait for a responsible adult to invite them to swim. Please practice at home. The words we say are, “please wait while I get organized. I want to watch you have so much fun swimming” and “thank you for waiting to go in the water. Would you like to swim with me?”

09/04/2025

35 years ago, I was scuba diving and suffered an injury to my ears. Since then, I have not gone deeper than 12 feet in the water, and more recently, not deeper than 9 feet. I gave up an activity that I loved over a fear of a repeat injury. Last week, I hired a private scuba guide and slowly reintroduced myself to a favorite love. Please please please say yes to any activity that you once loved and say yes to overcoming ingrained fears. We are way stronger and more capable than we give ourselves credit for . Say yes to the water and say yes to living a life unafraid.

06/26/2025

The summer of 2017 marked the beginning of my private swimming lesson program. I started with 3 families, with big sisters as my first students, and then the baby sister, and in 2024, I finally had the chance to help the parents become swimmers, too. How amazing is it to bring the joy of swimming to an entire family? What an incredible journey we've all shared. I began and ended with the same family and taught hundreds more along the way. We are all

08/15/2024

Wherever there is water, there must be a dedicated watcher to help keep swimmers safe. I choose Murphy as my extra set of eyes!

08/08/2024

The swimmer for life rules are stated that someone has to take you for ice cream when you first learn to go completely under the water. An amazing and huge heaping of ice cream joy to Master Oliver!!!!! 2 times, flying through the air and then going under on the second verse of ring around the rosy. “Cows in the meadow, eating buttercups, thunder, lightning, we all POP UP!

08/04/2024

After we earn our 💚Green is for go, we move on to real life situations of falling off the docks or falling off the boat. We practice all possible scenarios and end with falling off the boat and knowing that we are on our own, we have to save ourselves. This young swimmer knew he had to take off all his clothes and after calling for help, swim to safety. I am so proud to say that Mr. Jack is water and boat safe.

08/01/2024

Check out this young swimmer, making his way across the deep part of the pool❤️That boy can hold his breath and swim for a loooong time! We are working on arms plus legs and staying nice and flat. Mr. Logan, you are high-five swimalicious 🙌🙌🙌

07/25/2024

Our newest 💚Green is for Go member has joined our community! Hello and welcome to Ms. Payton!!!She started as a shy swim sister, happy to sit on the steps with her Mom, while her big brother worked toward earning his own
💚Green is for Go. Too soon, this young, confident, capable, happy and super strong swimmer effortlessly graduated and became a

07/20/2024

Where will the joy of water take you? For me, it was to Cleveland Metroparks so that my amazing daughter, who is certified to teach kayaking/paddle boarding and sailing could teach her old Mamma a thing or two. Katie Mlachak is my favorite instructor❤️❤️❤️❤️