We’re Celebrating Our 20 Amazing Years of Teaching Babies and Young Children.
Guess what? We’re turning 20 this year! We couldn’t be more excited to be celebrating 20 years of teaching half a million children the life saving skill of swimming. This milestone is a huge deal for us and we’re passing on the good vibes to you, our customers, this year by partying in the pool and hosting massive giveaways as we look back on our long career of teaching. ??
We’re celebrating this huge milestone with a party in your local Water Babies class! The atmosphere is going to be electric with special songs and activities for you and your little one to enjoy as hand-picked party bags for you to take home. ???
Your Water Babies teacher will be dressed up in their party gear, and you and your little one are more than welcome to join them. Whether that’s a fancy-dress costume or a party hat, the choice is up to you. (Please no feathers or sequins to protect the pool!)
The Benefits of Baby Swimming
? We stimulate their cognitive growth.
Compared to non-swimmers, water babies are top of the class when it comes to cognitive development. Griffith University of Queensland, Australia found that children that had swum as babies were…
- 11 months ahead in oral expression. 1
- 6 months ahead in mathematics. 1
- 2 months ahead in reading. 1
- 17 months ahead in story recall. 1
- 20 months ahead for understanding directions.
? We advance their physical development
Sleep, eat, exercise, repeat. Swimming helps regulate all of these essential activities. Babies and toddlers who swim with us have…
- Have stronger heart and lung functions.
- Have better balance and are better at grasping things. 2
- Are significantly stronger and more co-ordinated. 3
- Walk earlier than their peers.
- Have improved appetites and sleeping patterns.
? We nurture their emotional growth
We provide you with the perfect backdrop to support the bond between you and your little one.
- Promotes bonding.
- Boosts confidence. 3
- Stimulates positive emotions. 3
- Provides structure.
- Rewards achievement.
The First Water Baby to Become a Water Babies Teacher
Meet 18 Year Old Beau-Anya. From a little village between Leeds and Bradford in West Yorkshire, Beau-Anya’s story began with us when she was a tiny baby. Little did she know it would ignite a passion for swimming that she carries with her to the present day.
Paul Thompson, the Founder of Water Babies was Beau-Anya’s Swimming Teacher and one of her earliest memories was high fiving him at the pool!
“Swimming has been a huge part of my life ever since I was little. I have done swimming ever since I was little with both my Mum and my Dad. I really loved the whole progression from when my mum took me to Water Babies lessons and then we continued that into the pool where we continued learning to swim.
There are lots of benefits to going to Water Babies, the big one is water confidence. I’ve got such a passion for swimming, whether that’s in the sea or in a lake, I know how to be safe in those open water environments.”
