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Baby FINS- Parental Cues

We hope you are having a FINStastic day! You have been in swim lessons for weeks now and we hope you and your baby are having a blast together! In the 2nd email we sent (insert blog post here), we talked a lot about water safety and the skills you and your baby will practice in class that are safety focused.You have probably heard the instructor count with you to cue your baby by saying...Read More

Baby FINS- Parent Portal

We hope this email finds you well and that our weekly emails are answering all of your questions while also teaching you about things you didn’t even know to ask about! Our goal is to have every parent at FINS feeling very informed about what their baby is learning, why it is important and how they can expect to see everything play out during swim lessons.  Today’s blog post is going to divert...Read More

Baby FINS-Breath Control & Swim Progression

Congrats! You’re rolling right along and getting into a new groove of swim lessons with your baby. Before long, your baby will recognize this as a pattern in their weekly schedule and an activity that they look forward to! Babies are creatures of routine and habit, they learn best through repetition. Remember, we talked a few weeks ago about how the baby is not bored and in fact loves...Read More

Baby FINS- Safety

By now, hopefully, you have had a chance to bring your baby to swim class at least once maybe even twice. We certainly hope you both are loving the time together. If your sweet baby seems less than thrilled to be in the water,or is not yet doing what you see other babies doing in the class, remember that is OK! Check back on the blog post from last week (insert link here) where we chatted...Read More

Welcome to our Baby FINS program!

We are thrilled that you have chosen FINS as your swim school! FINS is a locally owned, family-run business with a big passion for teaching water safety and developing a love for swimming. By giving the gift of swim lessons to your child, you have taken an amazing step forward in the fight against the drowning statistics. Did you know that drowning is the leading cause of accidental death in...Read More

Advanced Swim and Safety-Tools

We hope you are having a FINStastic day! You have been in the Advanced Swim and Safety lessons for weeks now and we hope your child is having a blast. We get questions all the time about equipment and tools needed for swim lessons. Today we are here to answer all of your questions about goggles, flippers and swim caps, oh my! Goggles: At this stage of swim lessons, most, if not all students...Read More