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Welcome to the Bear Paddle Swim School Blog. Our results-focused story-based approach to teaching lessons builds confident and skilled swimmers, so parents can rest assured that their child is having fun while learning to swim.

Encourage Kids in Learning to Swim

Learning to swim is one of the most important skills your child can learn. According to the CDC, two children under the age of 14 die from drowning every day....

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Prepare Toddlers for Lessons

Toddlers will often get scared of things they don’t know or understand. Unfamiliar environments, new faces, and uncomfortable scenarios can make most children scared. This is where the comfort of...

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Compare Group vs Private Lessons

When searching for suitable swimming classes for your children, class size is one of the most important factors you must consider. The number of kids present in one lesson can...

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Find Swimming Tools for Kids

Regardless of whether you want your kid to learn to swim for safety reasons or for fun, there are a few things that you should expect in a proper swimming...

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Learn About Infant Swimming

Infant swimming lessons have become more popular than ever over the years, and for a good reason. The American Academy of Pediatrics claims that swimming lessons help reduce the risk...

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Explore Swim Lesson Basics

When finding the appropriate swim classes for your kid, you need to consider their age, skill, and the kind of class you want them to take. And to determine what...

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Best Age to Start Swim Lessons

Swimming is always fun and exciting, especially for first-time parents and curious kids. However, not all kids are ready for the water from the get-go. They might get scared too...

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Adapt Lessons for Special Needs

Swimming is a great life skill for children of all ages and abilities. Not only does it help kids become safer in the water, but it’s also a fun activity...

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When to Start Baby Swim Lessons?

Most parents wonder when to start swimming lessons for their baby. After all, swimming is an essential safety skill that can help your child later in life. And if your...

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Count Swim Lessons Needed

Swimming is an important life-saving skill you can teach your kids. According to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, participation in formal swimming lessons is associated with...

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Understand Swim Timelines

Swimming looks easy, but takes an immense amount of coordination that is sometimes underestimated. Swimming involves mastering every single muscle in the body in order to move smoothly, efficiently, and...

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Discover 5 Benefits of Swimming

When you think of swimming, you probably think of summer and not what are the health benefits of swimming actively year-round. And it’s true that unless you live in a...

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