1-4 Years Old
You've seen it before: your toddler walks right up to the pool, ready to jump in, whether or not you are there to catch him. His confidence is beyond his skills. ISR training for older children uses their confidence to help them build real swim survival skills.
Building Confidence
Your ISR instructor will work with your child's initial skills to help him or her gain confidence around the water. ISR will not make your child over-confident and fearless, but it will teach your child a healthy respect for the water and for his or her own safety.
Swim-Float-Swim
Older children learn to swim and float and to combine those skills into the swim-float-swim sequence. With these skills, your child will able to swim independently to the wall, then roll back onto the back, where he or she can float and rest, then flip back over and continue swimming toward safety. This teaches your child to move at his or her own pace toward the safety of the side of the pool or the shores of a pond or lake.
Aquatic Problem Solvers
ISR is not traditional swimming lessons. Like swim lessons, ISR is a specific technique and set of skills, but it teaches your child more: to be an aquatic problem solver not just a swimmer. Should your child find himself in trouble in the water, his ISR training would give him the tools to help himself out of the situation.
Building a Foundation
With ISR as a foundation, your child will have the confidence to expand his or her skills. Your child will understand that the water is a friendly place to play if you respect its inherent dangers. After completing ISR training, your child will be ready for lifelong joy on, in, and around the water.
