Swimming Lesson for Kids
Choosing a private swim coach for your kids can be a make-or-break experience in the kid's growing years. A personal mentor and friend to your child at this tender age, the selection can be the difference-maker in whether your kids look forward to the weekly swimming lessons, or dreads them (which means trouble for the parents!).
As such, placing your trust with a proven service provider for your dearest children is a decision not to be taken lightly, as it will ultimately affect the family as a whole.
Why Trust Swimray's Kids Swimming Lessons
This is where Swimray can make the difference. Over the years, Swimray's swimming lessons for kids have been the main reason why we are ranked as Singapore's Top Private Swimming Lessons provider on Google.
Swimray is also currently the only swimming school that is an award recipient of the Top 500 SMEs of Singapore in 2022.
The credibility of our swimming lessons for kids can also be seen in our extensive prominent media features, such as The Smart Local, CNA 938, Channel 8 and Yahoo Singapore.
Testimonials from influencers
Uniqueness of Swimray's Coaches for Kids
Due to the delicate nature of kids' swimming lessons, our coaches who are deployed to your kids are intensively trained before deemed ready. Their performances are also constantly watched over by our performance and review team, to ensure only the best is given to your children.
Besides being well-trained in the basic Swimsafer syllabus, they are also exposed to unique skills training, such as our Swimray Accident Survival Program, and Open Water Training. These trainings also extends to volunteer work such as our projects with the Singapore Association Of The Visually Impaired.
The extensive training program of our coaches ensures that they are not only well-trained but are also able to garner a strong sense of empathy needed for kids' swimming lessons.
Why are our Kids Swimming Lessons Unique
All our private swimming lessons for kids are structured around our main objectives:
2. Water Safety
With Swimray, your kids would be immersed in creative yet effective learning drills that are essential in building a strong foundation for independent swimming.
Your kids would be trained in accordance with our proprietary syllabus:
Tangible improvements against a checklist are guaranteed, with our kids swimming lessons being personalized to the psychology of the individual kids. Parents would not be seeing repetitive drills, but rather a comprehensive skill-focused, game-based approach to bring out the best in every child.
Children Learn To Swim Syllabus
Grow your children into all-rounded swimmers (Swimsafer Competent)
Beginner Phase ( 1 month )
- Water Confidence
- Breath-holding underwater
- Introduction to Breaststroke or Freestyle
Intermediate Phase (6 months)
- Basic front stroke- Breaststroke or Freestyle
- Basic backstroke- Survival Backstroke
- Treading water
- Swim a lap with ease
- Swimming with clothes
- Passing of Swimsafer Tests (Level 1-2) and National Service Tests
Stress-free kids swimming lessons
- Media featured, socially-proven swim school
- You are looking for an empathetic, specialized private swimming coach with experience in Special Needs volunteer projects and specialized training program
- Your child is showing fear with their present swimming classes
- Your child is not able to swim even after learning for a long time
- You would like a backend team to support your schedule changes
- You would like a performance team to ensure your coaches' performance is up to mark
What Happens in your Kid's First Swimming Lesson
First lesson nerves in a swimming pool is a daunting experience for most young children.
As much as we are skill-focused, our private swimming coaches are well trained to be able to engage in rapport-building communication and trust-building with children.
A professional diagnosis is then being analyzed of the child’s limits and capabilities in the one-off trial session. Thereafter we would communicate our individualized plans for your child after every lesson, ensuring you are is well-informed of your child’s learning progress.
Why do kids need to learn to swim in Singapore?
Swimming has transformed into more than just mere survival skills in Singapore, but is more of a requisite in many aspects of life here.
This makes signing up your kids for swimming lessons even more important.
- Kids are expected to pass mandatory swim tests in most International Schools and all Local Schools
- Children have regularly exposed to school outdoor activities that require swimming, etc, Swim Physical Education, Swimming activities in orientation camps
- With over 200,000 condominiums in Singapore, swimming pools are everywhere.
- Swimsafer test is a mandatory program in all local primary schools
- Swimming is an expected skill for all males when serving National Service
FAQ Children Swimming Lessons
How long is each children swimming lesson?
Children Swimming Lessons: 45mins per session
Where will the children swimming lessons be held?
The swimming classes can be held in your private/condo pool if you have access to it.
Otherwise, do let us know which area is convenient for you and we can have the swimming lessons at public swimming complexes nearest to you.
How do we plan for your children's swimming lessons?
Our experienced and professional swim coaches will first conduct a diagnostic test to determine the learner's swimming proficiency. From there, lessons will be specially tailored to the specific goals of the learner in a progressive manner. This ensures that the lessons, be it children's swimming lessons or adult swimming lessons, are both achievable and effective.
How long does it take before my child learns to swim independently?
Children (5yo onward): 6-12 sessions to learn a stroke or two strokes.
This is just a general guideline. However, given how everyone is unique and learns at a different pace, that would depend on many factors. Factors such as the student's age, whether they have any prior swimming experience, psychomotor skills, etc all play a part.
*Learners with Water Phobia: the process might take a little longer as coaches would need to help you to overcome water phobia, build water confidence, and improve motor skills before you are comfortable to start learning the strokes.
Do you offer trial lessons for children swimming classes?
We always encourage a one-off paid trial before committing to regular swimming lessons. Not only does coaching ability matter, but it also depends on the chemistry between the coach and students to make the lessons fun and engaging!
Check out our One-off Swimming Lesson Trial page to find out more!
What is your swimming programme like if I sign up for 4-12 swimming lessons?
Children Swimming Lessons (5yo and above): The coach would take the first lesson to access and build rapport with the children. (Usually, the assessment takes only 3-5mins. We then start to work on their swimming strokes or whichever is lacking. (Children typically take 4-12 lessons to learn a stroke or two. This could depend on one's motor skills and coordination.
*Learners with Water Phobia: the learning would be longer as coaches would need to help you to overcome water phobia, build water confidence, and improve motor skills before you are comfortable to start learning the strokes.
Can you teach a student to swim in 4 lessons?
Given how everyone is unique and learns at a different pace, that would depend on many factors. Factors such as the student's age, whether they have any prior swimming experience, psychomotor skills, etc all play a part. Although with private swimming lessons, more attention is paid to each student as compared to bigger group lessons where the attention of the coach is divided among the students.
Do I need to prepare any swimming equipment for my children's swim lessons?
It would be best to have your own swimming equipment even though our coaches do provide them. Equipment includes swim goggles, kickboards and back floats. In this current pandemic situation, we discourage the sharing of equipment during swimming lessons to limit the spread of the virus. In addition, having your own set of equipment allows students to practice outside of lesson times too.
What would be the arrangement if we were to miss the scheduled swim lessons?
In short, for every 4 lesson packages signed, you will be entitled to:
4x Lesson credits
2x Bad weather cancellations
2x Medical Certificate cancellations
1x Discretionary cancellation
You may also schedule a make-up swimming lesson with the coach although it would be subject to availability.
Find out more about our Flexible Cancellation Policy for the children swimming lessons!
Can I indicate my preference for a male or female coach?
Yes you may, for our female coaches, they are specifically trained by our female head coaches to understand the common problems faced by lady swimmers. This can extend to both adults or children who are learning to swim.
Do I need to accompany my child into the pool for the swimming lessons?
Can we have the swimming lessons more than once a week?