The benefits of early learning to swim have long been convincingly proven by physicians. Pediatricians agreed that swimming in infancy and in children a little older:
- improves blood circulation;
- develops the lungs and helps to increase their volume;
- gives a hardening effect, so "floating" babies practically do not get colds;
- beneficial effect on the development of the musculoskeletal system.
Features of teaching swimming to kids
The main condition is that learning should give the child pleasure. Therefore, elements of the game are constantly used in the course of classes. A set of exercises is compiled for the baby, which should preserve and develop the innate swimming reflex that is initially present in each child, gradually disappearing by the third month of life. Therefore, if the time to start classes is missed, and you did not dare to start teaching the baby to swim at such an early age, a completely different technique is used later.
The child in the pool should not feel forced. If he does not want to do some exercise or he is tired of being in the water, you cannot insist on continuing the lesson. Both the baby and his mother should receive only positive emotions from visiting the pool. Each lesson begins with gymnastics, which takes about half the time - 15 minutes. This is followed by a fifteen-minute swimming session.
Swimming pool "Children's Period Park": perfect cleanliness, safety and lots and lots of joy!
The Children's Development Center "Children's Period Park" is a place where children of different ages and their mothers spend time useful, fun and interesting. Our center also has a wonderful pool for children up to a year and older, in which classes are conducted by competent instructors with extensive practical experience. The trainer, who himself is the father of four children, deals with the smallest ones. All instructors are very kind, friendly and charismatic, they easily manage to find an approach to the most capricious "swimmers". Children visit our pool up to and including the age of eight. The form of classes can be group or individual.
The pool itself complies with Russian and European standards for the arrangement and equipment of structures of this type. It is shallow, always filled with clean water at a temperature comfortable for the child - 30-32 ° C. In the pool, the strictest control over compliance with hygiene rules is carried out, and all rooms are cleaned regularly.
By the way, now a swimming pool certificate for a child can be obtained directly in the Park (this service is provided by our partner: the Children's Clinic "Child"). The doctor will arrive at a certain time, take an analysis from the baby, and the very next day the therapist will examine the child and write out a certificate! The cost of such a service only for clients of the Park of the children's period is 1500 rubles 🙂!
Registration for an individual lesson with a teacher is possible with a 100% advance payment, since the teacher comes exclusively for classes with your baby and we will not be able to record other people for this time. In case of non-attendance or cancellation of an individual lesson, we leave this payment as a guarantee of payment to the teacher. You can make an advance payment in any way convenient for you (on-line or in our children's center in cash / by card).
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Swimming is a benefit and a pleasure. But only after swimming in the pool, kids and adults feel discomfort, tightness and sometimes a slight itch. TOPICREM ultra-moisturizing body milk will turn your visit to the pool into a pure pleasure:
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— envelops with a delicate aroma, instantly absorbed and allows you to immediately dress;
— suitable for baby and mother (without silicones, parabens, alcohol; tested by dermatologists and pediatricians);
— convenient and practical: 200 ml to take with you to the pool, 500 ml to use at home for the whole family.
TOPICREM also recommends using the Soap-Free Mild Cleansing Gel after the pool. It is suitable for face, body and hair, for babies, children and adults.
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Here is our list of good ones. pools and aqua clubs for kids in Moscow
Family health center "Second birth"
m. Volgogradsky prospect, pool "Atlant"
m. Vykhino, pool "Veshnyaki"
m. Petrovsko-Razumovskaya, swimming pool. Timiryazev
m. Fili, swimming pool in the recreation center "Fili"
Dolgoprudny, FEC "Vodnik"
Age: from 1.5 months to 5 years
The Second Birth Family Health Center specializes in preparing families for gentle natural childbirth in maternity hospitals, and also teaches parents hardening methods and conducts swimming classes for babies. There are groups for babies up to 1.5 years old and baby groups. Children swim with their mothers in specially equipped pools. For example, in the pool Timiryazev classes are held in a special mini-pool for babies. And in general, they tried to take into account the needs of young swimmers to the maximum: in the locker rooms there are pots and changing tables; a multi-level water purification system is used, the temperature regime necessary for babies is observed (32-34 degrees Celsius).
Brightfamily Positive Lifestyle Center
m. Polyanka, Tretyakovskaya
Age: from 1.5 months
The main direction of the center's work is the soft parental practices of Birthlight (Bertlight), developed by the anthropologist and mother of 4 children Francoise Friedman. Practices include yoga classes, as well as early swimming training and aqua yoga for pregnant women using the Birthlight method. Children go swimming with their mothers. The program offers a gentle approach and special movement and relaxation techniques that aim to strengthen the emotional bond between mother and child. Classes are held in a pool designed specifically for children. The water temperature is maintained at 32-34 degrees. All instructors of the center have been trained in the UK and are holders of Birthlight diplomas.
Center "Water area kids you"
m. Volokolamskaya, pool "Pearl"
Krasnogorsk district, sports center "Ilyinka Sport"
Age: from 1-2 months
Toddlers are introduced to early swimming in the center, starting from infancy. There are infant groups and early swimming groups. In the pools, the water temperature is maintained at 27-31 degrees. Children are cared for by professionals with a medical background. Among them, by the way, there are mothers of many children. Also in the "Water area of childhood" there are classes for pregnant women, baby yoga.
Aquaclub "Me and my baby"
2 branches: swimming pools in Zhukovka and Medvedkovo
Age: from 2-3 weeks
Classes are held in a pool with ozonized water, in which both babies and older kids can swim. You can start classes from 2-3 weeks, until the babies have lost their innate ability to swim - the main thing is that the umbilical cord heals. The water is heated to 32-34 degrees. If parents are not ready to start classes in the pool, aqua club specialists can be invited home and start with home water procedures with the baby.
Other club services include classes for pregnant women, developing classes for children (choreography, creative classes, gymnastics, water polo).
Children's sports and health club "Semitsvetik"
2 branches: m. Belyaevo and Khimki
Age: from 1.5 months
photo: Olga Tsaregorodtseva
Classes are held in a special children's bathroom measuring 5 by 10 meters and a depth of 80 centimeters. The water is thoroughly purified, and its temperature is maintained at a comfortable level of 32-33 degrees. As the club's instructors promise: if you start training at a month old, then by the age of two, the kids will swim perfectly on their own. A branch of the Club operates in Khimki.
Children's swimming center "Utenok"
m. Avtozavodskaya
Age: from 2 months
The Utenok children's swimming center operates in the swimming pool of the Torpeda sports and recreation complex. The kids are in the water with their parents and an experienced instructor, so no one is afraid of water here. Among the instructors of the center - c.m.s. swimmer and infant swim specialist with 20 years of experience. There is also a trainer - a specialist in adaptive physical education.
The water temperature in the pool "Duckling" - the most comfortable for kids 33 degrees. Each lesson ends with a wellness trip to the sauna.
m. Strogino, SC "Yantar"
m. Yugo-Zapadnaya, Olympic village, 2
Age: from 3 months
In the children's pool of the Yantar sports complex, kids are gently and gradually accustomed to water. Coaches use the Russian-Finnish method of training: games in the water, counting rhymes, songs and individual exercises according to a progressive plan. At the School, I believe that this is the most effective way to achieve the improvement of the skills of finding a child in the water; while the instructor monitors how their development proceeds. Interest in classes is stimulated by various floating devices - rollers, boards and toys. Each group has no more than 8 families. Both parents are encouraged to attend.
Swimming as a sport discipline appeared in ancient Greece - this activity was included in the program of physical education of young Hellenes. Prior to this, people moved by swimming during military operations, hunting, fishing, and not for pleasure or wrestling. The first official sports organization opened only in the second half of the 19th century in England. After this associations of swimmers appeared in many other European countries. In the Russian Empire, this happened in 1894. After 2 years, swimming was included in the program of the Olympic Games (by the way, the first in modern history). In the same century, artificial pools began to be built.
The rapid growth in the popularity of swimming began in the 20th century and continues into the 21st: in almost all cities, including ours, of course, there are sections of this sport taught by qualified and experienced leaders. You can start swimming from an early age. It is better not to delay: the physical education program in schools often involves visiting the pool and passing the standards, so it is advisable for parents to think ahead of time about how their child literally feels like a fish in water.
Swimming is one of the most rewarding sports. During classes, many muscle groups are trained, the condition of the spine improves (which is why doctors advise many children suffering from scoliosis to swim) and the respiratory system. With the help of swims, it is excellent to deal with excess weight and fears, it increases flexibility, agility and accuracy of movements, coordination. In a word, it is almost an ideal sports discipline, useful to everyone.
How to breathe properly while swimming
Swimming is not just, roughly speaking, the use of arms and legs: it is the synchronization of many body processes, and proper breathing plays a big role in this. A person who does not know exactly how to breathe while in the water loses more strength and may begin to panic and stop staying on the surface. One of the simplest but most useful rules, which is taught to everyone from young to old, sounds like this: you need to inhale with your mouth above the surface of the water, and exhale - also with your mouth - already in the water. There is also an interesting relationship: the deeper you inhale, the longer you can stay on the surface of the water. But it is important to fill the lungs not to the maximum: excess air will create discomfort. While swimming, you should turn your head to have time to take a breath above the water. But of course, it is better to practice all this under the guidance of a trainer who will show by example how to control breathing.
How to overcome fear of water
Not only children, but also adults (the latter even more often) are afraid of being in the water. It would seem: there is a desire to learn how to swim, but panic fetters further actions ... How to be? There are a few tips that might be helpful. The first is simply to be free from fear, not to think that it is there at all. Second: do not listen to those who scare. Of course, it is not easy for receptive children to “filter out” what adults or peers might have said to them short-sightedly ... Third: master exercises that help to stay on the water, for example, “Float”. The fact is that it is not the person himself who can drown: the fear that this will happen is to blame. Panic paralyzes thoughts, a person can swallow water, and ... Professionals also recommend learning to dive, and after that - to swim underwater with holding your breath. This is not so easy, but it helps to reduce all worries to zero.
How to equip a little swimmer
To practice in the pool, the child needs the necessary minimum of things: a silicone bathing cap, special swimming goggles, rubber shoes (walk from the locker room to the shower and the pool itself), a closed swimsuit for girls and swimming trunks for boys. In addition, you need to remember the changeable dry clothes that the guys put on after class. It’s a good idea to carry a terry bathrobe with you, which quickly warms and dries the body, but you can get by with a towel. There is a shower in the pools: after class, the child can wash in it, so it is better to stock up on a washcloth and soap in the soap dish. Even for the first visit to the pool, a certificate of the absence of contraindications from a doctor and, in some cases, sports insurance are often required.
“The fact that a baby can swim is one of the facts confirming the limitless possibilities of a child”(Masaru Ibuka, "It's Too Late After 3")
The well-known Japanese teacher and psychologist Masaru Ibuka, in the book “It's Too Late After Three” (which we wrote about), shares a sensation that occurred in 1965 at the International Conference of Women Athletes in Tokyo. Chairman Rize Dim then spoke for the first time about teaching swimming to children under one year old. Before her eyes, a five-month-old baby learned to swim in the pool in 3 months. And he could “hold out” on the water for more than 6 minutes. This was another proof that all human capabilities and talents can be developed within a year.
We have chosen 7 centers in Moscow where you can swim with your baby under the guidance of a professional instructor. The selection criteria were, firstly, the experience of the instructors of the center, secondly, the characteristics of the water in the pool, and thirdly, the cost of classes.
1. Family health center "Second birth"(3 branches, you can choose)
Age of children: 1.5 months. – 3 years, 4-5 years
Water purification system: multilevel, with water disinfection ultraviolet
Cost: a one-time lesson with a trainer - 600 rubles, a lesson in a subscription - from 500 rubles. (from 3 or more lessons)
2. Center for early development and preparation for childbirth« Dolphin» (6 branches, you can choose)
Age of children: 1.5 months - 4 years, 5 - 7 years.
Water purification system: multi-level ()
Cost: one-time lesson - from 700 rubles. (you can check here for each branch http://delfinenok.ru/price_and_bonus.html)
3. Center"Magic Child"(Bakoleva street, 5)
Age of children: 2 months. - 4 years
Water purification system: multilevel, with ozonation
Cost: one-time lesson - 1000 rubles, a lesson in a subscription - 700 rubles.
4. Center« duckling» (Avtozavodskaya st., 21, Torpedo swimming pool)
Age of children: 2 months. - 4 years; 4 - 6 years;
Water purification system: hypochlorination, permanent filtration due to water circulation
Cost: a one-time lesson with a trainer - 900 rubles; subscription 4 lessons - 2800 rubles.
5. Positive Lifestyle Center Bright Family(Staromonetny lane, building 18)
Age of children: 1.5 months. – 3 years, 4-7 years
Water purification system: three-stage (ultraviolet water treatment, hypochlorination and quartz-sand filters)
Cost: a one-time lesson with a trainer - 1100 rubles.
