Swimming Blog
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.
What Should You Look For In A Swim Instructor for Kids?
As your child learns to swim, they’ll benefit from working with a swim instructor who can ensure their safety, help them develop essential skills and confidence, and monitor their progress. ...
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Teaching Kids to Swim: Overcoming Fear of the Water
Swimming is an essential life skill that provides physical benefits and plays a crucial role in water safety. Teaching kids to swim and helping them overcome their fear of the...
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Fun and Creative Ways to Practice Swimming Skills at Home
Practice swimming helps your child learn how to be better and faster in the water. However, parents often wonder how to practice swimming without a pool at home. While formal...
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Basic Swimming Strokes for Kids: How to Do the Backstroke
Learning the different swimming strokes helps your child avoid injury, grow to love swimming and dedicate themselves to it, and improve the other techniques they’ve learned. These basic strokes include...
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What is the Fastest Swimming Stroke?
Swimming is a fantastic activity that provides an enjoyable experience and promotes physical fitness and water safety skills. Beginner swimmers will be exposed to various swimming strokes designed to help...
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Breathing Exercises for Swimming: Teaching Proper Breath Control for Kids
One basic swimming skill anyone needs to master is proper breath control. It’s about finding your rhythm when you inhale above the water and exhale while you’re submerged in it....
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How to Swim Freestyle: 4 Activities for Kids
Learning how to swim freestyle and mastering different strokes can help keep children safe while in the water. They’re essential swim skills that every child should know. This article will...
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Exploring How Swimming Can Help a Child’s Physical Development
Learning to swim offers several benefits to kids. Aside from boosting their confidence around water, it can also build their endurance and provide them with improved sleep. Swimming is a...
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Taking Your Baby Swimming: What to Wear
Infants can learn how to swim as early as six months old. As a parent, it’s understandable to feel hesitant about letting your children into a pool. But with the...
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Water Fun: 6 Benefits of Water Play for Kids
Are you dreading the post-holiday winter blues? Don’t worry! Just because it’s winter doesn’t mean you have to be stuck indoors. Unleash your kiddo’s creativity through water activities that can...
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How to Teach Toddlers How to Swim
Swimming is an essential life skill that will benefit your child for years to come. Not only will it keep them safe in the water, but it also helps improve...
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Choosing the Right Swimming School for Your Kids: A Guide for Parents
Swimming is more than recreational sport; it’s a gateway to physical fitness and life-saving water safety for children. If you want your child to get into swimming the right way,...
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