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The Swimming Teachers Association (STA)
The STA are the world's largest swim teaching & lifesaving organisation, and operate with the charitable objective of
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In 2006, the STA launched STARFISH, their official swimming programme for babies and toddlers. The programme, an exciting, progressive series designed to introduce babies from 6 months old to the aquatic environment, is operated nationally by many swim schools. Click the STA or Starfish logos on the right for more details, and info on your nearest school.
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Seriously Fun
Based in the Home Counties, Seriously Fun initially provided lessons for Juniors aged 4 to 12 years. In 2000 they launched their Swim Babies program developed specifically for little ones aged 4 months to 3 years. Seriously Fun's mission is to provide a friendly, uncompetitive, fun and above all SAFE environment for children to learn essential swimming skills. Click the logo for more info.
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swimtime
Swimtime have been teaching swimming since 1997. They are now a national swim school teaching in over 250 health clubs across the UK and Ireland, and offer classes for babies starting from 4 months. Whilst growing quickly, they have remained committed to providing the very best service. Click on the logo for more information and to find a class near you.
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Baba Seahorse
Baba Seahorse offers Children Swimming Classes for babies and young children. The school is based in the West Midlands and is run by Dave and Lulu. Baba Seahorse swim school aims to provide a fulfilling, fun and progressive structure for both parent and baby in their baby swimming class., and is a Starfish recognised school. Click the logo for more information |  |
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Aquarius Swim School
Aquarius Swim School's aim is to ensure that the highest standards of swimming and water safety are taught to all ages and all abilities. They pride themselves on their flexibility to give clients that personal touch, as everyone is an individual with different needs and requirements.
Babies are taught using the Baby Swim Foundation Programme and older children are taught using the Amateur Swimming Association’s National Plan for Teaching Swimming.
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Bubble Pixels - Baby Swimming and Underwater Photography
Beate Rothon is a fully qualified baby swimming teacher with many years experience. Registered with the STA (Swimming Teachers Association) and a member of the recently launched Starfish programme, Beate runs several classes in different locations in North Cornwall. Why not also capture your child's progress in and under the water with a beautiful photo - or on DVD? Click the logo for more details. |  |
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Swim with Me
Swim-With-Me is a small family business run by husband and wife, Tracie & Jean-Michel Jack. Established to meet the growing need for high quality swimming lessons, we work closely with the British Governing Body for swimming, The ASA. Ongoing training programmes for our instructors ensure the most up to date teaching skills available. As an accredited training centre of the Institute of Swimming Teachers we also run courses for qualifying teachers and assistants. We are now operating in Essex, London, Hertfordshire and Surrey. Click the logo for more details...
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Puddle Ducks
Puddle Ducks baby and toddler swimming classes teach your child to swim, be safe and have fun in the water. In their caring and supportive environment: a baby enjoys freedom of movement, relaxation and bonding; a toddler gains confidence and water safety skills; a child learns to swim without armbands; and at all times they promote fun and enjoyment with a strong ethos of putting your child's happiness first. Click the logo for more info |  |
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Calm-a-Baby
At Calm-a-Baby the emphasis is on encouraging free movement in water that is conducive to swimming at such a time when your baby is both physically and emotionally ready. Plus, Baby Massage and Baby Yoga Classes are held weekly in Peterborough and surrounding areas. Private tuition available on a one-to-one basis or for small groups in the comfort of your own home. Click the logo for more information.
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Swim Academy
Swim Academy for Babies is a unique swimming school based in Cornwall, with classes in Redruth, Portreath, Mullion and St Ives. They run special swimming classes for babies from newborn to 24 months old, in a friendly, relaxed and fun environment at carefully selected swimming pools. Special techniques are used to help mothers and fathers develop a deeper bond with their baby. They also include fun exercises to help mothers recover their pre-pregnancy body weight. Click the logo for more information |  |
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Swimbabies
Come and splash around with Swimbabies and enter an exciting new watery world of fun where your baby can swim around while you brush up on life-saving water skills. Swimbabies have fast gained a brilliant reputation in West Sussex through word of mouth and personal recommendations from our happy clients. Many parents return with their new babies and all this has resulted in a waiting list as the telephone enquiries come in fast and furious... click on the logo for more info
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Swim Baby
Mums & Baby - Dads & Baby - Toddlers - Beginners - Intermediates - Advanced Classes Come and have fun with our superb child friendly AWARD WINNING Learn to Swim Programme! Ring a ring a roses, Humpty Dumpty, Charlies Car, It's Raining It's Pouring, Incy Wincy Spider, & Wheres Nemo..? are just a few of the games we play in our classes. Click the Logo for more details on classes in the North West
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Dolphin Swimming Club
Get Wet, get fit, have fun! Dolphin Club was started nearly 15 years ago with the basic objective of making both children and adults safe in the water. The clubs offer lessons for Parents and Babies from 6 months plus. There are also Pre School lessons (3 years+) as well as lessons for those with other abilities, including facility to provide 1 to 1 Private Tuition. They are fully Swimming Teachers Association STAmark accredited and were indeed the first school in Bucks to achieve this award. Lessons are held in Marlow, High Wycombe, Chesham and Aylesbury. Click the logo for more info on the classes and for some great advice on Baby Swimming.
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Little Splashers
Little Splashers - Lessons that teach your baby to swim! Courses are held in Warwickshire and Coventry for little ones from 10 weeks to 4 years. Lessons are developed around a mixture of gentle yoga moves, exciting play activities and songs to make swimming fun. Little Splashers prides its self on offering a personal service by an experienced infant aquatic teacher with small groups in warm pools. Click the logo for more information |  |
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Aquatots
The Aquatots swimming programme is divided into 21 levels, each stage designed especially to take babies from 10 weeks old through to 6 years of age. Amazing results and life saving skills are often obtained in a few lessons. They learn for instance to breath hold, turn to the side and kick from the bottom, all of these important water safety skills that may save your babys life some day, making them less likely to panic should they accidentally fall into any body of water. Click the logo for more information.... |  |
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Baby Swimmers
Babies can start at Baby Swimmers as soon as you and baby are ready and happy to do so and through fun and games they progressively develop these natural reflexes to encourage voluntary swimming movements in the water which will build a foundation for your baby to swim unaided.
Baby Swimmers benefits both parents and babies as whilst you are interacting and bonding in the water together, you are also benefitting from learning water safety and increased water confidence.t is also physically and mentally beneficial for your baby and enjoyable for you both. Click logo for more..... |  |
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The Dolphin Birthlight Baby Swim School - 15yrs of experience.
Founded by Amanda Gawthrope (teacher trainer for the STA & birthlight) and Sally Lomas, both acclaimed international tutors and lecturers WABC. Our aim is to help both parent and baby to relax and bond in their shared experience of the water. A stable base of trust is formed and the baby can move happily into exploration and the journey to independent swimming. Safety routines taught from day one for the baby or infant to jump in, turn, kick up to the surface and return to the side. Professional underwater photos, warm pools, easy parking most of all Happy babies!
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