Should Everyone Wear Goggles for Swimming?
Your goggle questions answered, by Marjan Moosavi, founder of Blue Wave Swim School These days swim goggles have become an inseparable element of ‘swimming kit’ and buying goggles has become like swimming customs. Parents buy their children goggles regardless of whether or not they can swim. I get questions like ‘does my child need goggles?’ …
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- June 30, 2019
- Marjan |
- kids swimming lessons, Learn to swim, |
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Love Swimming on Valentine’s Day! Why Water Lovers Are Healthier
Do you love swimming? You should and here’s why! Hope you had a fabulous Valentine’s day, and it was filled with beautiful flowers, chocolate and interesting presents. But, Valentine’s day is a very good occasion to talk about swimming. Are you wondering why? Because firstly, swimming and love benefit us in similar ways and secondly, learning …
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- February 15, 2019
- Marjan |
- Learn to swim, Love swimming, |
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Why Can Swimming Make Children Happy?
Can Swimming Make Children More Happy? This week (4-10 February 2019) is Children’s Mental Health Week. Regardless of age, Mental health is an important part of our overall health and these days parents pay a great deal of attention to their children’s happiness. A happy child is active and expresses positive emotions and feelings at …
- February 10, 2019
- Marjan |
- children mental health, happy children, |
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Can My 3 Year Old Do Swimming Lessons?
Swimming Lessons for 3 Year Olds and Pre-schoolers Pre-Schoolers Starting With Swimming Lessons All swimming experts recommend starting children young and these days many parents do! The reason is, that learning to swim must always start by getting used to water and learning to relax in it. The younger a child is, the easier the …
- June 05, 2018
- Marjan |
- Learn to swim, Learning to swim, |
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When Is My Child Going to Swim?
Very often, after a term or two of swimming lessons, parents start asking their kid’s swim teacher this question:‘when is my child going to swim?’. Although there are so many ways that people imagine and define ‘swimming’, normally what most parents mean by ‘swimming’ is when their kids can move their arms, kick their legs …
- January 17, 2018
- Marjan |
- children and swimming, infant swimming lessons, |
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How Long Will It Take To Learn to Swim?
A competent swimmer is a swimmer who travels in water independently, smoothly and efficiently with good technique. Swimming can look really easy when one watches good swimmers, but it is actually very technical. If you have been watching any TV coverage of 2017 FINA World Championships which is on now, you know what I mean. Swimming …
- July 25, 2017
- Marjan |
- Baby and Toddler swimming classes, children learning to swim, |
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3 Basic Steps to Learn Swimming Easier- How Parents Can Help Their Kids
Has your child ever told you, ‘I don’t want to do swimming lessons anymore’? And going to each lesson after that turned out to be a challenge at home? Have you ever wondered how you could help your child to progress more easily and to have a smoother learn-to-swim journey? As a mum to one …
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- January 28, 2016
- Marjan |
- children and swimming, Learn to swim, |
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The Best Age To Start Children’s Swimming Lessons
History of Teaching Swimming Swimming is a fun sport and a life skill, and it is no wonder that it’s high on most children’s activity lists. Teaching children to swim dates back to early biblical times and it was part of the ancient school programmes in Greek and Roman empires. Roman soldiers had to be …
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- November 09, 2015
- Marjan |
- child swimming, Learn to swim, |
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Toddler Swimming Classes From All Over the Worlds
Toddler Swimming and How is Done Globally I was really surprised when I heard Rebecca Adlington mention that although she used to go swimming with her parents and her older sisters alot as a young child, she never did any toddler swim lessons or baby swim classes when she was little. I met 26-year-old Rebecca …
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- May 14, 2015
- Marjan |
- Baby swimming lessons, best practices in swimming, |
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Happy 5th Birthday to Blue Wave Swim
Blue Wave Swim School is 5 years old on Sunday 22 Feb. Hurray! Yes, our Birthday is coming up soon! It’s hard to believe but, 5 years has gone by so fast since we had so much fun teaching local children swimming. It is our honour that for 5 years has been spent teaching swimming to children …
- February 20, 2015
- Marjan |
- Learn to swim, Swimming lessons in Southwest London | Swimming lessons for all ages, |
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