Some of the benefits of swimming for children

Confidence

When children learn how to swim, it makes them feel better about themselves because, inside, they feel brave. Children have lots of fun playing in the water.

Motor Skills and Coordination

Swimming is a powerful activity that improves the child's movement. Children have to kick and float in water, which requires good movement of arms, legs, and core. These motor skills will improve in children, especially at the age of 3 to 11. This skill helps children in their daily activities.

Better Sleep

After swimming, children are ready for bed much earlier and tend to sleep peacefully.

Stress Relief and Mood Boosting

Repetitive fluid movements and regular breathing, can help to "reset" your mind in the water. The endorphine high post swim is very real.

Independence and resilience

There are so many challenges in swimming that can build independence and resilience in children:

1. Getting changed and wearing the correct attire for swimming.

2. They participate in the lesson independantly.

3. Like all sports, some days are harder but you have to keep swimming and keep going.

4. Dressing and personal care post swimming.

   
   

Social Skills

In swimming, warming up to group lessons, learning to follow directions, share equipment, and participate in group activities can help children develop teamwork.

Parent-Child Bonding

When you take your child to swim classes and then pick them up, you will build a great relationship between you and your child.  Because on the way back home, they will talk to the parent about the swimming lessons, the friendship  made in swim class, and all the teamwork, when you listen, they feel closer to you.

Encourages a Healthy Lifestyle

According to the institute of health, about 1 in 6 children are overweight, and 1 in 5 children have obesity. The health benefits of swimming for children includes boosting metabolism, building muscle mass and encorages good eating behaviours such as "Food as Fuel"

ADHD Support

Swimming is an excellent way for children with ADHD to manage their hyperactivity and improve focus. The repetitive motion of swimming helps release excess energy. After 12 weeks of swimming, children with ADHD can get high scores in some school lessons that require concentration, like math.

Autism Support

Swimming helps children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to communicate more clearly, and feel more at ease around other children after each class.

Book a class with Evans swim school and see the difference it can make !