Swimming Lessons in the Woodlands

The past two years I have had my now 19 month old son take swim lessons from Infant Swimming Resource. They are a nationally know organization. They have never had ISR trained child drown. They teach infants as young as 6 months old up to 6 years old to save themselves if they fall into the pool. They are taught to immediately turn over and float on their backs and wait for someone to get them out. Now that your son is a little older he would also be taught to alternate floating with a swim/crawl motion to get himself to the side of the pool. The local instructor is in Magnolia. The lessons are everyday for about 6 weeks and you have to monitor their sleeping and eating habits on a form. It is work for the parent, but IT IS TOTALLY WORTH IT! Especially with having your son go to your mother in law's house. With traditional swim lessons, they do teach a child to be comfortable in the water and to "swim", but many times a child will fall into the water and panic. ISR shows them they have a tool for "rescuing" themselves. I urge you to check out their website and watch the video. It is www.infantswim.com .

Swimming Friends will come to you, or you can take lessons at Timber Ridge/ Timber lakes pool.

FINS, Fun in Swimming has a new location in The Woodlands. They are privately owned and both of my children learned how to swim with them (Champions Location). Over the years we have come to know the family that owns FINS, and they are wonderful people. They use a proven curriculum at every level. We have been attending FINS for 3 years. I have nothing but great things to say about them.

Hi C.-

My children (age 7 and 5) both take lessons at FINS in The Woodlands http://funinswimming.com/. Prior to starting at FINS they had each done a session over the summer through the rec center. We weren't all that impressed with the progress with the rec center lessons. FINS has been great. They both are much stronger swimmers now than when they began and the instructors talk to the kids about water safety at each lesson. Although we don't have experience with the lessons for 2 year olds, I've seen kids the same age as your son in the pool and they really do a great job with them.

Good luck,
K.

Both my kids took lessons at Sea Sports Scuba right on I-45 between the Rayford/Sawdust exit and Woodlands Pkwy. exit. They were excellent and I've recommended them to several friends who have in turn recommended them to others. I don't know if they would be willing to do lessons at your mother-in-law's pool though but it wouldn't hurt to ask.

My two sons 33 months and 1 years old take swimming lessons from FINS and they love it there. They teach children of all ages and at different levels. I believe they opened a location in the Woodlands.

I have heard great things about FINS but have not tried them myself. We have done the YMCA and the Rec center in the Woodlands and find the program at the Y to be much better. The Woodlands programs are ok, they are more convenient because they are in the neighborhood pools. The Y offers semi-private lessons to give you a smaller class if you want private, but more affordable. I really liked the Y program, but it depends on the instructor you get and how many are in the class. Good luck.

I am currently a instructor for infant swimming resource. We teach babies and toddlers aquatic survival skills. I am going to be teaching an afternoon/evening session very soon in The Woodlands near the mall. I put my girls through when they were 2 and 3 yrs old and they did great! If you are interested you can either e-mail me directly or go to www.HoustonISR.com

Thanks,
S.
Certified Infant Swim Resource Instructor
CPR/First Aid Certified