Brush Prairie, WA
If you are thinking about enrolling your child in kids swimming classes in the Vancouver, WA, area, you are likely aware of the health benefits of swimming. Swimming is an excellent form of exercise that can be enjoyed at any age, and knowing how to swim can help prevent drowning. But did you know that research has shown swimming can make kids smarter?
In a study conducted by the Griffith Institute for Educational Research, researchers found that children enrolled in swimming classes at a young age had more advanced motor skills and reached developmental milestones earlier in comparison to their peers who were not taking swimming classes. And the differences are significant. For example, the average child speaks clearly enough for strangers to understand between 61 and 72 months. But kids enrolled in swimming classes can reach this milestone as early as 25 months. That’s an average of 36 months earlier!
There were also significant improvements in other critical milestones for children, including:
- Understand the concept of counting 24 months earlier
- Cooperating with other children 24 months earlier
- Separating easily from parents 18 months earlier
- Running easily 18 months earlier
- Saying several single words 12 months earlier
- Learning water survival skills 34 months earlier
While the study doesn’t specify what factors make kids swimming classes so beneficial, it does reveal that the younger children are when they begin swimming, the more lasting and beneficial the effects are.
Sign Up for Kids Swimming Classes in Vancouver, WA, Today
At British Swim School Vancouver, our kids swimming classes are available year-round, in heated indoor pools specially chosen for warmth, small size, and convenient locations throughout the Vancouver, WA, area.
We have swimming classes for kids of every age and ability in the Vancouver, WA, area, from “Parent & Me” classes for infants, to beginner water survival, stroke skills, and pre-team swim for toddlers, school-age children, tweens, and teens. No matter what level your child starts at, they’ll learn and practice water safety and survival skills that can help them stay safe for a lifetime. Along with essential water safety and swimming skills, kids enrolled in our swimming classes learn skills that will prepare them for a classroom environment, such as taking turns, listening to directions, and cooperating with other students.
Ready to learn more? Visit BritishSwimSchool.com/Vancouver or call us today at (360) 210-1111 for more information or to enroll. Our kids swimming classes are available to anyone in Hazel Dell, Salmon Creek, Battle Ground, Fisher’s Landing, Vancouver, WA, Portland, OR, and throughout the surrounding communities.
