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ISR - Infant Swimming Resource

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Has anyone done these swimming lessons for their LO?  Please share with me the good, the bad, and the ugly!  How much do they cost?

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Re: ISR - Infant Swimming Resource

  • julygaljulygal

    We haven't gone through ISR, but we have done similar lessons as they are popular down here.  The first set we did were 30 min lessons everyday for a week.  It cost us $125 for the week, but DD was swimming by the end of the week.  She knew how to turn and grab the wall if she fell in.  She was not able to float on her back by the end of the week.  We did the lessons at 16 months.  

    When she was 3 we went to again similar lessons, but with a different instructor.  She had 20 min lessons 2x a week for a few months.  We paid about $35 a week.   She fine tuned her swimming skills by learning to take breaths, how to float on  her back, jumping in, diving down for rings, etc.  They also reinforced water safety, what to do if you fall in, etc.

    I did not have any bad experience. The two instructors I have worked with have had my complete trust and have earned my DD's trust.  They were compassionate, kind and reassuring.  They pushed DD without taking a "sink or swim" approach.  They made her go under, she swallowed water, but their hands were always on her.  We haven't signed up yet, but we will be doing a round this summer for DS and DD. I feel it has been the best money we have spent on kids' activities.   

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  • rosesandpeoniesrosesandpeonies member

    i didn't do ISR, but beware that there are two different kinds of thought on safety swimming lessons.  Some places throw infants/children into the water on their own to learn how to save themselves.  It is pretty scary to watch and it horrifies some children.  However, that being said some parents swear by this approach.

    I could never do this...but that is me. the swim school we go to teaches survival swimming but in a more comforting approach.

    I would make sure to ask what kind of approach they take, so that you are aware.  Make sure you go with an approach you feel comfortable with :)

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  • GypsyEsqGypsyEsq member
    ISR is very well known and not a "throw them in" method, it is however wholly focused on water safety and not drowning.  It is not swimming lessons.  Your child will not learn to swim, they will learn not to drown.  We have a pool in our backyard.  We looked into these last year when DD was just toddling and elected to wait a year and are now taking weekly traditional swim lessons.  ISR was very expensive and a daily time commitment that we just couldn't swing. 
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    imageGypsyEsq:
    ISR is very well known and not a "throw them in" method, it is however wholly focused on water safety and not drowning.  It is not swimming lessons.  Your child will not learn to swim, they will learn not to drown.  We have a pool in our backyard.  We looked into these last year when DD was just toddling and elected to wait a year and are now taking weekly traditional swim lessons.  ISR was very expensive and a daily time commitment that we just couldn't swing. 

    agreed. I want to do it, but it's expennnnsive :)

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