Now that the holiday season is upon us and the temperature outside is getting cold, inside at the Hubbard Family Swim Schools – in Phoenix, Peoria, and Mesa – the temperature of the heated, indoor swimming pools is 90 degrees all year long and a growing number of parents are signing their babies and children up for weekly swim lessons. Many grandparents are also purchasing winter swim lessons as a special holiday gift for their grandchildren because teaching a child how to swim is a gift that truly lasts a lifetime.
Winter is a great time to enroll children in swim lessons because it gets them all prepared and ready for safe swimming this summer when they’ll want to spend a lot of time swimming outdoors with their family and friends. Swim lessons during the winter are not only terrific exercise and a lot of fun, but we also want to make sure that children learn how to swim and are always safe around water. Our basic philosophy is this: Children everywhere must learn how to swim. Learning to swim should not be a choice.
– Bob Hubbard, co-owner of the Hubbard Family Swim Schools
Children who learn how to swim are also demonstrating more advanced cognitive and physical abilities than other children, according to world-leading research led by Griffith University in Australia. Their 2013 findings of a four-year study indicate that swimming children have an advantage when starting school. Swimming children scored significantly better than the normal population on a number of measures that are really important for their transition to school – their cognitive development, language development, and their physical development. The study surveyed 7,000 parents from Australia, New Zealand and the U.S., over three years, as well as individually assessing 180 children.
The study showed that children’s fine motor skills and overall coordination were more developed as a result of taking swim lessons and it showed that children who start lessons early were more socially and emotionally ready to start school.
Hubbard Family Swim School offers lessons to children 8 weeks to 12 years of age. There are even FREE “baby splash” swim classes for babies 8 weeks to 5 months of age. Parent participation in the water is required. These fun-filled, 30-minute water acclimation classes give parents or caregivers a chance to learn excellent tips on how to enjoy tub time at home with baby and also learn how to prepare baby for swim lessons. There are several different baby splash class times offered throughout the week. Advanced registration is required.
“Our popular baby splash classes give parents – especially dads – an excellent way to spend quality time with their babies in the water,” adds Hubbard. “Their swim class together is wonderful ‘bonding’ time and then after the class, the babies always enjoy a nice, long nap.”
To register for a class, call (602) 971-4044. For more information, visit www.hubbardswim.com
43 Comments
Omg my kids would love it if they could swim all year around!
December 27, 2016 at 8:13 pmI am sure there are many advantages to swimming throughout the year. It would also benefit children with sensory issues and other similar therapeutic needs. In the past my children were swimming just during the summer, but this past year we began swim lessons and I have seen many benefits, in addition to improved swimming strokes.
December 28, 2016 at 4:09 amMy kids badly need swimming lessons!!!
December 29, 2016 at 3:36 amMy kids would love this warm water and mom would love them to get exercise!
December 30, 2016 at 4:12 amMy kids would love it .. there isn’t one close to us though 🙁
December 30, 2016 at 5:12 amYes, please! We love that place!
December 30, 2016 at 5:15 amMy kids would love swimming inside. My daughter loves the pool.
December 30, 2016 at 5:17 amMy kids would LOVE to swim indoors for the winter.
January 2, 2017 at 3:33 pmMy kids are fish!
December 30, 2016 at 5:35 amI heard that Hubbard is the best for lessons.
December 30, 2016 at 6:38 amYes yes yes! 3 kids love water
December 30, 2016 at 9:17 amMy kids would be in heaven!
December 30, 2016 at 9:34 amMy oldest son absolutely loves he’s the pool and looks forward to baths too! We attended Hubbard when he was only 8 weeks old and ever since then, my son has been hooked on the water 🤗!
December 30, 2016 at 12:57 pmWhy can’t we have MORE indoor pools. My kids are fish!
December 30, 2016 at 1:50 pmSounds like an awesome idea!
December 30, 2016 at 2:05 pmThis would be great!
December 30, 2016 at 2:17 pmI need to enroll my kids! We would definitely take advantage of swimming all year long!
December 30, 2016 at 2:48 pmMy kids love to swim year around. My electric bill and dad doesn’t agree!
December 30, 2016 at 2:49 pmBoth my kids would love swimming inside year round!
December 30, 2016 at 3:05 pmWe’ve been using Hubbard for a couple years now and my kids love doing swim lessons there!
December 30, 2016 at 3:32 pmYes! We have 2 kids who love to swim!
December 30, 2016 at 3:37 pmMy kids look forward to going to Nana’s because she has a pool. That would be awesome for them to swim year round.
December 30, 2016 at 3:46 pmI love that kids can swim year round and don’t have to worry about getting sunburned during the summer months in AZ.
December 30, 2016 at 5:12 pmIf we could we would swim all year long! Thank you for sharing!
December 30, 2016 at 6:15 pmMy kids love to swim & this is great to get their extra energy out too!
December 30, 2016 at 8:06 pmOh my kids would love this!
December 30, 2016 at 10:54 pmYes they would love to swim inside!
December 30, 2016 at 11:00 pmMy kids love swimming lessons. We would do them more often than just summertime if we could!
December 30, 2016 at 11:29 pmMy kids LOVE indoor swimming, actually swimming of any kind, anywhere is a hit in our house!
December 31, 2016 at 1:37 amMy kids LOVE to swim! I guess the problem of swim lessons is with me. During the summer we go 4 days a week for 2 months….I guess I don’t want to continue that schedule all year round. I’ll admits that it’s my fault. Boo!
December 31, 2016 at 7:21 amMy son is a fish!! He loves to swim!
December 31, 2016 at 7:21 amSo cute! Tag us in any photos of your sweet little fish! We are @activemomsblog on IG and @activemoms everywhere else.
January 2, 2017 at 1:07 amIts an everyday thing. “Mom can we go swimming” 🙂 This would definitely help because Im not jumping into a cold pool 😂
December 31, 2016 at 10:37 amI am right there with you! Then folks at Hubbard keep the pool warm so even babies can take year round swim lessons.
January 2, 2017 at 1:06 amMy kids love swimming!
December 31, 2016 at 3:55 pmI am going to have to sign my son up for lessons soon.
January 1, 2017 at 3:41 amAlways a good idea. Let me know if you need a recommend for a good school close to you!
January 1, 2017 at 6:52 pmMy kids love to swim all year! Also love Hubbard!
January 2, 2017 at 2:13 amMy kids would LOVE to swim indoors in the winter. They really miss swimming this time of year.
January 2, 2017 at 6:59 amMy kids would love to swim Year round
January 2, 2017 at 9:59 amI would love if my kids could swim all year round…
January 2, 2017 at 4:15 pmMy kids would absolutely love to swim all year with the same temperature. They are like little fish
January 3, 2017 at 4:29 amAfter 3 years of not being able to let my son get his face wet, swimming is a challenge, even though he loves it! He’d love to have an indoor option!
January 4, 2017 at 2:27 am