ISR Swim Lessons with `ISR of Simpsonville` | Infant Swimming Resource

Meet Amber Forero - Your Trusted ISR Instructor in Greenville

Welcome to ISR of Simpsonville, where safety meets compassion. I'm Amber Forero, a certified ISR Instructor dedicated to serving families in Simpsonville and Travelers Rest. With special affiliations with Live Like Jake and Swim for Vinny, I bring a unique approach to swim lessons, catering to children of all abilities. I strive to create a welcoming and inclusive space for every child and parent. At an indoor pool in both Simpsonville and Travelers Rest, I provide year-round lessons designed to ensure your child's safety around any body of water. My teaching philosophy is simple yet powerful - I want your child to be eager to learn vital survival swimming skills. Having experienced the devastating loss of a child to drowning, I am committed to working with you to prevent any family from enduring that pain. Let's work together to keep your child safe and confident in the water.

FAQs

Can you really teach a child who is not verbal how to swim?

Yes. Consider that children learn to sit, crawl and walk before they learn to speak. Because we teach through sensori-motor learning, verbal skills are not required for a child to acquire Self-Rescue skills. We are able to communicate with our students through touch and positive reinforcement while striving to set our students up for success every step of the way.

Is it the baby fat that makes them float?

Actually, the primary factor in a baby’s ability to float is the ability to take air into the lungs. To maintain this access to air, the child must adjust his/her posture. The difference in positioning for an adult can be inches. For a baby, this adjustment is reduced to centimeters. If a child’s body posture is just a few centimeters off, it can make the difference between the face being submerged or the child having access to air.

If more frequent but shorter lessons are better, then why don’t you teach 7 days/week?

Everyone needs a little break from learning to process the information and in this case to give muscles a chance to recover. In addition, you need to be able to spend time with your family, as does your instructor. Weekends are family time. Periodically, if weather or other issues have cause lessons to be canceled for numerous days, your instructor may choose to offer make-up lessons on a weekend. This is strictly up to the instructor and based on the availability of parents.

I hear you say your priority is survival skills. Will my child learn to actually swim?

Yes. At ISR, we believe that part of survival for a child who can walk is swimming. Children learn the swim-float-swim sequence so that they could get themselves to safety. The difference in our program is that they will learn swimming AND survival skills and how to be an aquatic problem solver.

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