Offering Lessons in 2 Locations
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Private Residence
Private Location in Simpsonville, SC
Simpsonville, SC 29680
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Travelers Rest Pool
Private Location in Travelers Rest, South Carolina
Travelers Rest, South Carolina 29690
Swimming instructor

Swim Lessons in Simpsonville & Travelers Rest

Welcome to ISR of Simpsonville, serving families in Simpsonville and Travelers Rest. As a dedicated ISR Instructor, Amber Forero offers specialized swim lessons designed to equip children with life-saving skills. With a mission rooted in her personal experience of loss, Amber is committed to ensuring every child's safety around water. Offering lessons at both indoor pools in Simpsonville and Travelers Rest, she provides a convenient and secure environment for your little one to learn. Amber's unique approach caters to children of all abilities, and her ability to speak a little Spanish adds an inclusive touch to her teaching. Join us in working together to keep your child safe year-round, with Amber's guidance and expertise.

FAQs
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.
Why don’t parents participate in the water during the lessons?
We do not want the baby to initially associate the water with the love, attention, and affection of the parent while in the water. Also, it takes incredible concentration and objectivity to teach the baby how to respond to an aquatic emergency and our experience shows that parents often find it too difficult to be objective to be effective teachers with their own children in the water. We gladly invite parents to join us in the pool once their child has independent skills to practice at home.
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.
What is the American Academy of Pediatrics position on swimming lessons for young children?
The AAP encourages parents to consider that starting water-survival skills training at an early age must be individualized, based on the child's frequency of exposure to water, emotional maturity, physical limitations and health concerns related to swimming pools. You can view their policies and suggestions through the AAP website here: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/at- play/Pages/Swim-Lessons.aspx

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