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Why Your Child Should Learn How To Swim

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Do you know that when your child gets to learn how to swim, this ability in the water could possibly save her life? There were highlights (source) that drowning is the leading cause of injury-related death among children between 1 and 4 years old and it’s the third leading cause of injury-related death among children 19 and under. So for safety reasons alone, your child should be taught how to swim as early as possible!

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The Many Benefits Of Swimming

— Great Low Impact Sport & Exercise

For a start, swimming is a great low impact sport and exercise. Many physical fitness experts consider swimming to be the perfect all-around exercise. In water your child’s body is 90% buoyant. So teaching your children to swim provides them with an excellent low impact form of exercise they can practice and benefit from their entire lives.

— Learn Teamwork / Independence

Your child can also learn teamwork as well as individual independence simply by learning to swim. Swim teams and local swimming clubs teach your child how to socialize and interact with others. But swimming can also be a great way for your child to express himself individually. This can happen through swimming competitions or simply when you take your kids to the local pool.

— Fine Motor Skills & Strong Respiratory Health

There is also the fact that most pediatricians recommend children to learn the basics of swimming before the age of 4. This helps your child develop physically while honing fine motor skills and developing strong respiratory health. Children grow and mature rapidly, and their body development can profit greatly from this low impact form of exercise that is just downright fun.

— A Never Forgotten Skill

Uniquely, swimming is a skill which is almost never forgotten. If you learn how to swim at 3 years of age, you will still remember how to swim when you are a senior citizen.

There are swimming events and competitions for everyone from toddlers to those 100 years of age, swimming promotes heart and lung health and improves strength and flexibility, and even rewards the swimmer with excellent posture and balance.

So get your kids swimming today, for a lifetime of benefits!

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