by Haley Whatley | Jan 19, 2023 | Blog
Welcome back, today’s core value is SAFETY. This one is simple, but so foundational. Safety is the biggest reason anyone learns to swim: to keep themselves safe, to keep their children safe, to be able to save others if something goes wrong in the water. While...
by Haley Whatley | Dec 26, 2022 | Blog
Our Senior Relationship Manager, Jacey Wood, wrote this blog. As a mom herself, one of her favorite things to do with her kids is reading! Reading is a wonderful way to start the conversation about swimming and swimming lessons. Below she shared 4 of her favorite read...
by Haley Whatley | Aug 20, 2022 | Blog
Welcome back to our Core Values Series! We are breaking down our core values to give you a better idea of the purpose behind Whatley Swim, or why we do what we do. We strive to incorporate these values into our biggest decisions down to our smallest ones. One thing we...
by Haley Whatley | Jun 1, 2022 | Blog
At Whatley Swim, one of the most important parts of being a great swim instructor has nothing to do with swimming and everything to do with connecting with our students. How can we build trust with them? Encourage them when they are scared or timid or feeling alone?...
by Haley Whatley | Apr 5, 2022 | Blog
From our end, we take things seriously. We work hard to maximize the time your child is in class with us by teaching engaging and fun lessons that build your children’s swimming skills. Our instructors are trained and prepare for each lesson by writing a lesson plan....
by Haley Whatley | Mar 1, 2022 | Blog
Last month, we talked about the techniques we use when teaching visual and aural learners, the first two letters in the VARK acronym. Make sure to check out that post here! Today we’re going to talk about read/write learners and kinesthetic learners. Read/write:...
