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Core Values Series: Integrity
integrity noun in·teg·ri·ty | \ in-ˈte-grə-tē \ Definition of integrity 1: firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : INCORRUPTIBILITY 2: an unimpaired condition : SOUNDNESS 3: the quality or state of being complete or undivided :...
Core Values Series: Safety
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 water...
Books About Swimming
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...
Core Values Series: Inclusion
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...
The Whatley Swim Learning Experience with JoEllen Goldsberry
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?...
6 Ways to Help Make Your Child’s Swim Lesson Experience Positive
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....
Swim Lessons for Read/Write and Kinesthetic Learners
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:...
Swim Lessons for Visual & Aural Learners
The VARK model is a popular method used to categorize learning styles, and the acronym stands for visual, aural, read/write, and kinesthetic. We recognize that not all of our students will fit neatly into one category, or that someone might have characteristics of...
Adult Swim Lessons? We Have Them!
Happy New Year! We all know that exercising more is one of the most common New Year’s resolutions. If it is one of yours, why not commit to giving yourself swim lessons with us this summer? We teach adults! Many of our adult clients register after watching their kids’...
Core Values Series: Systemization
Welcome back to our Core Values Series! We’re 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. The core...
Traditional Swim Lessons vs. ISR
Today we’re going to break down the important distinctions between ISR (Infant Swimming Resource) and traditional swim lessons through Whatley Swim. Before we get started, we wanted to mention that at Whatley Swim, we’re not anti-ISR. We just don’t offer it, and it is...
The Safety Swim
One of the markers of success we work toward with beginning swimmers is The Safety Swim. Successful completion of this skill means that the student can jump into the pool, come up for air, then swim back to the edge and get out without assistance. On the surface,...
Core Values Series: Individuality
We help our students learn to swim faster because we approach each student individually. Our instructors all have different strengths and when I train them, I set them up for success by feeding them the training concepts they need through demonstrations or...
Safe Swimming Tip: Get Your Kids to Blow Bubbles
Blowing Bubbles is an essential step towards making sure your children are safe and prepared for summer activities! You can help teach your kids to blow bubbles with these three tips: - Humming Toys Counting - Exemplify blowing...
3 Tips to Find the Right Goggles this Summer
There are so many brands, styles, and themes of goggles and finding one to fit your growing child is sometimes difficult. As a swim instructor, I’ve seen just about every kind of goggles kids wear. Here are a few tips to narrow down your goggle search this year! DO...
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