Baby Swimming Lessons & Toddler Learn to Swim
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Swimming lessons for all stages
Hydra Zen swim schools offer a range of learn-to-swim lessons from from a young age in our tadpole baby classes right through to our dolphin and shark stroke class swimming program.
Click on the stage that suits you to find out more about the classes available.
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tadpoles
Parent & baby swimming classes
In the early stages of a child’s life the ability to be able to stay afloat, breath, keep calm and get to the safe edge of a pool could mean the difference between life or death.
At Hydra Zen we have 3 different levels of swim programs on offer to cater for your babies' individual swimming needs.
All of our swim program lessons are taught in our state of the art magnesium swimming pool by qualified, caring teachers who promote a calm, happy and safe environment. These classes are mum or dad and baby/toddler classes and are a great way for mum or dad. to learn how to make swimming a fun, baby play bonding experience.
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At Hydra Zen we believe that building your baby's water confidence and getting them comfortable from an early age is vital. We offer fun baby classes from 4 months old!
This level is full of fun songs and activities that help babies to relax in the water improving sensory development and teach parents safety & awareness. Our Level 1 Tadpole classes not only begin to teach swimming basics but also help the bond between you and your baby grow as you learn together.
Level 2
As your baby's confidence begins to grow our qualified and passionate instructors will continue to help your baby flourish in our Level 2 baby classes.
These classes will continue to have many fun and engaging songs but will progress into more submersion activities, helping babies to work on breath control and basic paddling and kicking movements.
Level 3
For our older, more competent babies, we have our Level 3 classes that are especially designed to prepare your baby for the next step in their swimming journey, so they are ready to swim independently without a parent in the water.
The lessons continue to grow your child's love for swimming whilst also improving balance, coordination and swimming capabilities in a supportive environment. In this class breath work and kicking and paddling development will continue and babies will be introduced to deep submersion and safety skills.
froglets & frogs
Learn to swim classes
Cheering your child from the outside is as important as being in the pool making sure that your child is safe.
Being able to maintain a calm, smiley and reassuring face while your child is trying to swim on his/her own is not always easy but essential to keep our little ones focused and calm.
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Still using fun songs and activities for these young swimmers, we now start developing swimming skills whilst gaining independence in the water.
Frogs
At this stage we turn digging arms into big arms and continue to work on backstroke kicking. This class will teach the basics of freestyle using a floating aid (Kickboard) to help develop a controlled movement.
Turtles
Using the kickboard students will learn bilateral breathing. Breathing with both sides helps to develop a balanced stroke that will benefit them later in their swimming journey.
Dolphins
Starting with the kickboard helps to develop a strong frog kick before progressing to full breaststroke.
Sharks
To reduce cognitive load on our students we tend to teach one familiar stroke with a more difficult one.
Fees &
Lesson Times
Hydra Zen has no ongoing membership or joining fees, just our simple lesson fees as listed below.
Lesson times and class availability are updated regularly, please get in touch with us to find out about current lesson times.
- Lesson Fees:
- Babies (4-6 months) Free
- 7-16 months $18
- Group lessons $24
- Private lessons $69
- No membership fees
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Frequently Asked Questions
Swimming lessons for babies can start from 4 months of age. Babies can join our group swimming lessons or private swim lessons where we teach babies with their parent or guardian in the swim school.
Yes, Hydra Zen Swim School offer 8 weeks of free swim lessons for babies between the age of 4-6 months.
We are also a registered SwimStart activity provider. The Swim Start program is a Queensland government program that allows parents, carers or guardians to apply for a voucher valued up to $150 for their child aged between 0 to 4 years of age, which can be used towards baby swimming lessons at Hydra Zen swim school. If you have any questions on applying for this, please ask our friendly team at the pool or by calling 0499 236 043.
Yes, it is advisable for all baby swimming lessons to have a swim nappy so that accidents don’t disturb the fun and social environment. If your child is not potty or toilet trained, we recommend using a nappy in the pool. We have these to purchase at the pool if you forget yours on any day. If your child is potty/ toilet trained, it is a good idea for them to use the toilet in our recently renovated change rooms before they enter the pool.
Our swim school is open 6 days per week year round, so while we don’t offer specific swimming lessons or a child program during school holidays, we run our swimming lessons every day apart from Sunday. If your child’s progress could be improved by additional lessons during holidays, we offer private lessons to improve water confidence and water safety skills that can make all the difference.
Yes we offer a range of options for toddler swimming lessons and kids swimming lessons so that your children will progress during the ages of 1-5 years of age. Depending on how your children progress, we have our learn to swim classes (froglets and frogs) that your children can progress through with small class sizes. From there they can move into our stroke classes (Turtle, Dolphin and Sharks) with plenty of opportunity to develop their technique and confidence. If at any stage your toddler needs help with a specific area of their swimming, we offer private lessons that can be added onto a group swimming classes or used as needed to overcome a specific area or just for building confidence. Our experienced and qualified teachers will always be there to discuss your child’s progress. It is important that your child masters each swimming level and the skills attached to each level to ensure they not only have confidence in the warm water, but that their technique is sound so they can continue to progress on their swimming journey.
