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Baby Swimming Lessons

Our baby swimming lessons for children aged 0 – 14 months are perfect for introducing your little ones to swimming and beginning a lifelong love of the water.

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Baby Swimming Lessons across the UK

Building Foundations That Last a Lifetime

Water is a natural environment for babies. Joining Turtle Tots baby swimming lessons from a young age encourages familiarisation with water and helps little ones to develop early instinctive responses and lifesaving skills with the support of our highly trained and experienced teachers.

For parents, spending precious time teaching their newborn or young baby to swim is a unforgettable bonding experience, the benefits of which will last a lifetime.

The foundations of our award-winning, child-led swimming programme is communication. All our Turtle Tots teachers are trained to understand every baby’s non-verbal signals and body language. Each lesson introduces age and stage appropriate activities to support every child’s physical, social and emotional development and wellbeing.

Every baby has their own unique personality and we tailor every activity to suit them based on what they tell us they like and dislike. Most of our baby swimming programme takes place above the water with an emphasis on fun! Our lessons do include natural submersion but only when their child is ready.

We use lots of easy to learn songs and games in our lessons to ensure that you and your little one enjoy your time in the pool together.

But the benefits don’t stop there. Life-long friendships are often forged at children’s activity classes. Baby swimming lessons with Turtle Tots give you the opportunity to meet like-minded parents and carers, share your experiences and enjoy time together away from the pool.

Benefits of baby swimming

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the benefits of baby swimming lessons?

Baby swimming offers many benefits for both you and your baby. Our lessons support your child’s physical, social and emotional development, as well as giving your child the opportunity to develop their language skills. The Turtle Tots swimming programme fundamentally teaches vital life-saving and water safety skills, something that will support your child’s confidence in the water throughout their entire lives. Baby swimming lessons also encourage bonding and attachment, giving parents the chance to spend quality time with their little ones cuddling, playing and learning together.

What do I need to bring to baby swimming lessons?

All Turtle Tots babies and toddlers must wear a double nappy system until they are fully toilet trained. A well fitted neoprene Happy Nappy should be worn over a swim nappy. We have some fantastic reusable options available in our shop. Alternatively, you can purchase disposables from any good baby retailer.

If your little one feels the cold, or you are planning on swimming in cooler pools between lessons, you can purchase a baby wetsuit.

Also, don’t forget your own swimming costume, towels and a warm snuggly outfit for your baby after the lessons.

When is the best time to start baby swimming?

Babies can start swimming lessons with Turtle Tots from birth. Our lessons for little ones take place in lovely warm pools in locations across the UK. However, new mums may need to wait a little while until their bodies have fully recovered so if you would like to start your baby swimming journey as soon as possible, other family members may need to hop in the pool with little one initially.

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Reviews

  • Both of my boys started Turtletots as tiny babies. It was an amazing time bonding with your baby and watch them develop every week. Now they are in the Turtletots big swimmers and so confident in the water.
    It makes swimming fun with no pressure and they want to join in the games.
    We have also made some amazing friends during our Turtletots journey.

    Lee

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  • My baby loves swimming at Turtle Tots. Lots of fun and I now feel really confident taking my baby swimming. Cannot recommend Turtle Tots enough.

    Rebecca

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  • Zoe is an amazing teacher. My daughter has been taking lessons with Turtle Tots since she was 3 months old and I’m confident she will be an excellent swimmer thanks to these lessons. Not only are they teaching basics and safety, they are also so much fun!

    Sarah

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  • Have been loving bringing my son to TT classes since he was about 4 months old. Such a great class to look forward to and he’s so confident in water now.

    Gemma

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  • Our little one has been swimming with Turtle Tots since she was 5 months old and absolutely loves it! Fay is amazing and we wouldn’t want to go anywhere else. We cannot recommend enough

    Laura

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  • Excellent classes. We have been attending for the last year with my little boy, he was only a baby when we started. Teachers are brilliant, patient, understanding and kind! Would definetly recommend.

    Sara

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  • Poppy has loved her lessons with turtle tots, Charlotte is so lovely with them all and she has really grown to love the pool since going weekly to sessions!

    Matthew

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  • The finest swimming establishments for children in the northwest. If you take your child to a public pool to learn how to swim you’re wrong. First-class teaching year-round. My child was swimming before she could walk and now holidays are stress-free whenever she is in the pool. Thank you Turtle Tots you truly are wonderful.

    Harry

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  • We love coming along to turtle tots every week. My little boy has so much water confidence the lessons are informative helping adults keep little ones safe in water and also fun lessons with toys etc helping build their confidence in water. I love having the opportunity to be flexible if we are unwell one week and being able to cancel and book another alternative session so we don’t miss out.
    Would highly recommend for anyone looking at getting thier babies into the water and having some fun

    Emily

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  • We’ve taken our daughter to baby swim lessons with Turtle Toys since she was 8 weeks old and have loved every lesson. Jo is really knowledgeable and great with the little ones, really following their lead whilst supporting us as parents to interact with and help our daughter gain confidence in the water. Would recommend to anyone considering lessons for their little one!

    Rosie

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  • Me and my baby absolutely love this class! Maybe me more so, the instructor is lovely and so are all the other parents who are in my group! We can’t wait to start level 2. Highly recommend as swimming is so important for them to learn!

    Rosie

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  • We have been attending since my daughter was 4 months old, she is now 20 months and we absolutely love our lessons every week.
    All the teachers are some of the friendliest people I have ever met, its rare to come across that these days. You can tell everyone is so passionate about teaching. We always leave with a spring in our step after having so much fun!

    We look forward to our Thursday slot every week and couldn’t reccomend this swim school enough.

    Thanks Turtle Tots team xx

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Ready To Start Swimming?

We have swimming lessons for babies, toddlers, 3 and 4 year olds available across the whole of the UK and Ireland, and our world-class swimming teachers are eagerly waiting to welcome you and your little one into a lovely warm pool. If you’re ready to kick-start your child’s journey towards water confidence, find a lesson near you today.

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