Starfish Infant Aquatics

Starfish Infant Aquatics We teach self-rescue swimming lessons for children ages 6 mos-6 yrs old, emphasizing safety & fun!

In just 6 weeks, your child could learn in weeks what it takes some kids months or years to learn! Starfish Infant Aquatics is a unique swimming lesson program for children. Our intensive, one-on-one lessons take kids from hesitant and unsafe around the water to being confident swimmers within a matter of weeks. While the focus at Starfish Infant Aquatics is on survival and water safety, children

ages 6 months-6 years old learn solid swimming skills that give them a strong foundation for a lifelong love of the water. Teaching competence before confidence, kids learn that aquatic environments are to be respected but also offer ample opportunities for fun! Lessons are individualized to each child’s physical and emotional development, meeting them where they are each day. Depending on the child, a lesson could involve working strictly on survival skills like learning to rollover and float or swimming to the wall, or progressing to more advanced skills like diving sticks or learning to jump in safely (with an adult right there, of course!). Given the unforgiving nature of water and the natural curiosity of children, safety around the water cannot be emphasized enough. No one is “drown proof,” but children as young as one year old are developmentally ready to learn aquatic skills that can give them a shot at survival, if heaven forbid they ever need to use them. There is no substitute for constant, eyes-on supervision and having physical barriers to the water. But if an accident happens, the best person to in charge of safely handling the situation is the child who can calmly and confidently handle himself in the water. Plus, how awesome is it when you take your family to the neighborhood pool, and your little starfish gets to show off his amazing swimming skills? Main lessons are held in Glen Allen, VA, convenient to Richmond, Midlothian and Mechanicsville, and also at the Weinstein JCC. Please contact me if you have a group of 6 or more and would like lessons closer to you.

On the waitlist and wondering what can you do in the meantime to make your child safer in and around the water?→ Stay wi...
09/04/2026

On the waitlist and wondering what can you do in the meantime to make your child safer in and around the water?

→ Stay within arm's reach. Young children need active, hands-on supervision around water.

→ Skip the puddle jumpers. They can give children a sense of independence they don’t actually have while promoting a vertical body position in the water. If your child isn’t independently skilled yet, you are their support.

→ Put physical barriers between your child and the water. Rules matter, but young kids explore, test boundaries, and forget. Use layers like secure pool fencing, locked gates, door locks, and alarms so getting to the water requires more than remembering a rule.

→ Use a properly fitted U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket around open water when appropriate.

And these layers don’t disappear once your child learns to swim.

Skilled swimmers still need supervision, barriers, and appropriate life jackets (around open water).

We’re not waiting for lessons to start before we start building safer habits around water. 🩵

Fall registration is opening soon, and if you’re waiting until you see it on social media, you might hear about openings...
09/03/2026

Fall registration is opening soon, and if you’re waiting until you see it on social media, you might hear about openings last.🥴 Here’s how we notify folks about openings ⬇️

→ Current Starfish families register first.
→ Then we notify our waitlist.
→ Then remaining openings are shared publicly.

So if you’ve been waiting for a new-student spot, get on the waitlist now!

That’s how you make sure you hear about fall availability before we post it here. 😊

☀️ starfishinfantaquatics.com/registration

You already put in the work. Now let’s keep those skills moving forward!Swimming throughout the fall and winter gives yo...
09/01/2026

You already put in the work. Now let’s keep those skills moving forward!

Swimming throughout the fall and winter gives your child a chance to keep using what they’ve learned, stay comfortable in the water, and continue building strength and coordination instead of taking several months off and picking everything back up next summer.

We currently have a few progression spots available for our GRADUATES!

If your child is ready to keep swimming, check current Progression availability here ⬇️

starfishinfantaquatics.com/registration 🩵

08/31/2026

If your baby fell in the water alone, their ability to find their own air is the last layer of protection they have.

Learning to roll to their back and float independently gives them something they can do while grown-ups are on the way.

This small skill has a very big job. That’s why we teach it so early. 🩵

Registration is open now for new students!
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08/28/2026

It’s kind of funny how these six weeks feel so monumental to us as parents, but our kids grow up not even remembering that they took swim lessons. 🤪

When they start their Survival Session young and stay consistent with Progression Lessons, they grow up feeling like they've always known how to handle themselves in the water!

Pretty darn cool if you ask us. 😊
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Kids fall in the water wearing clothes, so we think they should learn how to float wearing clothes, too!That’s why a clo...
08/27/2026

Kids fall in the water wearing clothes, so we think they should learn how to float wearing clothes, too!

That’s why a clothing checkout is one of the most important parts of our program. Once your child’s skills are solid in a swimsuit, we practice them in the kinds of clothes they might actually be wearing if they unexpectedly ended up in the water.

Drowning prevention isn’t just for summer. We care about your kids’ safety all year long. 🎒

Registration is open now for new students!
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08/26/2026

We think there’s room for both. 🩵

We want your kids to love being in the water.

We also want that fun to be backed by real skills. That means knowing how to find the surface, get to a float, breathe, and keep swimming, even if something unexpected happens.

Ready to see the Infant Aquatics® difference for yourself?
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08/21/2026

You won’t always be standing right next to the water. And the truth is, most drownings in young children happen during non-swim times.

Those are often the moments when we’re not even thinking about the water.

Supervision, barriers, and other layers of water safety protection always matter.

But if, for some reason, our child ends up in the water alone, we want to make sure they can respond if they reach the water before an adult can reach them.

📅 New student lessons begin August 31.

Registration is open now!

🩵 starfishinfantaquatics.com/registration

08/20/2026

Water safety means your child needs to be able to do more than perform individual skills in isolation.

It’s not just, can you hold your breath? Or can you float on your back?

It’s, can you hold your breath, turn and find the surface, and wait until you get there to roll into your float?

Once you’re floating, can you breathe, look around, and figure out where you need to go?

Then can you take another breath, roll over and swim toward safety?

Real situations don’t happen one skill at a time.

⭐️ That’s why we practice these skills together again and again until your child learns to connect and use them when they need to respond!

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