Swimming With Sophie - Infant Aquatics

Swimming With Sophie - Infant Aquatics Certified Survival Swim Instructor; Teaching infants & children to Swim•Float•Swim 🏊🏼‍♀️🌊

09/10/2026

Everyone calls them “summer skills”… until summer ends. 👀

Pools may close, but ponds, lakes, hot tubs, vacations, and unexpected water don’t disappear with them.

Swim. Float. Breathe. Repeat. 💙

These aren’t summer skills. They’re survival skills.

09/09/2026

This comment deserves some attention. 👏💙

Kids are SO capable of learning these skills at a young age. Swimming, finding their float, taking a breath, and continuing on—these are skills that give them another layer of protection around the water.

And watching that confidence grow? One of my favorite parts of what I do. 🥹💙

09/07/2026

🇺🇸 NO SWIM TODAY! 🇺🇸

Just a reminder that we will not have swim lessons today in observance of Labor Day! ❤️🤍💙

Enjoy the extra day with your families, and we will see all of our swimmers back in the pool tomorrow! 🏊‍♀️💦

Happy Labor Day! 🇺🇸

09/02/2026

The toy fell off the castle, and she immediately went after it. 🧸💦

And honestly? THAT is why we practice these skills.

Kids don’t stop to think, “Can I touch here?” before reaching for something they want. She swam to her toy, rolled into her float when she needed to breathe, then made her way safely back to the castle—with her toy successfully recovered. 🙌🏼

We can’t predict every situation our kids will get themselves into around water, but we CAN prepare them with skills to respond.

So ask yourself: if your child chased a toy into water where they couldn’t touch… what would they do? 💙

09/01/2026

A calm float is great. But can he find it again? 👏🏼

During a clothing checkout, I want to see more than a skill performed under perfect conditions. Here, he was calmly floating when I disrupted his position with a backward rotation—and he recovered right back to his float. 💙

The goal isn’t a perfect entry. The goal is knowing what to do after an imperfect one.

That recovery is exactly what I’m looking for. 👏🏼

08/31/2026

The goal isn’t to teach them to never fall in.

It’s to teach them what to do if they do. 💙

Fully clothed and into the water—and his response is calm: roll to his back, find his float, and breathe.

That calm didn’t happen by accident. It was practiced. 👏🏼

Survival skills are for the moments we hope never happen.

“Now that my child has completed survival swim, do they still need a life jacket?” 👀This is one of the questions I get A...
08/29/2026

“Now that my child has completed survival swim, do they still need a life jacket?” 👀

This is one of the questions I get ALL the time, and my answer is pretty simple:

💦 IN THE POOL: No floaties.

When my kids get in the pool, the first thing I ask them to do is show me their float. 👏🏼 They practice the skills they worked so hard to learn—swim, roll back, rest, float, and continue swimming when they’re ready.

We don’t use recreational flotation devices during pool play because I want them practicing independent swimming and floating, not becoming accustomed to relying on something to hold them up.

🚤 ON THE BOAT: Life jackets. EVERY time.

That’s where they belong. Boating and open water come with completely different risks, and properly fitted life jackets are required for children in many boating situations.

Survival swim is another layer of protection—but it doesn’t replace a life jacket on a boat.

So our rule is simple:

POOL = no floaties. Practice your skills. 💦
BOAT = life jacket ON. 🚤

They learned how to float for a reason. 💙

08/28/2026

A little throwback because these skills never get old. 🥹💙

Fully clothed, completing her Swim–Float–Swim clothing checkout, and HAPPY the entire time. 😂👏🏼

Clothing changes the way swimming feels—and that’s exactly why we practice in it before graduation. We want those skills working whether they’re in a swimsuit or everyday clothes.

And that little smile through the whole thing? 🥹 She knew exactly what she was doing. 💙

08/27/2026

Not every jump puts you on a straight path to safety. 💙

She jumped in at an awkward angle, adjusted her swim, used her float, listened when I told her where the ladder was, and made her way right to it. 👏🏼

That’s why we practice skills in more than one perfect position—because knowing how to swim is one thing. Knowing how to use those skills to get somewhere safe is the goal. 💙

A little glimpse at some of my swimmers doing what they’ve worked so hard to learn. 🥹💙 From finding their float to those...
08/26/2026

A little glimpse at some of my swimmers doing what they’ve worked so hard to learn. 🥹💙 From finding their float to those underwater moments in between, I love getting to capture these skills in action!

See your swimmer in these pictures? 👀 Share this post and show them off!

And swim parents—tell me your swimmer’s FAVORITE part of swim this summer! ☀️💦 I want to hear what they’ll remember most. 🥹

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