Discover our brilliant Toddler & Pre-School Swimming Classes in Peterborough!
Calmababy toddler & pre-school parent and child swimming lessons are popular with local families. Our classes are well known for being child-led, progressive and fun! We offer a safe, fun, water-based environment and teach practical swimming skills to boost your child’s confidence and ability.
Our unrivalled local reputation and purpose-built Centre in Peterborough make us the perfect place to enjoy your child’s swim journey. Due to the popularity of our lessons, customers attend our classes from across Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, including Huntingdon, Spalding, Stamford, Oundle, Market Deeping, Wisbech, March, Chatteris, and the greater Peterborough area.
Our swimming pool is built especially for babies and young children, and the temperature is a toasty 33-34˚C! Bromine provides sanitation with secondary disinfection via an ultraviolet light system.
The benefits of toddler & pre-school swimming:
- The body – consolidates motor skills and healthy development, enhances coordination and helps refine movement.
- The brain – swimming supports the progression from reflex to voluntary movement. Children who swim regularly develop better both socially and mentally.
- The heart – provides focused, uninterrupted time for parent/child connection and promotes a sense of belonging and enjoyment of socialising.
How do we teach our parent & child swimming classes?
Founded on over 25 years of experience and learning, we teach using our unique Calmababy-developed method. Through progressive teaching practices, children will learn how to master their breath control and propel themselves through the water. We encourage free movement in the water when your child is physically and emotionally ready.
Using the wonder of their imagination and playing challenging yet fun games, they will learn new water safety and stroke development skills on their journey to independent swimming.
We do this by:
- Working at the child’s pace: Promoting independence in the water at the right time enables their confidence to flourish
- Lesson Planning: Carefully planned weekly sessions, which focus on breathing, swimming skills and having fun both above and under the water
- Focusing on safety: To ensure every child understands the importance of safe behaviour around water
- Repetition: Repetition of activities enables positive learning; every week, the sessions repeat previously learned skills and also add in new ones
- Adopting a gentle approach: Remaining focused on the parent-child relationship, and when ready, allowing the child to explore their capabilities
- Having fun!
Because our teaching method is sensitive to each child’s abilities, we do not follow a strict program of training children to meet a certain level of ability. Instead, our approach centres on safety, having fun and swimming with your child in an environment free from expectations and pressure to meet performance criteria.
Our lesson plans are flexible enough to ensure that progression in swimming ability is at your child’s pace without pressure or force.
Thanks to Birthlight for the expert training, support and inspiration.
“We have taken my daughter since she was a baby, she is now 4. We have loved it. The teachers have been very supportive and encouraging. All the staff are lovely too and the facility is fantastic. Along with Selina’s cafe to catch up with friends from the class.” Dawn Ream
