Question 1

Why should parents enroll their children in ISR lessons?

Accepted Answer

ISR parents are intelligent and enroll their children because they understand their children's abilities and want to give them every opportunity to learn. With drowning being the leading cause of death for children 1-4 years old, parent's also feel it is important to teach their children how to help themselves should they find themselves alone in the water. Research shows that there are better times to learn certain things and swimming is best learned early in life. (Newsweek and Drowning Statistics)

Question 2

What other benefits does the ISR lesson experience provide students?

Accepted Answer

Every child is unique. However, many parents report that once their young children have mastered learning to swim, the resulting confidence in their abilities engenders a positive self-concept that is often demonstrated in other aspects of their personalities. This makes your child more open to trying new and challenging things. There are also obvious health and other psychological gains.

Question 3

How can you teach babies and young children to swim?

Accepted Answer

ISR instructors teach infants to swim by honoring each child's individual strengths and experiences. They understand the fundamentals of the behavioral sciences, child development and of sensori-motor learning as it relates to the acquisition of aquatic survival skills; they use this education to guide each child through the sequence of learning to swim and float.

Question 4

What is the retention rate with ISR lessons?

Accepted Answer

The retention rate of ISR Survival Skills is 94-100% up to one year following lessons. Having said this, children will explore and may pick up bad habits watching other children or with interference like floating in a bathtub or playing on the steps. As your child goes through lessons, you will begin to understand, through communication with your Instructor, what activities may interfere with their learned Self-Rescue skills. Contacting and/or returning to your instructor in a timely manner is imperative to maintaining effective habits.

Question 5

How do the kids react during the first few lessons?

Accepted Answer

Children often fuss and cry during the first couple weeks of lessons because they are in a new environment, learning new skills and around new instructor. As your child becomes more confident in their abilities in the water, the fussing will decrease and in most cases fully stop.

It is like the first time you tried a new exercise class, or were asked to perform a task at work that you'd never done before: the first time you try a new task it is always challenging, until you get the hang of it. It is the same for your young child.

We ISR Instructors believe that the benefits, gaining life-saving skills, outweighs the crying. Also is good for a child to learn and master a challenging skill. As they get older they will experience new and challenging things and mastering new things builds confidence but also makes your child more open to trying new things.

Question 6

Will my child fear the water because of lessons?

Accepted Answer

There is an important difference between being fearful and being apprehensive. Fear is learn based and a child that does have true fear is those very few that have had a tramatic or near drawing experience. Will your child be a little nervous or anxious initially? The answer will most likely be yes. This is  because they trying something new and challenging and they are not yet skilled in a new environment. ISR is not like traditional swim lessons; it is a drowning prevention program that teaches survival swimming. Sometimes as a parent, you make choices for your child's safety, like sitting in a car seat, because you know they are important. The same can be said for ISR.

FUN can be defined as when SKILL meets CHALLENGE. Once fully skilled and competent in their skills, many children cry when they have to get out or leave the pool. With hardwork, tears and challenges and comes great things. Have your child master a life-saving skill with confidence is all worth it in the end!

Question 7

Is it beneficial for my child to do ISR prior to learning strokes or joining swim team?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely! We always recommend that all children learn survival swimming techniques and become water safe before moving on to strokes such as freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly. Why? Because drowning prevention is our number one priority. It is proven that children who go through the ISR Program learn strokes such as freestyle and backstroke faster than those who have not. This is because ISR's signature "rollback to float" technique is the same skill used to side breathe in freestyle. Also children who have gone through ISR have strong, independent back floats which makes learning backstroke way easier!

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Empowering Children through
Survival Swim Lessons!

Frequently Asked Questions

Why should parents enroll their children in ISR lessons?

What other benefits does the ISR lesson experience provide students?

How can you teach babies and young children to swim?

What is the retention rate with ISR lessons?

How do the kids react during the first few lessons?

Will my child fear the water because of lessons?

Is it beneficial for my child to do ISR prior to learning strokes or joining swim team?

ISR Oahu

Empowering Children through Survival Swim Lessons!

Frequently Asked Questions

Why should parents enroll their children in ISR lessons?

What other benefits does the ISR lesson experience provide students?

How can you teach babies and young children to swim?

What is the retention rate with ISR lessons?

How do the kids react during the first few lessons?

Will my child fear the water because of lessons?

Is it beneficial for my child to do ISR prior to learning strokes or joining swim team?

Empowering Children through
Survival Swim Lessons!