Baby and Toddler Swimmers
This water introduction program helps the parent and the child get used to the water and see the pool as fun.
The YMCA offers swim lessons for babies and toddlers ages 6 - 36 months with their parents. Playgroup classes are offered for children ages 6 - 18 months, and parent-child classes are offered for children ages 18 months - 3 years.
Parents and children play games that introduce basic introductory water skills like blowing bubbles, breath control, kicking and floating.
Classes focus on water orientation and encourages parents and babies to trust each other in the water. Lifeguards are always on the pool deck during swim lessons.
Requirements
A parent or adult family member must accompany the child in the water (the swim instructor may be on the deck or in the water while providing instruction).
Babies and toddlers who are not toilet trained must wear a swim diaper.
Registration
Not all lesson days and times are available for Program Participants, due to demand.
*Outdoor summer swim lessons are only available for YMCA Members.
What Families Say
Aquatics Directors
Questions? Please get in touch with our Aquatics Directors.
A.E. Finley YMCA: Linda Singh
Alexander Family YMCA: Finley Baldwin
Chapel Hill - Carrboro YMCA and YMCA at Meadowmont: Jonathan Sasser
Downtown Durham and Hope Valley Farms YMCAs: Stanley Bass
East Triangle YMCA: David Huie
Ingram Family YMCA & Chatham Park YMCA: Max Turner
Kerr Family YMCA: Antoinette Pujol
Kraft Family YMCA: Madison Temple
Northwest Cary YMCA: Shane Tillett
Poole Family YMCA: Jaime Jewett
Taylor Family YMCA: Brandon Hicks
Southeast Raleigh YMCA: Waleska Brown