About Us

Puddle Ducks is a fun and friendly swimming programme offering unique baby swimming, toddler swimming and child swimming classes across the UK. Classes are packed full of fun with lots of music and rhyme. Babies and children can join our swimming classes at any age from birth; developing from water babies to confident swimmers without even realising they are learning to swim. By engaging each child’s abilities and natural affinity with water, Puddle Ducks offer simple steps to a lifetime love of swimming. Children learn lifesaving, swimming and underwater skills and are often able to swim 10 metres or more before they start school.

Swimming offers your baby a unique sensory experience and develops confidence in the water that lasts a lifetime, as well as truly magical one-to-one time for you and your new bundle of joy. Taught in lovely warm pools with a maximum of eight children, our classes incorporate rhyme, music and movement based on extensive child development research. We’ve even had our unique class songs written by professional musicians. We also teach simple life-saving skills from as young as six months old - the children love showing off their life-saving skills in our Pyjama Parties! And although we have spent many years carefully developing our progressive lesson plans to develop swimmers, our teachers adapt every activity to suit each child. Our baby-led swimming approach ensures that your child's needs are expertly fulfilled - never forcing development, but rather nurturing it to ensure a positive experience and love of swimming. Our wonderful baby and pre-school programme is offered through six levels: Floaties(0-6 months) - we welcome babies from birth who love the freedom of movement and buoyancy that water offers. In these classes, important signals are introduced to create the basis for the coming levels. Parents also enjoy magical bonding time. Splashers(6-15 months) - your child will be gaining a stronger back and greater head control, giving them the opportunity for swimming with woggles and jumping in. They particularly love to splash and blow bubbles. Kickers(15 months - 2. 5 yrs) - toddlers love to splash, jump in, kick their legs and chase the toys, as well as interact with the other children in our fun games and activities. Most are extremely comfortable taking little swims on their own, both with woggles and unaided. Little Dippers(2-5 years) - your child is beginning to enjoy the water with some new-found independence, often extremely proud of themselves as they realise they can do so much on their own: they can enter and exit the water safely and learning to swim short distances unaided. Dippers(2-5 years) - focusing on coordination and propulsion... Although they don't know it and with bags of confidence, they have lots of fun! Balls, woggles and floats are used to improve alignment and style whilst confident jumping in makes an enormous splash! Your youngster will now initiate their own swimming and before long, their small swims get longer. Dabblers(3-5 years) - this level is when you watch from poolside as your independent swimmer goes from strength to strength: a momentus occasion for both of you. We help them develop their balance and coordination further, to move smoothly and efficiently through the water.

Establishment: Puddle Ducks is a national children’s franchise network. It was hatched in 2001 and teaches thousands of babies to swim, be safe and have fun every week. All teachers are fully qualified and CRB checked. Intensive Puddle Ducks training ensures incredibly high teaching standards and all our teachers are absolutely passionate and dedicated to baby swimming and toddler swimming.

Areas we cover: Reigate Redhill Dorking Croydon South Croydon.Other services we provide: baby swimming classes, toddler swimming classes and baby swimming

Services & Products we offer

• Baby swimming lessons
• Toddler Swimming lessons
• Childrens swimming lessons
• Water safety and life saving skills
• Aquanatal classes

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