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Brooke Rose - Keeping Kids Safe in Overland Park

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Welcome to Brooke Rose Swim Lessons in Overland Park, KS

Hello, I'm Brooke Rose, your dedicated Infant Self-Rescue (ISR) swim instructor serving the Overland Park community. With a nurturing approach and a deep commitment to water safety, I aim to equip children with essential aquatic survival skills. At my private or indoor pool facilities, your child will receive individualized attention and personalized instruction tailored to their unique needs and abilities. With a mission echoing ISR's ethos of 'Not One More Child Drowns,' I take pride in fostering a safe and supportive environment where kids can thrive in the water. With a heartfelt dedication to water safety education, I am thrilled to guide your little ones in building confidence and lifesaving abilities in the pool.

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FAQs
Can you really teach a child who is not verbal how to swim?
Yes. Consider that children learn to sit, crawl and walk before they learn to speak. Because we teach through sensori-motor learning, verbal skills are not required for a child to acquire Self-Rescue skills. We are able to communicate with our students through touch and positive reinforcement while striving to set our students up for success every step of the way.
How do the kids react during the first few lessons?
Children often fuss during the first few lessons because they are in a new environment and around new people. As your child becomes more confident in his/her ability in the water, the fussing will decrease. It is not unlike 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. Your child is learning to perform a skill that he/she’s never done before.
Why are lessons 5 days per week and for only 10 minutes?
The reason for this is multifaceted. First, repetition and consistency are crucial elements of learning for young children. Research shows that short, more frequent lessons result in higher retention. Second, most children have fairly short attention spans and will not be able to focus on the task for longer and we want to take advantage of the best time for learning. A third reason is that, though the pool temperature is maintained at 78-88 degrees, the temperature is still lower than your child's body temperature. Lessons are work and therefore will also be losing body heat. Instructors check students regularly for temperature fatigue since this is an indicator of physical fatigue.
I hear you say your priority is survival skills. Will my child learn to actually swim?
Yes. At ISR, we believe that part of survival for a child who can walk is swimming. Children learn the swim-float-swim sequence so that they could get themselves to safety. The difference in our program is that they will learn swimming AND survival skills and how to be an aquatic problem solver.

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