My 3 year old son has been having swimming lessons for about a year. His GP takes him normally as I work FT but I go along to the odd lesson to see how's he doing.
I took him this week and left feeling abit disappointed with the lack of progression. His confidence is better but not much else has changed.
The instructor is lovely and my son likes her, but we are paying £60 for 6 x30min lessons and not much seems to be happening . Another thing that annoyed me recently is that on one occasion when no other children turned up, she cut the lesson short by 15 mins rather than spending the full 30mins with him, which I didn't agree with.
AIBU to expect more from the lessons or is this typical to not really see much progression at this age?
AIBU?
Am I expecting too much from swimming lessons
Penns · 26/01/2023 19:26
Am I being unreasonable?
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POLLLj8893 · 26/01/2023 19:52
I think 3 is very young to be honest.
we started DD last year at 8 (I know that was a little late) and she progressed very quickly.
We pay £24 a month, which is a 30min lesson every week (only closed 2 weeks over Xmas).
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arethereanyleftatall · 26/01/2023 19:57
As long as they're not frightened and will happily submerge - both those are key - you can teach an 8 year old to swim very very quickly. Save yourself a fortune! But....the downside of waiting till 8/9/10 is if they're frightened, it is then very very difficult (and many many lessons) to teach them, because it's too late, they think too much about it all. So, it's a balance of how late to start. Fun swimming, submerging, parents only till about 5/6, then go for it us optimum ime.
Lj8893 · 26/01/2023 19:52
I think 3 is very young to be honest.
we started DD last year at 8 (I know that was a little late) and she progressed very quickly.
We pay £24 a month, which is a 30min lesson every week (only closed 2 weeks over Xmas).
CremeEggThief · 26/01/2023 19:40
YABU. He is 3. At this age it should all be about developing confidence and having some fun in the water.
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