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Fall Into Swim Lessons

Fall Into Swim Lessons

Fall is quickly approaching, and that means change. Change can be a scary thing, or it can be an exciting opportunity. Fortunately, Fall 🍂 is a great and exciting change that brings with it many new ways to enjoy life and our beautiful Virginia. We know this to be...

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Top 5 Reasons to Swim During the School Year

Top 5 Reasons to Swim During the School Year

Summer is in full swing, and boy, is it hot out there. Fortunately, no amount of summer is going to deter kids from enjoying the pool 🏊‍♀️ ! Not only does it feel good, but there are many health benefits to swimming. With school 🏫 right around the corner, maintaining...

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How To Achieve Swim Success

How To Achieve Swim Success

We have been blown 🤩 away by the number of kids passing their level in swim lessons both in Fredericksburg and Stafford. Summer time  is one of the best times to get efficient in the water. Since school is out our swimmers can come every day Monday - Friday for our...

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4 Water Safety Tips for Parents This Summer

4 Water Safety Tips for Parents This Summer

Any day now, the pools will open, and our lives will be filled with cheerful laughter and sounds of splashing as our childern 👶 enjoy the water. It is an excellent time of the year and a fun pastime. Rightfully so, our children should enjoy it. As with most...

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Debunking Some Winter Swim Lessons Myths

Debunking Some Winter Swim Lessons Myths

If you have been following Little Fish Swimming lessons for a while, you know that we always encourage our swim families to swim throughout the year consistently. The idea  here is simple. 💡Consistency and frequency yield results in any sport or activity.  One of the...

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Swimming: Life Skills and Life Lessons

Swimming: Life Skills and Life Lessons

We love ❤️ what we do! Aside from being a great sport with tremendous physical benefits, swimming also teaches us about life. We can glean much if we put our minds to it. We fully believe that swimming is a microcosm of life, which is part of why we are so passionate...

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10 WAYS WE ARE THANKFUL this SEASON

10 WAYS WE ARE THANKFUL this SEASON

10 WAYS WE ARE THANKFUL this SEASON 1. We are thankful for Moms and Dads who know that swimming is a life skill and not just a sport.👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 2. We are thankful for the smiles that swimmers have on when the come to and leave their lessons.😁 3. We are thankful for our...

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Progress in Spite of Covid-19

Progress in Spite of Covid-19

When Little Fish shut down in March due to Covid-19 we were uncertain of what would happen! It was definitely the right call to be conservative and close our doors, protect our families from the unknown, and watch carefully for the governors updates. However, we were...

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WE FINALLY DID IT!

WE FINALLY DID IT!

Since Little Fish got its start in a backyard pool in 2007, we have been consistently working to provide Fredericksburg and the surrounding areas with life saving swim lessons. it has been 13 years since that humble beginning and the company now operates at two year...

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The 5 BEST Things To Do When Stuck At Home

The 5 BEST Things To Do When Stuck At Home

With the implementation of the Executive Order to "Stay at Home," we may find ourselves living a new normal: INSIDE. Whether the effects of staying inside have been weighing on you for the past few weeks or just recently kicking in, it is very important for us to take...

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HOW DO WE PASS SO MANY SWIMMERS???

HOW DO WE PASS SO MANY SWIMMERS???

At Little Fish it’s just as fulfilling for our coaches to see the swimmer’s succeed as it is for them and their parents! Getting a swimmer to pass levels through learning new techniques and mastering skills takes hard work for everyone involved. Every child is...

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HOW DO YOU MAKE PROGRESS IN THE POOL?

HOW DO YOU MAKE PROGRESS IN THE POOL?

What does progress look like? It looks like an average of 25 graduations per week. It is the swimmer who is timid and won’t put their toes in the water. That same swimmer, who one year later, is a heat winner on their swim team. It looks like the parents who can relax...

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Staff Bio: Erin Austin

Staff Bio: Erin Austin

One of the keys to “the best lessons experience” at Little Fish Swimming is the training and relationships that we have with our coaches. Swimmers anticipate seeing their coach each week and working toward passing their next objective. The coach and swimmer...

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Don’t Cram For The Test!

Don’t Cram For The Test!

It’s December! We can't believe that it’s already the last month of 2019. This is a great time to reflect on the year and all that we have accomplished. It’s the most wonderful time of the year for many reasons. First of all, we get to spend an extended period of time...

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How To Swim Like A Shark!

How To Swim Like A Shark!

At Little Fish Swimming, we have multiple levels of swimming. We have Parent and Tot for our swimmers between the ages of 6 months and 3 years, Minnows for ages 3 to 6 years old, Fish for ages 6 and up, and lastly, we have our Sharks!  Sharks are the highest level of...

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Oh! the Places You’ll Swim

Oh! the Places You’ll Swim

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” - Dr Seuss, “Oh, The Places You Will Go! We’ll be the first to admit it, there are so many benefits to swimming (health, endurance training, stress relief,...

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Staff Bio: Naairah Nelson

Staff Bio: Naairah Nelson

One of the keys to “the best lessons experience” at Little Fish Swimming is the training and relationships that we have with our coaches. Swimmers anticipate seeing their coach each week and working toward passing their next objective. The coach and swimmer...

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Staff Bio: Kaitlyn Schultz

Staff Bio: Kaitlyn Schultz

One of the keys to “the best lessons experience” at Little Fish Swimming is the training and relationships that we have with our coaches. Swimmers anticipate seeing their coach each week and working toward passing their next objective. The coach and swimmer...

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Drowning Prevention

Drowning Prevention

Each year, according to the CDC, drowning is the leading cause of injury death for children between the ages of 1-14 and is also the leading cause of all deaths among children between the ages of 1-4, putting aside birth defects. This is one of the reasons why we take...

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Practice Makes Perfect

Practice Makes Perfect

One of the most frequent questions we receive here at Little Fish often goes a lot like this: “How long will it take for my child to learn how to swim? You know, like swim really well?” As parents and mentors of our own children, we completely understand! If you’re...

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Staff Bio: Josh Fletcher

Staff Bio: Josh Fletcher

One of the keys to “the best lessons experience” at Little Fish Swimming is the training and relationships that we have with our coaches. Swimmers anticipate seeing their coach each week and working toward passing their next objective. The coach and swimmer...

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Staff Bio: Kayleigh Childress

One of the keys to “the best lessons experience” at Little Fish Swimming is the training and relationships that we have with our coaches. Swimmers anticipate seeing their coach each week and working toward passing their next objective. The coach and swimmer...

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3 Reasons to Take Swim Lessons RIGHT NOW

SafetyParents instinctively watch their children around the pool or beach, but what if their attention is unexpectedly diverted and their young child is left unattended? Incidents like these can happen more than we’d like to admit, so it is crucially important that we...

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