First Day Info

Thank you for registering your child with Infant Swimming Resource! I look forward to meeting you and working with your child!

Please review the following information carefully. I know this is a lot of information, but your child's first day will go much smoother if you take the time to read this now. THANK YOU! :)

1.     Don't forget to complete your child's registration with ISR, at least 2-3 weeks prior to your lesson start date!  Registrations can sometimes take 7-10 business days to approve.  My registration link and instructions will be sent in the confirmation email upon lesson sign up.  I am unable to swim any child without an approved/renewed registration.  If you are unable to find the registration link, just email me and I will send a new link.    

2.    The approval email from noreply@infantswim.com contains your child's registration form.  Please review this for accuracy.  In the text of your approval email you will also see a “coupon code” valued at $15 to redeem at www.ISRStore.com.  You may use this towards the purchase of cloth swim diapers or whatever items you like.

3.   You will also receive a .pdf file that contains the online version of our Parent Resource Guide.  This book will answer many of your questions and educate you about our method of teaching ISR Self-Rescue® skills, as well as general water safety and safeguarding your home aquatic environment.

4.   You will read in the Parent Resource Guide about the importance of your positive attitude and emotions with regard to lessons, so please keep in mind that your child is constantly observing you and taking his or her emotional cues from you. Maintaining a positive, supportive attitude throughout your child’s ISR lessons will have a big impact on your child's ISR lesson experience! If you have a question or a concern regarding lessons, please feel free to contact me at any time. I make every effort to discuss your child's progress at the end of each lesson, but if you would like to speak with me privately, please send me an email and we can arrange to speak by phone later in the day.

5.   Please be sure that you read the "LESSON GUIDELINES" emailed to you with your scheduling confirmation.  Please read carefully to ensure your child's lesson experience is a great one! You will be electronically signing this document the first day of lessons, so it is important that you are familiar with it. If you have other caregivers bringing your child to lessons, please be sure they review the Lesson Guidelines form as well.  My goal is for each child to have a smooth and enjoyable learning experience, and parents play a very big role in ensuring that the child's experience at the pool is a positive one!

Things to bring with you the first day of lessons:
 

• TWO swim diapers; preferably 2 cloth or one cloth over top of a disposable Little Swimmer diaper
• THREE towels (refer to Lesson Guidelines doc in you confirmation email for reasons on why 3 towels)
• All documents are now done electronically via my poolside Ipad so no need to bring any paperwork to the pool!!

***SUGGESTION:  Provided your child has already had a bowel movement before lessons, you can bring your child dressed in their swim diapers and put a regular diaper over top of all of that in case the swim diapers leak urine on your ride to the pool.  It is okay if the child has a little urine in their swim diapers when they enter the pool.  This helps to decrease the anxiety of having to dress them when you arrive.

DIET is an important aspect of your child’s ISR Lesson Experience. Your child should not eat or drink at least 2 hours prior to lessons, including breastmilk.  In addition, infants and toddlers should avoid apple products throughout the duration of their ISR Lessons. Apple products are high in fiber, which can cause gas and bloating that will make the floating and swimming maneuvers practiced during ISR lessons much more difficult.

If at any time you need to reach me, you may text or call me at 941-961-2444. 

Thank you so much for taking the time to read through this information so that you can be prepared for your child’s first day of lessons.  I know it is a lot of information to take in, but there is a reason that ISR is the safest provider of survival swimming lessons.  We at ISR truly care that each child has the safest lesson possible everytime.  

As a parent myself (and a former swim parent who was in your shoes poolside for all three of my kiddos), I believe in communicating everything clearly to my swim parents so that you have all of your questions answered up front.  Your child’s success in lessons is of utmost importance to me, and I thank you for entrusting me with the amazing opportunity to teach them to be competent and confident swimmers and floaters!  I look forward to partnering with you in this endeavor!

Sincerely,

Tara Wilson
Certified ISR INSTRUCTOR