SwimKids of Georgia

SwimKids of Georgia offers Little Splashers for infants 6 months to beginning walkers with a parent or caregiver, and Infant & Toddler Survival for children who are walking to 4 years old. It also offers Youth Survival, Let’s Adapt, Aqua Babies, Fun Groups, Transition, Maintenance Lessons, Stroke-N-Float, Ripples, Waves, and Tsunamis. The classes include swim-float-survive skills, rolling onto the back, floating, flipping back onto the stomach, swimming to exit the water, freestyle, backstroke, kicking, core rotation, side breathing, dolphin kick, whip kick, flip turns, breaststroke, butterfly, and racing starts, finishes, and strategies.

Programs

• Little Splashers — 6 months to beginning walkers · 1x per week, 30 minutes · Pre-Survival. For infants 6 months to beginning walkers, along with a parent or caregiver.
• Infant & Toddler Survival — walking to 4 years · 3x per week, 15 minutes each · Survival program that teaches children to roll onto their backs, float, flip back onto their stomachs, and swim to exit the water. Most finish in about 8 weeks.
• Youth Survival — 4 years + · 2x or 3x per week, 15 minutes each · Teaches older non-swimming children aquatic survival and the swim-float-swim progression.
• Let’s Adapt — all ages · For children who may need tailored instruction based on physical or emotional needs to learn the life-saving skills of swim-float-survive.
• Aqua Babies — 12 months to 2.5 years · 1x per week, 30 minutes each · Parent-assisted class for children who have completed the swim-float-survive program.
• Fun Groups — 2.5 to 5 years · 1x or 2x per week, 30 minutes each · Group lessons for children after mastering the swim-float-survive program.
• Transition — 5 years and under · 1x or 2x per week, 30 minutes each · Bridge between Private Lessons and Stroke School.
• Maintenance Lessons — walking and up · 1x or 2x per week, 15 minutes each · Private lessons for ongoing maintenance and refreshers.
• Stroke-N-Float — 4 years + · 1x or 2x per week, 30 minutes each · Teaches proper breath control, freestyle, backstroke, kicking and core rotation.
• Ripples — 4 years + · 1x or 2x per week, 30 minutes each · Teaches freestyle, proper side breathing, backstroke refinement, dolphin kick, whip kick, and flip turns.
• Waves — 4 years + · 1x or 2x per week, 30 minutes each · Teaches flip turns, introduction to breaststroke, butterfly, and racing starts/finishes.
• Tsunamis — 4 years + · 1x or 2x per week, 30 minutes each · Teaches butterfly and breaststroke, racing strategies, and refinement of starts/turns/finishes.

At a glance

• Ages: 0–18 years old
• General schedule: Classes are offered from ages 6 months to adult. Pre-Survival, Survival, Post-Survival, Stroke, and Adult Stroke Development programs are listed.

About the provider

SwimKids says its focus is safety first followed by a love for all things water, and it says it is committed to teaching children how to swim properly. The school says its instructors receive 100+ hours of training and continuous mentorship. Survival swim instructor Nadyne Siegel-Brown has taught thousands of children to self rescue and has trained swim school instructors across the US.

The school emphasizes the Rollback-To-Float method and the Float 2 Swim method. It says its personalized program provides 1-on-1 time with the instructor. Most children in Infant and Toddler Survival finish in about 8 weeks.

What families say

“We enrolled our older son into the Swimkids of GA program when he was 10 months old. He quickly learned the swim survival skills which were most important and valuable! The owner/instructor is not only highly professional but also a caring person who is focused on the most important – teaching our kids to survive in the water.” — Eliza Z.

“My son (4) had been to 2 other swim schools and could not swim. I finally found Swimkids and within the first few minutes saw a difference. Nadyne made my son feel accomplished, treated him like a person and reinforced only his positive behavior.” — Inge M.

“Swimming lessons for my 2 daughters (3 and 7) has been great. About 7 months ago, my kids were very scared to go near a pool, but now they’re very eager to go for their weekly lessons. They just love their swimming instructors also. The adult lessons at SwimKids also help adult beginners become more confident in the pool.” — Charles F.

Last updated November 13, 2026.