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Big Blue Swim School – Buffalo Grove offers swim lessons through specific class levels, including Baby Blue, Bright Blue, Bold Blue, and Big Blue lessons. The program also offers drop-in lessons, adaptive swim lessons, Super Improver Clinics, and adult lessons. Lessons follow a 10 Level Progress System and use small group instruction with defined ratios for each level.
• Ages: 3 months–12 years old
• Schedule: Weekly 30-minute or 45-minute lessons with pool hours available on weekdays and weekends
• Price: Starting at $35 per lesson, with an annual membership fee of $32 for each child for up to two children per family
The program offers a free trial lesson, weekly perpetual lessons with a flexible start date, and the option to start and stop with 30 days’ notice. Families can access flexible scheduling, high-demand evening and weekend lesson times, and up to 15 free make-up lessons per year per swimmer. Class sizes include up to 6 babies per instructor in Baby Blue, 3 students per instructor in Bright Blue, 4 students per instructor in Bold Blue, and up to 7 students per instructor in Big Blue advanced.
Expert instructors receive 75+ hours of training and are described as trained educators, mentors, and safety advocates, with the team keeping eyes on every swimmer every second. Big Blue Swim School states that its mission is to make learning to swim fun, empowering, and full of progress. Families can track real-time progress through the Big Blue app and the exclusive LessonBuddy system, and the program offers sibling and multiple lesson discounts along with an “Our Progress Promise” that swimmers graduate to the next level after 24 lessons or receive an additional weekly lesson for free until they do.
Big Blue Swim School notes that it is an easy commute from nearby neighborhoods including Horatio Gardens, Aptakisic, Long Grove, Prairie View, and Wheeling. One parent shared that their child, who had been scared of water, began asking for daily swim lessons after working with an instructor named Nick. Other parents describe the staff as warm, friendly, and helpful, mention that the Buffalo Grove location is clean and well maintained with a supportive and communicative team, and report that their children progressed levels during summer clinics and learned to swim without flotation devices.
Last updated January 12, 2026.
• Ages: 3 months–12 years old
• Schedule: Weekly 30-minute or 45-minute lessons with pool hours available on weekdays and weekends
• Price: Starting at $35 per lesson, with an annual membership fee of $32 for each child for up to two children per family
The program offers a free trial lesson, weekly perpetual lessons with a flexible start date, and the option to start and stop with 30 days’ notice. Families can access flexible scheduling, high-demand evening and weekend lesson times, and up to 15 free make-up lessons per year per swimmer. Class sizes include up to 6 babies per instructor in Baby Blue, 3 students per instructor in Bright Blue, 4 students per instructor in Bold Blue, and up to 7 students per instructor in Big Blue advanced.
Expert instructors receive 75+ hours of training and are described as trained educators, mentors, and safety advocates, with the team keeping eyes on every swimmer every second. Big Blue Swim School states that its mission is to make learning to swim fun, empowering, and full of progress. Families can track real-time progress through the Big Blue app and the exclusive LessonBuddy system, and the program offers sibling and multiple lesson discounts along with an “Our Progress Promise” that swimmers graduate to the next level after 24 lessons or receive an additional weekly lesson for free until they do.
Big Blue Swim School notes that it is an easy commute from nearby neighborhoods including Horatio Gardens, Aptakisic, Long Grove, Prairie View, and Wheeling. One parent shared that their child, who had been scared of water, began asking for daily swim lessons after working with an instructor named Nick. Other parents describe the staff as warm, friendly, and helpful, mention that the Buffalo Grove location is clean and well maintained with a supportive and communicative team, and report that their children progressed levels during summer clinics and learned to swim without flotation devices.
Last updated January 12, 2026.
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