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Five Great Winter Vacation Ideas
Family vacations aren’t just reserved for the summer. Winter, especially during the holidays, is a great time for a getaway too. Here are five ideas for a much-needed family winter vacation.
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How Your Children Can Help the Elderly
Caring for the elderly is important for their well-being, but children don't necessarily understand its importance unless they see the adults in...
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A Guide to Playground Safety for Kids
About 200,000 children visit the emergency room each year in the United States due to playground-related injuries, with nearly half of those injuries...
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How to Encourage Children to Love Reading
Sally Chaffin Brooks: Nov 1, 2021 11:02:16 AM
So much has been written about the benefits of reading to your child from a very young age (if you don’t already, definitely do it, it’s basically...
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How to Connect with a Shy Child
Every child is unique. They all have different personalities and different needs. Such stark differences often occur between siblings. One kid talks...
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A Guide to Setting Boundaries with Your Kids
Ask a group of parents or caregivers what their biggest challenge is with their kids, and setting boundaries will probably be a common pain point....
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Passing it On: Learning Confidence in the Lap Lane
Ever since I was little, I have had two left feet. During middle school my legs grew faster than my brain knew what to do with them! I would trip...
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TYR Sport Partners with Streamline Brands
DENVER, Aug. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Streamline Brands, a leading franchisor of swim school concepts, today announced that TYR Sport is to become the...
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Instructor Experience: A Swimmer's Special Bond
About 1 ½ years ago when I started at Swimtastic I was given a student named Mary. She took private lessons because she was very nervous in the...
Swimtastic Celebrates MLK Day
To celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we wanted to share a few of our favorite MLK quotes.
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At Swimtastic, We Don’t Just Teach Swimming Lessons
We don’t just teach swimming lessons. We teach bravery.
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USA Swimming & Streamline Brands Sign Multi-Year Agreement
Streamline Brands: Dec 4, 2018 11:19:15 AM
A partnership focused on growth and development of grassroot swimming opportunities in the U.S.
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Open Water Swimming Helps Treat Depression in New Case Study
A recent case study reported in the British Medical Journal and subsequently made into an episode of the BBC documentary series, “The Doctor Who Gave...
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Defining Your Own Success
“It’s one thing to inspire all these little girls by winning a bunch of medals. That’s easy. But it’s another thing entirely to be an inspiration...
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Watch the 2018 U.S. National Championships!
Dorian Capers: Jul 23, 2018 5:58:41 PM
The 2018 U.S. National Championships begin this Wednesday, July 25th! Whether you are rooting for Missy Franklin, Katie Ledecky, or your local hero,...
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CPR: History & How To - Part 2
Though there are many organizations that review the steps of CPR and ECC (Emergency Cardiovascular Care), the basic steps are consistent. Training is...
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At Your Pool Swim Lessons are Now Available in Florida!
2018 brings a new product option to our swim program: At Your Pool lessons are now available in Florida! You read that right...the same great...
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Swimtastic Celebrates: May is National Water Safety Month
Summer is almost here! Vacations are on the horizon and summer activities are just around the bend. Growing up, we loved our water balloon fights,...
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Swimtastic Stories: From Competition to Teaching
I’ve swam throughout my childhood, learning how to float in the lake when I was young, taking lessons until I was 8, and then transitioning to swim...
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It’s Never Too Late to Learn!
It’s something we hear over and over again: “I never learned to swim as a kid, and it has bothered me my entire life.” Or, adults who had traumatic...
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14 Facts I’ve Learned From Kids
1. Imagination is one of the greatest things in life. Keep it alive.
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Are You Excited? The 2018 Winter Games Are Only 100 Days Away!
Dorian Capers: Nov 1, 2017 5:34:23 PM
The Olympics are a time when the entire world unifies under the common love of sport and competition. An ode to the city states of ancient Greece,...
