Water play can be one of the most memorable experiences of childhood—a celebration, a rite of passage, a gift of freedom, a burst of self-esteem! Being in the moment while introducing your baby or toddler to the water in a sensible way that fits your positive parenting style? Feel the healing qualities of water at the Lifestyle Swim School® with it’s holistic teaching method Serenity Swim®. Our age range spans from teaching babies 3 months old to adults of all levels. Owned and directed by acclaimed learn-to-swim experts Rob and Kathy McKay for over 40 years, now located at the main FAU Aquatic Center. The Lifestyle Swim School is a special family friendly community where you join in the water with your child, along other like-minded, patient and nurturing parents in a group class environment. Our emphasis is on teaching directly at the babies/child’s/adults unique pace, observing readiness and comfort and offering skills in a smooth, natural progression. Learning to swim should be a joyful, playful, holistic experience. This is not “survival swimming”, we believe learning to swim should happen without tears, trauma or force, quite the contrary as Rob and Kathy both Reiki practitioners, infuse positive, loving energy into their classes. Your child’s journey, is as important as the destination. The Lifestyle Swim School teaches babies and trains teachers from all over the world.
The Lifestyle Swim School’s Serenity Swim Network Licensing and Certification program is approved as a “Nationally Recognized Aquatic Training Program” by the State of Florida. Rob was selected by the Florida Department of Health to serve on the advisory board.
Our group format with a parent in the pool with us, along with toys, games and songs fosters family bonding and makes learning life skills fun. Rob and Kathy McKay are considered as leading experts in baby swimming and infant swimming. They speak and conduct workshops all over the world. Their book Learn to Swim (Penguin Publishing/DK Publishing) is used as a text book for training teachers for Swim Australia. In 2016, the McKay’s were invited to be keynote speakers at a baby swim conference at Cambridge University in England, in addition to being invited to speak in Poland, Russia and New Zealand.
Aquatic learning environments for our youngest students—ages 3 months through 4 years old—are specially designed with the same emphasis as the most recognized and successful land-based, early-childhood programs—Montessori and Waldorf, for example. The McKays themselves are recognized and respected as world standard-bearers for gentle, playful, child-centered and effective learn-to-swim methods. Learning at these critical ages is not just about acquiring skills, but about development of the whole child–body, mind, and spirit. We are here to help your child soar—to make sure his physical and emotional well-being is fostered and his life enhanced by water learning. Our emphasis on kindness, joy, understanding and patience yields a thoroughly positive atmosphere for a lifetime of competent water citizenship and enjoyment.
Lifestyle Swim School® is a celebration of life…being in the moment with your child…an encouraging journey…a happy, playful party in the pool!! Welcome to solid, authentic learning that is enjoyed each step of the way toward water proficiency. Join us in Boca Raton at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) main pool, between the basketball arena and the baseball stadium.
Once you have read this website, we also invite you to visit our educational website on gentle baby swimming, Baby Swimming~The Gentle Journey
We are always ready to try to answer your swim school questions. For fastest reply please send us an email : Lifestyleswim@gmail.com
All the best,
Rob and Kathy