Best age to learn to swim?

I think the nest age to swim would be as early as some 10 years.I have learned swimming at that time.My elder cousin brother taught me when I went to their house in my chidhood.He used to teach me the same all the time I went there.It was great to learn swimming at that age.

They both used ring (after the baby float). My daughter is 16 months now and she is really good with a swing ring. I make sure I am right by her just in case something were to happen but she can spin around and kicks enough to get across the pool. My son graduated to arm floats this summer and does really good with them. He is 3-1/2. I think it is good to start them early so they can get comfortable with the water.

I talked to a swimming instructor for the YMCA. My son is 14 months and she said she could go ahead and start teaching him. She said it wouldn't really be "swimming lessons" right at first. She would just get him used to the water by taking a ball in the water and rolling it back and forth to him. Then she'd start doing other things with him after he got used to the water. She said with small children you kinda have to keep doing things over and over so they will remember it. So I think it would be great to go ahead and get swimming lessons for your child. Even if they just start out like the girl that is going to help my son.

I think 3yrs of age is good and best for the kids to learn swimming as that is the age they start learning flexibility and observing things with interest and even adjust quickly to the situation and even they learn very easily and very fast at this age. I gained all this with one of the couch here in YMCA as iam very interested to make my son learn swimming. All the best.

I think the younger they are the better! A lot of places offer programs for young children, even babies. At the YMCA I work at, children can start simple water lessons with their parents as young as under a year I believe....somewhere around there. But it's really nice. I think the earlier you start them, the less afraid of the water they will be. Good luck!

You can start as early as you like, some people here in Australia start from the moment they're born. Infants love water so the sooner you get them in there, the earlier they can be taught to enjoy the water & then swim. They wont actually teach swimming to little ones coz they wont understand but they teach them everything else like kicking, blowing bubbles & just general water confort things. They reckon kids are water lovers from the beginning & slowly lose the confidence as they get older so the earlier the better. My daughter is 13 months now & hasn't been swimming coz i live in the country & they only teach kids that are school age (5+) but if we were in the cit there are heaps of places that do the infant stuff.

I don't think there is a correct age to learn to swim. Personally I don't think you can start too early!!! Even if they are really not capable of actually swimming getting them comfortable and confident in the water is invaluable!! Of course if cost is a concern then there only you as parents will be able to guage when your son is old and strong enough to grasp the concepts involved. If you are in doubt perhaps it would be best for you to get him confident and comfortable in the water. Perhaps you should try and teach him the basics and if he can do them get him enrolled in lessons. If he shows no interest and just wants to play then let him do that. Perhaps take it in turn to demonstrate how to swim and if he shows a desire to do it himself then it is perhaps the time to give him lessons