Kickers (1 to 2½ years)
Our Kickers love to play! They love to splash, jump in, kick their legs and chase the balls. We encourage this with fun games and songs, together with swimming time with their parent.
The Kickers love to interact with each other too, and the songs and group activities provide a focus for this. Most of the Kickers are extremely comfortable taking little swims on their own, both with woggles and unaided. Without realising it, our Kickers are becoming skilled and safety conscious. They love to blow bubbles (the first step to learning to exhale in the water) and play with the water toys. Repetition makes learning to swim easy and natural.
Many customers like to purchase a badge and certificate to show how clever their baby is in the water. We offer our own Puddle Ducks cloth Kickers badge and a small element of the Puddle Ducks Kickers programme incorporates assessment for level 3 in the STA Starfish Awards. Once your Kicker is ready to move into Little Dippers, they will also have achieved the criteria for level 4 in the STA Starfish Awards.
A little swim on a woggle
Chasing ducks!