VekkuliZammakko is a private swim school for infants and toddlers located In Kempele, Finland. We also give private lessons for infants, toddlers and adults. We use an American teaching method, whose goal is to get a children to swim as young as possible which is why a child should get used to water as soon as possible. We use the recommendations of The Finnish Association for Swimming Instruction and Life Saving (SUH) when to begin swimming practices which are at least 3-5 months of age and 5kg of weight.
-Studies have shown that 1,5 - 2 years old can learn to swim if one has done swimming practices actively.(Link to study's abstract) Swimming also raises childs tolerance to illnessies and improves childs motorics.
We believe that learning to swim is like learning a language and that a learner benefits the most from steady, consistent practice. We offer you small class sizes (about 6 children) and year-round active infant and toddler swim groups. Our program does not just splash and play, we teach you how to teach your baby to swim, bond, have fun and exercise. Children with special needs are also very welcome. On contrary to Finnish swim schools we teach your child until he or she is three years old. We want to make sure that there is no long pause between infant and toddler swim schools so that the child will not forget already learned skills, like submercing.
Both our instructors are trained in Finland and in America. They both have several years of experience in teaching young children to swim.
We collaborate with Finland's the most popular infant and toddler swimming photographing and videotaping service provider photo service Molskis. Photoshoots will be held twice a year.