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Top Swimming Lessons in Connecticut for Kids

The top swimming lessons in Connecticut teach kids valuable skills, boost confidence, and provide serious fun! Photo courtesy of Children of the Sound
The top swimming lessons in Connecticut teach kids valuable skills, boost confidence, and provide serious fun! Photo courtesy of Children of the Sound
8/6/23 - By Jennifer Coe

When the time is right, you want a trusted place to take swimming lessons in Connecticut. You may have a little fish or even a child who is scared around water. Either way, swimming lessons are important for teaching kids to be comfortable and safe at Connecticut's many pools, lakes, and beaches. There are many venues that offer Mommy and Me swim classes in Hartford and Fairfield Counties, as well as ongoing skill-building lessons in the water. 

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Build self-esteem and foster connections with swimming lessons in CT. Photo Courtesy of Goldfish Swim School
Build self-esteem and foster connections with swimming lessons in CT. Photo Courtesy of Goldfish Swim School

Top Swimming Lessons in Connecticut near Fairfield

Children of the Sound

Norwalk and Danbury
6 months & up
Boasting the title of "the largest swim school in Fairfield County," Children of the Sound offers a variety of classes Parent and Me (6 mos to 3 years), private lessons, semi-private (2:1 child/teacher ratio) and beginner up to advanced swimming lessons.  READ MORE

Riverbrook Regional YMCA

Wilton, Norwalk, Redding
6 months & up
Swim School at the YMCA develops confident and competent swimmers. Divided by age, the lessons move at their own pace. Starters (6 mo to 3 years) is a course where young swimmers are acclimated to the water. After that swimmers increase swim skills and even have the opportunity to take lessons that prepare them for swim competition. READ MORE

Chelsea Piers Swimming Connecticut

Stamford
6 months & up
The Chelsea Piers offers student an olympic size pool to take their lessons in. Their youth swimming program teaches student from 6 mos to 13 years old. Mini Swimmers is the youngest age class for children 6 mo to 3 years and they move upward from their with skill and age. Chelsea Piers also offers classes in gymnastics. READ MORE

Velo-CT

Norwalk
3 years & up
Choose from Parent & Child classes, group lessons, or early afternoon class for children ages 3-5. Swimming lessons are available in 6 different levels with teachers. Private lessons are also available.  READ MORE

Wings Over Water Fairfield

Fairfield
6 months & up
Using the 'Swimplicity' method of instruction, Wings Over Water offers programs ranging from Parent & Tot to Olympian Excel. Most classes last 30 minutes and are offered seven days a week. Wings Over Water also offers family swim, lap swim, and birthday parties.  READ MORE

Goldfish Swim School - Norwalk

Norwalk
4 months & up
Goldfish Swim School focuses solely on children’s swim lessons. The swimming pool is heated to a comfortable 90 degrees, with kid-friendly hair drying stations and large private changing rooms. Goldfish provides swim instruction for kids aged 4 months to 12 years, as well as family swim, birthday parties, and a swim team for students who have progressed through the Pro-Level swim classes.  READ MORE

Stamford JCC Aquatics

Stamford
6 months & up
The Stamford JCC has been providing quality swim lessons for children for generations. Using a step-by-step approach, children are encouraged to feel safe around the water while learning new skills. The JCC offers Parent & Me swim lessons for children beginning at 6 months old.  READ MORE
CT kids get swimming lessons in safe, fun environments. Photo courtesy of the Town of West Hartford, Connecticut
CT kids get swimming lessons in safe, fun environments. Photo courtesy of the Town of West Hartford, Connecticut

Swimming Lessons in Connecticut near Hartford

Swim Center at Westminster School

Simsbury
6 months & up
Located at the Westminster School, this Farmington Valley indoor swimming facility features an Olympic-size 8-lane pool, lots of natural light, and an architecturally delightful natatorium. Lessons begin at age 6 mos. There is a huge schedule of classes to choose from, each class session ranging from 35-40  minutes. Private swim classes are also available.  READ MORE

Cornerstone Aquatics

West Hartford
6 months & up
Choose from a 11-lane lap pool set at 79 degrees, a zero-depth entry, a multi-purpose pool that is heated to 86 degrees, and a large hydrotherapy pool. Swim lessons are available for Parent/Infant, Pre-school, and upward and are taught by Red Cross Certified instructors. Sessions are are seven-weeks long. READ MORE

Mandell JCC Aquatics

West Hartford
6 months & up
Swim laps in the 6-lane, 25-yard lap pool or take part in structured lessons taught by swim teachers. Lifeguards are on duty during all hours of operation. The first class offered is for children 6 mo to 18 mos. In this class children will become accustom to water and must wear a swim diaper. Beyond that, the focus is on water adjustment, safety and later on, skill.  READ MORE

Healthtrax Swim Lessons

Avon, Bristol, Glastonbury, Newington
6 months & up
The fitness and wellness facilities at Healthtrax in Avon, Glastonbury, Newington, and Bristol each have a lap pool and whirlpool and offer many swimming instruction and aqua fitness classes for all ages. Classes are taught by trained instructors and class sizes are small. Children as young as 6 mo. can begin learning to swim at Healthtrax. READ MORE

Elizabeth Berner Pool

Plainville
3 years & up
Plainville residents and their families can take advantage of the pool free of charge. Open swim is available Monday through Thursday. On Saturdays, Red Cross Swimming Instruction begins with Level 1 for 3 year olds. Individual lessons are also available. READ MORE

Wethersfield High School - Backman Pool

Wethersfield
3 and up
Swimming lessons are offered at WHS by The School of Swimming. These classes are one hour long and are available to children ages 3.5 and up It is a daily swimming class that increases the student's comfort with the water quickly, adding skills on as they go.  READ MORE

Newington High School

Newington
3 years & up
The pool is available for lessons in the Fall, Winter and Spring. Classes are American Red Cross and begin at 6 years old where they cover skills such as exiting the water independently, unsupported floating and back and forward strokes.  READ MORE

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Jenny Coe
Jenny Coe is a longtime Mommy Poppins writer and contributor and full-time mom to three boys. Jenny has also been a contributor at Patch and The Reminder (Hartford Courant). Here at Mommy Poppins, Jenny writes about great things for kids to do in Connecticut and New England, affordable fun, and nature experiences (her favorite!).
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