In the Swim in
SPRINGFIELD Aquatics for Those 4 Months & Up!
By Deborah Schapiro, photos by Dan Epstein
F
or Jeffrey and Larisa Posner, things are going swimmingly in all senses of the word. The husband-and-wife team recently opened the Goldfish Swim School in Springfield, building on the success of their four-year-old Livingston facility.
Unlike traditional swim classes that offer fixed start and end dates, Goldfish Swim School offers an ongoing, perpetual lesson model. This allows children to begin at any time and progress at their own pace. Goldfish Swim School instructors are highly trained in The Science of SwimPlay®, the school’s proprietary curriculum, which uses play-based learning to build life skills in and out of the water. The majority of Goldfish students are first learning to swim, but the school also offers upper-level classes and “Swim Force.” This is their non-competitive team, where advanced swimmers spend an hour practicing their strokes across the whole length of the pool.
Tiffany Schroeder, General Manager of Goldfish Swim School Livingston and Goldfish Swim School Springfield
Like its sister facility, the Springfield Goldfish Swim School offers swim instruction to children from four months through 12 years old. Up until age two, the children are in the pool with a parent or caregiver. At age two, they may or may not be separated from their adult, depending on individual readiness. From ages three and up, the children have group lessons; the student-teacher ratio of no more than 4:1 allows for plenty of attention. Classes are 30 minutes long. continued on the next page
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Vicinity Magazine
Winter 2021
