A teacher helps me learn to be safe in water. Read it together, at your pace. Every page is written in your child's voice.
1. Today is my first swim lesson. A swim teacher helps me learn to float and move in water safely.
2. The pool room is loud. Sounds bounce off the walls. It might smell like chlorine, which is the pool's cleaning stuff.
I might hear splashing, whistles, and echoing voices. The floor is wet. The air feels warm and damp.
cover my ears until I get used to itask to sit and watch firsthold a grown-up's hand to the pool edge
3. First I change into my swimsuit. Then I meet my teacher. We start in the shallow end, where the water is low.
The water might feel cool when I first get in. My body warms up after a minute.
go in one step at a timeask "what will we do today?"take a deep breath
4. The teacher shows me one thing at a time. Maybe blowing bubbles. Maybe kicking while I hold the wall. I do not have to be good at it yet. Lessons are for learning.
Water on my face can feel surprising. I can wipe my eyes any time.
ask for goggleshold the wallask to watch the move first
5. I have choices. I can ask to watch before I try. I can ask to hold the wall longer. I can say "not yet" to putting my face in. Not yet is allowed.
6. I can practice with Spark. Spark will be the swim teacher.
7. When the lesson ends, the teacher says "great job today." I get out, dry off with my towel, and change. We go home. Next lesson, we practice more. That is how swimming grows.
In the app, your child can choose what happens next, rehearse lines out loud with Spark, and try different endings — including hearing a kind "no" and being celebrated for respecting it. Parents can also create fully personalized stories.