K & K Swim School Inc.

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It’s here!! K&K is coming to your home this Summer. Whether you’re looking for private lessons or parent & tot, you won’t have to leave your home for personalized, one-on-one lessons. Kick back this Summer knowing that you and your family will be safe around the water, on your own schedule. Visit kkswimschool.com/at-home for all the details!

Lest we forget. Thank you to all those that have & continue to fight for our freedom. REMINDER: There are no lessons tomorrow, November 11th, as we observe Remembrance Day.

MEET KIRA! She’s one of our amazing instructors in Regina. She’s been on the K&K team for almost 2 years, and has been teaching swimming lessons for 6 years!! Some fun facts about Kira:... My favourite stroke is front crawl, my favourite water themed movie is Finding Nemo. I lived on a farm growing up so I stayed at my best friend's house every day in the summer so we could go swimming from the second the pool opened in the morning until it closed for supper! Would you ratherhave the ability to breathe underwater, or be the fastest swimmer in the world? - I would rather be able to breathe underwater so I could explore and swim with all of the fish! What does our team & her swimmers love about Kira? Kira is so knowledgeable when it comes to our curriculum and progressing swimmers. She has a unique way to involve the swimmer (and Parents!!) into their understanding of skills and assessment. Kira is such an integral part of K&K Swims School as she has taught in multiple locations (Regina, Edmonton & Area) throughout her time with us and continues to teach with our K&K Online lessons. Kira is amazing!....Eva is doing great and it’s only our 3rd class! My children have all grown so much! My 2 year old can swim 12 feet unassisted! It is amazing. We’ve seen substantial growth in confidence in the water. Everything is great with Kira!

Have you ever checked out your swimmers Skill Tree? After each lesson, our instructors will take note of all of the skills worked on and progress so far. All of this is held in the Skill Tree on iClass. This allows us to make sure each lesson is tailored to EXACTLY what your swimmer needs!

Such an important story highlighting just how challenging this last year has been for water safety. Having access to swimming lessons is so valuable, and taking a year off can bring about a sense of nervousness and even regression. Summer's coming up quickly, and having confidence around the water couldn't be more crucial.

If you have a child in swimming lessons, you KNOW how exciting sinky toys are. It gives your swimmer the chance to really show off their skills AND collect a handful of dinosaurs. What’s more fun than that?

Here at K&K, our focus is always on your little fish! Our instructors are always adapting lessons to fit the needs and abilities of their swimmers. Seeing underwater smiles like this makes it all worth it!

Just a little bit of cuteness for your Tuesday evening. It’s amazing to see how much confidence a little fish can gain in a one-on-one setting. With the instructor’s sole focus on them, it gives them the time to progress to their full potential. PS - There’s still a few lessons available in Edmonton, make sure to grab them before the session starts next week!

Aidan started with us as one of our first instructors. She trusted the entire process and has been making waves in our cities ever since. We love her dedication, commitment, (laugh), and passion. But more importantly we love HER. Thank you so much for everything you do for our team and families, Aidan. You light up our world everyday that you're in it!

Alberta General Registration starts tomorrow at 10am MT! Please note - we have a limited number lessons available in Calgary as we are extremely limited for space due to COVID. Edmonton - We've got lots of lessons ready for you. So if you're a new swimmer, or swam with us a while ago, now is a great time to get in with us!... Let's get swimming!

#FlashbackFriday! Do you know who this instructor is? Here's a hint, they're one of the K's in K&K.

We talked earlier this week about how tears don't mean your swimmer isn't progressing. See here, even when this little swimmer is a bit upset, they still know to pause and take a breath before going underwater. This shows the valuable survival skills your baby is learning in each lesson. They learn how to control their breath and recover once out of the water, in any situation.

Alberta Swimmers! As per the most recent Public Health COVID-19 announcement, our team is working to sort out a plan for continuing our Spring Session. There are a number of logistics being sorted through at this time, and we will be sure to keep you updated as we receive more information about moving forward with the session. If you have a lesson scheduled for tomorrow keep an eye on your inbox as our Customer Care team will be contacting you directly. Thank you for your understanding - stay safe!

Football Friday! The football submersions we practice in our parent & tot lessons help your little fish understand the feeling of water during swimming. After some practice (& a few other combined skills), they’re ready to submerge and reach out for the wall in front of them.

K&K began with the hopes of removing buoyant aids from swimming lessons to help new learners develop the wonderful feeling of being in the water. Nothing makes us happier than watching our swimmers gain trust in their instructor and confidence in themselves to jump in and swim without any water aids!

Our Spring Session is almost fully booked! We still have spaces available for our swimmers in Edmonton (Sherwood Park & St Albert locations). Thank you everyone for being as excited to swim with us as we are with you. We can't wait to get into the pool with you this Spring!

Streamlining our way into the week like...

Only 11 days until booking for Backyard Lessons opens! Have any questions about our Backyard lessons? Leave them below.

My favourite picture this summer is of my 5 month old niece. Standing. On my hands. In a pool. Check the back story on this pic in our @kkonlineswim stories today

BREAKING NEWS: K&K is back in the pool in AB and SK starting Fall 2020! Thank you so much to our K&K families and team for being patient during these times. We could not have re-opened without you. If you are part of our emailing list, you should have received information on the Fall session and registration dates... The Fall session will last 8 weeks from Tuesday, September 8th to Sunday, November 1st 2020. Pre Registration for all current swimmers will be held online on Friday, August 28th @ 6pm MST Registration for everyone will be held on Sunday, August 30th @ 10am MST

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Dear K&K Families, We are extremely thankful for the kind support that you have given us during this difficult time. As you are likely aware, the Government of Alberta has announced a mandatory lockdown for the province. As a result, our upcoming Winter 2021 Registration for Alberta, scheduled for next week, has been canceled. Our Winter 2021 Registration will be postponed until January 2021, with dates to be announced once we have a better understanding of the restrictions ...moving forward. Although another lockdown is not ideal for our swim community, the safety and well-being of our swimmers and instructors is always our top priority. If you have any further questions for us, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our Customer Care Team. We look forward to having your swimmers back in the water with us soon. Stay safe and stay healthy!

Today is the first day of our Winter 2021 session in SK! We can't wait to get into the water with you!

Did you know that this is K&K's 7th year teaching lessons? Just imagine how many hours we've spent in a pool in that time. We've loved every minute of it. Each day is a new opportunity for us to inspire our swimmers to love the water as much as we do.

That big reach to the wall! It gets easier as time goes on. Some of our swimmers start out the session completely dependent on their instructor to help them towards the wall. Over time, they start to trust themselves to make that jump on their own, and there's nothing greater than seeing that progress. We're always here to help make that leap seem a little less big and scary.

Lessons aren't always perfect when you first start out. Spoiler alert, there might be tears occasionally (it turns out not all kiddos love water in their ears, who knew?). There is so much room for learning in those tougher moments. It takes time for your fish to feel comfort in the water. Progress doesn't come without a few challenges along the way, and those challenging bumps make the calm back floats so much more satisfying in the end.

We have come a long way since we first opened in Saskatoon in 2014. When we started, I named us Saskatoon Swim School. My dream at the time, was to teach as many children as I could to swim without buoyant aids. I moved from Montreal, where swimming is part of our culture in the summer, to Saskatoon in the spring of 2014. I went swimming with my 1 year old son in Saskatoon the week after moving and I was shocked to see how many children were swimming with life jackets and p...uddle jumpers. It’s funny how my dream was so small back then. It felt so huge. Now, the swim school that I felt only had the ability to have local recognition, spans two provinces and 4 major cities. We have touched the lives of thousands in Canada and are becoming experts at teaching infants from home all around the world. I look at this picture of Arianna and her swimmer and it brings me such joy. I remember taking this picture and feeling so much pride in the moment. I have the same amount of pride now - it feels the same as it did on this day. I have realized that I have worked so hard the last 6 years to make sure that the pride I felt never disappeared.

We love to see our swim families getting their little fishes into the water early in life. Studies show that by the age of 5, infant swimmers have better grasping, movement, and balancing skills than their peers. AND, skin-to-skin (something we love to do in our P&T lessons), provides the emotional nourishment a baby needs to feel attachment, connection, and commitment. The list of benefits goes on and on, check out this link if you want to read more about the benefits of swimming lessons for your baby! https://loom.ly/6G37VOo

Today marks Day #1 of our Fall 2020 session

Let's be real here, building a relationship with the water can be really hard. For little ones, it might be their first time in the water at all, or without mom & dad. Or our adult swimmers who have never been swimming in their life - it can be intimidating, we'll be the first ones to admit. For anyone without water experience, it's a whole new world full of unknowns. It takes time to build that love and respect for the water, and we want to reassure anyone who's just going through those first stages - it does get so much better.

It's the first day of our SPRING SESSION! We're so excited to be swimming in all four cities again. There's just 5 spaces left for our Edmonton locations. Have you or someone you know been looking for lessons or a new Spring activity? We'd love to have you in the pool with us.

MEET VIENNA! She’s just one of our amazing instructors in Saskatoon. Some fun facts about Vienna:... I love swimming!!! I’d spend every day in the water and share my love for swimming if I could. My favourite water activity is free diving/snorkelling and my all time favourite water themed movie is Moana! How long have they taught swimming? I’ve been teaching swimming lessons for three years now and two of those wonderful years with my K&K family! Would you rather have the ability to breathe underwater, or be the fastest swimmer in the world?: I would rather have the ability to breathe underwater and embrace my inner mermaid! What does our team & her swimmers love about Vienna? Vienna has grown so much over the past two years! She has such creative ways of teaching all the skills and building relationships with her swimmers. She has recently started teaching Parent and Tot as well and is an excellent baby whisperer! Vienna finds a good balance between working/learning & having fun in the water for the entire class Vienna is great and so mature for her age. She’s great with Lincoln, even the days when he spends a good chunk of the lesson crying. This is our second session with her and we will continue to come back to her if scheduling works. We are extremely satisfied with our instructor Vienna...We have noticed our boy is much more comfortable in the water

Have a hoppy long weekend, K&K families! A reminder that there are no lessons on April 2, 3 & 4th. Lessons will resume as usual on Monday, April 5th.

Swimming lessons should never be scary. No matter what age you are when you start, we're always ready to take those beginner steps with you. While we are counting down the days until we can have our groups together in the water, any time is a great time to get started!

Out with the old and in with the new! Wow, what a year. As a small business, we have truly seen all of the ups and downs 2020 had to bring. It's so so important for us to take time and appreciate our swimmers who have supported us along the way. So, thank you, everyone who has swam with us, given us kind words, and continued to hype us up! We can confidently say that after this year, we are fully prepared for the next. Here's to more smiles in 2021!... Happy New Year!!

Have you heard? We don't use the pass/fail system. If you're wondering why that is, we believe progress goes beyond a pass. Every swimmer is different, so their swimming journey should reflect that same individuality. To us, swimming progression is more than a checkmark on a list of skills. That's why the curriculum we use focuses on individual learning and growth.

We could have never imagined how well Fall registration (in a pandemic) could have gone for our swim school. Our swimming lessons sold out in less than 3 days and our email inbox is flooded with an overwhelming amount of messages from our families. Our mission for this session is to keep all of our swimmers and team members safe by slowly getting back into the water. On the flip side, we also know how necessary our services are to our communities. Thank you so much for your... patience while we sort out all of the COVID kinks. K&K’s Late Fall session will be starting Monday, November 2nd for 7 weeks. You can find the registration information for the Late Fall session here - http://kkswimschool.com/registration-information We are so darn thankful to have such a strong community in times like these. We cannot thank you enough

Such a little rockstar! Our Parent & Tot lessons have a number of skills and progressions that lead to these little independent moments. It’s an amazing feeling knowing that your baby will reach for you or the nearest wall in the pool. Our instructors work to build up you and your baby’s confidence in the water so these activities can be a breeze.

Happy Thanksgiving K&K Families! REMINDER: There are no lessons this Sunday (Oct. 11th) and Monday (Oct. 12th). Wow! We have so much to be thankful for. We're thankful everyday for the little swim family we've made over the years! Even with all the curve balls this year had to bring, we were able to overcome those challenges and keep doing what we love. To those of you that have been with us since 2014, and those who are new to K&K, we thank you. For following along with us through this journey and supporting us in teaching a genuine love and respect for the water.

What's that? Summer's coming soon?? Here at K&K we are BUSY planning lessons that come right to your backyard. For a sneak peek at the schedule, check out our website - https://loom.ly/gPAD1sI. More details coming soon!

Wishing our K&K Families a safe and happy holiday season! While these days might look a little different than usual, we encourage everyone to take some extra time to appreciate those you've got around you! There’s *snow* place like home for the holidays!

The back float! It's a part of almost every K&K lesson. We help our swimmers feel confident & prepared in the water, so at any moment they're ready to keep floating!

If you're looking to get your mask cleaned, we know a girl.

MEET PAIGE! She’s one of our amazing team leads/instructors in Calgary. She’s been on the K&K team for just over 2 years, and has been teaching swimming lessons for 7 years! Some fun facts about Paige:... I swam competitively throughout school, I played hockey until I was 21, and I absolutely love books they let you travel without having to leave your bed! Would you rather have the ability to breathe underwater, or be the fastest swimmer in the world?: I would definitely rather be able to breathe underwater - I am not a very competitive person and I don’t think I could handle the pressure of the Olympics! Also, who doesn’t want to be like Aquaman? If I could breathe underwater a) I would be able to swim so fast without having to come up for breath and b) I could go scuba diving in the ocean without worrying about carrying heavy oxygen tanks and coming up before they run out! What does our team love about Paige? Paige is an amazing instructor with tons of energy. Her love of swimming is evident in her lessons and she connects with her families to allow for optimal growth of her swimmers.

Today is the first day of our Late Fall session! We are so excited to swim with you!

It's tough work becoming a little professional swimmer! Our Parent & Tot program was designed by a mother’s experience in teaching her two children to swim during infancy. Now, after teaching thousands of young children to swim across Canada, we are confident that swimming can be taught not only with skill, but with a parent’s love.

Pool ball or yummy red apple?

It's almost time for our Late Fall Registration!! Tomorrow @ 10am MST, our Late Fall Session preview will be available! Our registration dates are now organized by province to reduce website traffic and help registration run more smoothly for our excited swimmers!... Registration Dates: SK: Pre-Registration - Oct. 19th @ 10am, General Registration - Oct. 21st @ 10am AB: Pre-Registration - Oct. 20th @ 10am, General Registration - Oct. 22nd @ 10am PS. If you don't secure a spot during Pre-Registration (available to our Fall Session clients), not to worry. We will have more spots open during our General Registration!

WOW! The site could not handle the overwhelming amount of traffic on our website this evening,. We are working hard to get this back on track. Please keep trying and stay tuned for an update!

We're already at the halfway point of our Late Fall session! If you have any progress photos of videos, or just any photos from your lessons in general, we would LOVE to see them! Send them to us!

Some mid-lesson smiles to brighten your Friday!