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Baby Swimming Classes in DC: Swimming Lessons for Babies and Toddlers

Toddler and baby swimming lessons are offered all throughout the DC area. Photo courtesy of Aqua-Tots Swim Schools
Toddler and baby swimming lessons are offered all throughout the DC area. Photo courtesy of Aqua-Tots Swim Schools
7/15/22 - By Meredith Kiryakov

Learning to swim is a life skill, and no child is too young to start. In fact, babies are born with natural swimming instincts, and toddler and baby swimming lessons are designed to get them used to the water and teach them to enjoy it. If you're ready to make a splash with your infant or toddler, there are a variety of baby swim classes available throughout the DC area.

Here are 10 swim schools in DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia that offer toddler and baby swim classes. If you're looking for classes for older children, check out our round-up of the best swimming lessons for kids in DC. Then, when your family is ready to dive in, visit one of these outdoor swimming pools near DC with a daily pool pass option, free public swimming pools in DC or a local water park!

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Baby swim classes are all about having fun and getting comfortable in the water. Photo courtesy of KIDS FIRST Swim Schools
Baby swim classes are all about having fun and getting comfortable in the water. Photo courtesy of KIDS FIRST Swim Schools

Toddler and Baby Swimming Classes Near DC

Aqua-Tots Swim Schools

Falls Church, Centreville, Leesburg, and Chantilly, VA
Aqua-Tots is one of the largest swim schools in the world with locations around the globe, including four in Northern Virginia. The school offers classes for babies as young as 4 months old with a parent or guardian in the water.  READ MORE

Big Blue Swim School

Chantilly, Dulles, Fairfax, and Falls Church, VA
Big Blue Swim School is a nationwide chain with four locations in Northern Virginia. The pools are shallow throughout and kept at 90 degrees to keep little swimmers comfortable and safe. The Baby Blue swim program is designed for babies and toddlers ages 3 months to 3 years. The continuous weekly lessons offer great flexibility for families to start and stop whenever they please, and to pick the lesson times that work best for them.   READ MORE

British Swim School

Falls Church, Vienna, and Fairfax, VA
Rockville, Gaithersburg, and Germantown, MD
This global swim school has been teaching kids and adults to swim for over 40 years, with a strong emphasis on water-safety skills. It has six DC-area locations in Maryland and Virginia. Classes start with parent-and-baby lessons for children as young as 3 months that teach water acclimation and basic water survival skills. READ MORE

Brookland Swim Academy

Washington, DC
This swim school in northeast Washington specializes in teaching students of all ages with extreme cases of aqua-phobia. There are classes year-round for infants, children, adults, and families. Brookland's Baby and Me parent-assisted swim classes introduce children as young as 3 months old to the water. READ MORE

Fairfax County Park Authority

Chantilly, Falls Church, McLean, Springfield, and Annandale, VA
The Fairfax County Park Authority offers a huge range of indoor and outdoor classes for kids and adults. For swimmers, there are beginner parent and child lessons starting at 6 months old, advanced strokes for bigger kids, and private and semi-private lessons. There’s also an adapted aquatics program for kids with special needs. New classes are added frequently. READ MORE

Goldfish Swim School

Alexandria, Falls Church, Ashburn, and Reston, VA
Silver Spring, Gaithersburg, and Rockville, MD
This popular local swim school, with nine locations in Northern Virginia and Maryland, offers swimming lessons to kids ages 4 months to 12 years. Goldfish's mini lessons for babies are parent-child classes designed to introduce kids to the water. The pools are all kept at a balmy 90 degrees. READ MORE

KIDS FIRST Swim Schools

Springfield, VA
Bowie, Frederick, Rockville, and Waldorf, MD
KIDS FIRST has five DC-area locations that offer group and semi-private swimming lessons for ages 3 and up using its trademarked KIDS FIRST/Kick First® Learn to Swim System. Private lessons are available for ages 2 and up, as well as Mommy (or Daddy!) and Me classes for babies and toddlers 3 months and older. READ MORE

Safe Splash Swim School

Washington, DC
McLean, Chantilly, and Sterling, VA
Rockville, Laurel, and Columbia, MD
This family-run swim school owned by a local former Olympian focuses on teaching swimming as a life skill so that children can be safe, strong, and confident in the water. Its eight locations in DC, Maryland, and Virginia offer group lessons as well as private and semi-private lessons. Baby swimming lessons start at 6 months old with a parent in the water. Classes have a student-to-teacher ratio of up to six parent/student combos to one instructor.  READ MORE

Sunsational Swim School

Washington, DC
Sunsational Swim School specializes in private swim lessons for all ages, from 6 months and up. Lessons are taught in your home pool or a community pool, if available. READ MORE

WeAquatics

Washington, DC
Alexandria and McLean, VA
Bethesda, Lanham, Mitchellville, and Upper Marlboro, MD
We Aquatics is a locally-run swim program offering lessons at eight locations across the DC region. Its infant swimming resource classes start at 6 months old. Classes are always private for infants and toddlers, last only 10 minutes, and take place five days a week to help improve muscle memory.  READ MORE

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