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Water babies safe and sound

Stephen TaylorBy Stephen Taylor16 December 2015Updated:16 December 2015No Comments3 Mins Read
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Water baby: NIK Monakhov, 2, enjoys the underwater view at a new program at Dingley Village aimed at teaching babies to swim. Photo: Gary Sissons
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Water baby: NIK Monakhov, 2, enjoys the underwater view at a new program at Dingley Village aimed at teaching babies to swim. Photo: Gary Sissons
Water baby: NIK Monakhov, 2, enjoys the underwater view at a new program at Dingley Village aimed at teaching babies to swim. Photo: Gary Sissons

‘YOU’RE never too young to learn’ is a saying taken literally by Anastasia Monakhov, at Kids Aquatic Survival School, Dingley Village.

She teaches tots from six months to five years the skills to save themselves from drowning – and also to enjoy their time in the water rather than being frightened by it.

Watching fully clothed toddlers floating and swimming in what’s become a familiar environment to them, gives parents peace of mind,

Helping hand: Molly Howarth, 2, above, learns swimming survival skills with Anastasia Monakhov, below, and Nik Monakhov, 2. Pictures: Gary Sissons
Helping hand: Molly Howarth, 2, above, learns swimming survival skills with Anastasia Monakhov, below, and Nik Monakhov, 2. Pictures: Gary Sissons

knowing that their children are capable of surviving an unexpected plunge.

With drownings our biggest preventable killer of young children, the need for survival skills is obvious. “We would never put a young child in a car without a proper car seat,” she said.

“So we should never let children near water without ensuring they have the skills to save themselves in an emergency.”

Kids Aquatic Survival School. Contact Anastasia Monakhov 0421 131 383 Kids Aquatic Survival School Dingley Village. Www.infantswim.com.au is our website. Dinlgey@infantswim.com.au Kids Aquatic Survival School Dingley Village. Boy in photo's Nik Monakhov (2 years old) Girl in photo's Molly Howarth (2 years old) Darren Howarth (Molly's father who brings her to lessons - 0407 954 880). Www.infantswim.com.au is our website. Dinlgey@infantswim.com.au Photo: Anastasia Monakhov with Molly Howarth (2 years old) and Nik Monakhov (2 years old).

Ms Minakov said children do not find water scary when they can manipulate their environment and feel they are in control. “We teach them in such a way that saving themselves becomes a reflex action – that they’ve ‘seen it all before’ and there is nothing to be afraid of,’’ she said.

“They learn to have the confidence to cope and to get themselves out of trouble.”

Her charges are taught to be comfortable opening their eyes under water without goggles and to swim fully clothed – as they would have to in an emergency situation.

Once in, they dog paddle towards the nearest exit point for three or four seconds, and then roll over on their backs for a rest, before continuing. They do this for as long as it takes to get to safety. Ms Monakov trained for six weeks, four hours a day, to learn her survival techniques. She teaches children one on one at what she says is the first survival-swim school in Melbourne.

Classes are held five days a week for six to eight weeks.

“All the kids have different personalities and some don’t like water, but most do come to love it,” she said. It could be the difference between life and death.

Contact Ms Monakhov at Kids Aquatic Survival School, 0421 131 383, or see infantswim.com.au

First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 16 December 2015

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