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Teach your child to swim

As a Shaw Method of swimming teacher and editor of this publication I’m often asked by friends for my advice on the best way to teach their children to swim. My answer is, unless you are terrified of the… read more

July 14, 2011 Posted by Jane-Ann Featured article 4 Comments »

In at the shallow end: March 2011

swimshawmethod.com editor and Shaw Method teacher Jane-Ann Purdy is teaching her nephew to swim. This is the fifth of her regular updates on his progress …
Little Jamie is almost a year old, and this month I was able… read more

March 17, 2011 Posted by Jane-Ann Learn to swim 8 Comments »

In at the shallow end: January 2011

swimshawmethod.com editor and Shaw Method teacher Jane-Ann Purdy is teaching her nephew to swim. This is the fourth of her regular updates on his progress …
Looking back at previous “In at the shallow end” articles I realised that… read more

January 24, 2011 Posted by Jane-Ann Learn to swim No Comments »

My swimming achievement 2010

We asked you, our lovely readers, to tell us about your swimming achievements from the past year, and what an inspirational mailbag we received. Without further ado here are our favourites. Prepared to be inspired …
Rescue fly …… read more

December 16, 2010 Posted by Jane-Ann Featured article 2 Comments »

In at the shallow end: October 2010

swimshawmethod.com editor Jane-Ann Purdy is teaching her nephew to swim. This is the third of her regular updates on his progress …
Bathtime for young Jamie (now nearly 7 months) and his brother Charley (age 3) is becoming a… read more

October 19, 2010 Posted by Jane-Ann Learn to swim No Comments »