Pool Safety & Fun

Pool Safety & Fun: Water Games and Activities

Swimming pool games are an indirect approach to teaching children to swim by building confidence and improving breathing skills, coordination, and balance. Water games and activities played with infants and young children provide emotional security and reduce fears of water. The use of swimming pool toys like beach balls, rings, and floats attracts children to the water and represent a relaxing play environment. Water activities have been proven to increase the rate that children learn to swim. Through play, children practice skills needed to be good swimmers.

Water-based activities are recognized for their positive influence on mind and body. Swimming is recognized as one of the most beneficial forms of exercise with the least amount of stress on the body. Water games and activities can go beyond the perimeters of the pool and aquatic instruction: there are several water games that can be played at backyard parties with the use of water hoses, sprinklers, and some simple swimming pool toys to provide a summer packed with cool, refreshing fun.

Swimming Pool Float Buying Guide

Swimming pool floats can be the traditional one-man lounger, an oversized float that holds two people, or two single loungers connected together. A swimming pool float can be in the shape of an island paradise or a floating hammock that wraps the body in comfort. Some swimming pool floats inflate, deflate, and/or fold away - each is designed for fun and relaxation.

Swimming Aids

Swimming pool aids make swimming easier and help prevent accidents. According to the American Institute for Preventative Medicine, drowning is the 4th-leading cause of accidental death in the US, claiming 4,000 lives each year. Life jackets are the most important swimming pool aid you can invest in. Other pool accessories aid in flotation and improve instructors' abilities to teach swimming techniques.

Poolside Entertaining Tips

Your pool party should evoke a mood that draws in guests from the moment they arrive. Plan several activities to satisfy their diverse interests. Remember that many of your guests intend to swim - a floating snack bar and floating coolers bring the party into the pool.

Swimming Pool Toy Buying Guide

There is a wide variety of toys for aboveground and in-ground swimming pools; selecting the right swimming pool toys depends upon construction, safety, durability, and price. The vast market of inflatable and floating swimming pool toys is marketed for hours of family fun and exercise, from the basic beach ball to floating islands, castles, and competitive water games.