Can Swimming Lessons Make Your Kid Fitter and Smarter?
Children starting swimming before age five reach literacy and numeracy milestones 5 to 18 months earlier than their peers, according to a four-year academic study.
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Noticias ao MinutoChildren who learn to swim still small are not only safer in the water and have a better physical form, but also achieve greater academic success and are more sociable.
Swimming lessons may boost children's learning and social development
With family budgets stretched ever-tighter, swimming lessons can be one of the first expenses to be cut back – but with research showing swimming helps children not just physically but developmentally, researchers are calling for greater government support.
Learning to swim before the age of 5 can bring advantages in school. A study associates swimming with better cognitive, linguistic and social skills.
Although many parents enroll their children in swimming lessons for safety reasons, one study suggests that participants have measurable advantages in cognitive development, language skills and emotional regulation.
Research in Australia suggests that children who learn swimming develop academic and social skills. Individual studies were conducted in nearly 200 children.
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