If you think an in-ground swimming pool is out of reach for your finances, your climate, or the unique setting of your yard, think again: a vinyl liner pool may be possible, even when other types of swimming pools are not. In addition to offering an abundance of custom design possibilities, vinyl liner pools also […]
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Monthly & Occasional Swimming Pool Maintenance Tasks
Second only to maybe making sure your swimming pool has water in it, performing regular swimming pool maintenance tasks will have the greatest impact on your ability to utilize your in-ground swimming pool — and continue to use it for decades to come! We’ve already taken a look at the daily and weekly pool maintenance […]
Teaching Your Child To Swim: The Four Basic Strokes, Part 2
Did you know that if you know how to swim, yourself, and you have a backyard swimming pool, you already have most of what you need in order to teach your child to swim? Now, don’t get us wrong: parents may be at a slight disadvantage when it comes to teaching their own children. But […]
Teaching Your Child To Swim: The Four Basic Strokes, Part 1
There are certainly obstacles to teaching your own child to swim, but — like so many obstacles in life — their presence does not mean you can’t succeed in this endeavor! If you have a backyard swimming pool already, you’ve already overcome a significant obstacle: frequent opportunities to experiment with swimming skills. However, as with […]
Teaching Your Child To Swim: The Next Step
You already have the most important piece of equipment needed for teaching your child to swim: your very own backyard swimming pool. The amount of time it takes to teach a person to swim varies greatly, but the most significant factor is frequency of swimming opportunities. You’ve got that covered! So after teaching your child […]
Teaching Your Child To Swim: The Basics
Once you have the proper equipment, you’ll be in a good place to begin to teach your child how to swim! Believe it or not, the steps are really pretty simple and natural. You can do this — and so can your child! First Things First: Moving and Blowing Bubbles For children, kicking their legs […]
Teaching Your Child to Swim: The Right Equipment
If you can swim yourself — or maybe even if you can’t — you can teach your child to swim! And if you have your own backyard swimming pool, you’ll have ample opportunities to do just that. Like other life skills, swimming needs to be taught one step — or one splash — at a […]
How to Plan a Safe, Sensational Pool Party for Kids, Part 3
Getting your pool area ready, designating supervisors, and establishing pool rules are some of the most important ways you can prepare for a fun, safe kids pool party (see Parts 1 & 2). In this article, we’ll focus on some of the ways you can avoid everyone’s most dreaded fear when it comes to water […]
How to Plan a Safe, Sensational Pool Party for Kids, Part 2
You want everyone who comes to your home for a pool party to leave with great memories of a festive occasion. As we emphasized in our first article in this series, a fun kids pool party is a safe kids pool party. Once you’ve prepared your pool and the surrounding area and designated responsible adult […]
How to Plan a Safe, Sensational Pool Party for Kids, Part 1
Perhaps your child’s birthday falls during the summer months. Or maybe they’ve always wanted a summer birthday but their birthday is actually in the middle of January. In either case, you can throw them the pool party of their dreams. If your child has a winter birthday, you can throw the party on their half […]