My sister’s son is learning to swim, at what age is best to learn to swim......

i want my kids to expose them to swimming but whenever they are submerged with water, ear infections come in. but with the onset of ear plugs, i am more relaxed with that.

4 is fine to learn swimming. I can't swim and that's the reason why my 4 and half year old hasn't learnt to swim yet. My older son is 10 now and he learnt to swim around 5 or so. We have a swimming pool in our building complex but he also had compulsory swimming classes at school.

My kids started taking swim lessons before they were two years old. By the time they were four, they could swim like fish. The experts will actually tell you that the younger they are, the better it is because their fear is less. My sister in law taught her girls to swim when they were just a few months old. They still had the reflex of being in the womb. She would blow in their mouths to make them catch their breath and off they would go. Of course she and my brother in law were never more than arm's length away, but her girls (like my kids) still love the water and they are all grown up.

I wonder whether it will be too early for a four years old boy to learn to swim. Here it seems that the right time for children to learn swimming is about 6 years old. At that time they can understand from the swimming coach much more. And it is easy for them to follow it. But you can always let a little child to play in the water. But they may have a difficulty to learn it. I love China

Hi Shamrack! I think the earlier..the better. There is sort of a instinct to swim anyway. The younger they are started, the quicker they will learn. I started mine in the water very early too. The more he is around and in the water, the better he will feel about it. Especially if he sees others in the water having fun. There are certain cases were there is just a fear of water. That is a little different. Kind of like a fear of heights..it's not something that can be controlled really. I think he will do fine since he us getting started young.

I think that to overcome the problem, he should face it, there is no point of running away from the problem. I am sure you would agree with this. It is good to start from young, there is really no harm in that, besides he is wearing the life jacket. Maybe, you could tell him you would give him a reward, if he is brave and dare step in the water. There is always a first time for everything we do, and it is comes with courage. He is a guy and if he can learn to face his fears, he will be a man with guts in the future to come, which is a good thing.