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Starting in the Shallows: Water Readiness at Home

Kaylee Kennedy

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Dive into the water with Kaylee Kennedy in this supportive, eye-opening LiveTalk focused on helping babies and toddlers feel safe, confident, and connected in aquatic settings.

With over 15 years of experience and thousands of lessons taught, Kaylee brings her calm, child-centered approach to teaching water readiness at home. This session explores:

  • Building Breath Control from the Start: Learn how to introduce breathwork with your baby in a way that supports calm, natural submersion and long-term safety.
  • Gentle Submersion Techniques: Discover step-by-step routines that promote trust and confidence—starting from just a few weeks old.
  • Understanding Water Safety & Trauma: From accidental submersion to signs of distress and recovery, Kaylee shares how to keep your child safe while fostering positive emotional experiences around water.
  • Supporting Independence in the Water: Learn how to help your child float, move confidently, and enjoy the water without relying on flotation devices.

Whether you’re preparing for swim lessons or simply exploring water play at home, this conversation is filled with practical tips, research-backed insights, and real-life Q&A from parents like you.

Featuring

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Kaylee is a lifelong swimmer, experienced instructor, and founder K&K Swim School and Watermellow—an online swim school that helps parents become their baby’s first and best swim teacher. With over 15 years of experience, she’s known for her gentle, child-centered approach to swimming and her mission to make water play safe, joyful, and connected from the very beginning. Built on her years of experience and the proven Swimful curriculum she created, watermellow offers a gentle, nurturing introduction to the water—starting as early as 3 weeks old.

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Lucie Brixi Tamášová is first and foremost a mother of three children (and two wonderful bonus children). For more than 17 years, she has been searching for kind, practical, and research-based answers to the everyday challenges of parenting and helping make them accessible to families around the world.

She is the founder of international projects including Childhood Potential Club, Montessori Parenting, and the Childhood Potential Conference, through which she connects parents, educators, and leading child development experts from across the globe. Through her work, she promotes a respectful and conscious approach to children while helping parents navigate everyday life with greater calm, understanding, and confidence.

Alongside her international work, Lucie also leads educational projects in Kenya and Guinea through the NGO Centrum Dialog, helping provide access to quality education for children with limited opportunities. She deeply believes that conscious support of children has the power to positively shape the future of society as a whole.

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