Your Child's Travel Bag Contents for Swimming Lessons
I HIGHLY recommend you CREATE A POOL/SWIMMING TRAVEL BAG for your child’s swimming lessons.
Too many parents show up to lessons with nothing more than their child in a bathing suit. Having a travel bag always packed for swimming lessons will assure that you are always ready for lessons even when in a time crunch.
Do NOT keep the bag in the car if possible. Cars get super hot in the summer sun and the severe heat can damage and melt goggles.
Keep the bag in the laundry room or door to leave or in the garage near the car READY TO GO so you don’t forget it.
Empty the bag after lessons to clean and dry everything out. Pack the bag again after everything is dry and set it by the door/car so it’s ready to go for the next lesson.
Here are the required and recommended items you should keep in the bag.
REQUIRED…
Boogie Wipes (or some other version of these) or Tissues in a WINDPROOF BOX
Hand Sanitizer
Splash About Happy Nappy Swim Diapers AND SWIM Diapers
Hair Bands and Bobby Pins OR Swim Cap
(Required ONLY for students with long hair)
Water Bottle
Fins/Flippers
OPTIONAL
Yes, you are going to pack a towel and maybe goggles and other items for your little swimmer. But these are recommended variations or additional items to consider based on my many years of teaching hundreds/thousands of kids. I’ve compiled below what I’ve seen works the best for parents and students to make their swimming lesson experience the best possible.
Eversport Kids Goggles
Flow Swim Goggle Case
Hooded Bathrobes
Wet Suit
UV Shirt / Rash Guard
Ear Plugs
Water Shoes
Travel-Sized Paste Toothpaste
DRY CLOTHES!
You got your child/ren in their bathing suit and to their lesson on time. Whew! All your problems are over now that lessons are over…or are they?!?! Your child/ren get out of the pool and they are now FREEZING because the wind picked up or the temperature dropped. They are soaking wet, and you don’t have any dry clothes for them to change into. UGH! This happens way too often.
More often than not wearing a wet bathing suit home is too cold in Vegas. Spring and Fall lessons can definitely be warm enough to swim, but freezing outside of a pool and wet. Even in the early and late summer season the mornings or evenings can be chilly if the temperature drops and/or the wind picks up or a storm is about to roll in.
Throw a dry set of clothes into your pool bag. Or just keep a set of clothes in the pool bag for emergency cold days. That will also give you an opportunity to pop into a store on the way home and run a last minute errand you weren’t expecting and wouldn’t be able to run if you have wet, freezing kids in bathing suits.