We have several types of lessons.
Create an account or sign in to your account. You can go to the “My Account” or “Book Now” button on our home page. https://www.littlefishswimschool.net to get started.
Choose your location: West and East are both located in North Seattle, 2-3 min drive from each other and North is in Kenmore. Be sure to check availability at all locations you are willing to travel to.
Choose your preferred lesson type depending on your child’s age and your time preferences.
Choose to search availability by Staff member or Date and Time to find an individual lesson that works for your schedule.
Next you will be prompted to select a purchase option. If you have booked a single slot lesson, you can purchase any sized package and the remainder of the package credits will remain in your account for subsequent bookings.
Complete booking by purchasing the purchase option with your credit card.
You will receive email confirmation of your bookings and purchases.
Yes! We open our schedule quarterly, and at the beginning of our Fall, Winter and Spring schedule opening we offer Prebooking! You can participate in prebooking and sign up for a spot via sign up genius that our staff will book for you for the entire season for an extra fee. As long as you have an account with us and receive news and updates you will get the links and information for prebooking.
Maybe! Individual lessons are booked on a first come first served basis and not all instructors schedules will be offered for prebooking. You can log on at the specific date and time of the quarterly schedule launch for the best shot at booking your desired lessons. Weekends and evenings do book up quickly!
We follow the Seattle Public Schools Calendar. Specific dates for prebooking and opening are TBD and we will send out emails to everyone with all of the specific information starting one month before we open a quarterly schedule.
Little Fish Swim School offers unlimited scheduling/rescheduling/canceling with more than 24 hours notice. When you book a lesson we reserve that slot just for you and we incur pool costs and instructor fees for each lesson booked that can not be recovered if you cancel with less than 24 hours notice.
As a small business, we ask that you do your best to give us as much notice as possible to enable us to fill your slot.
A cancellation with less than 24 hours notice will be forfeited and can not be refunded.
*Please note: There are no make-up lessons for Late Cancels or No Shows. If you Late Cancel your lesson or do not show up, you will automatically lose that lesson – no exceptions. Thank you for understanding.
Late Cancellations (made with 24 hours notice or less) will be charged full price.
No shows are charged full price.
Our lessons expire one year after purchase, please try not to purchase more lessons than you can use in a year, however we can update expiration dates if you have trouble scheduling or rescheduling lessons.
We do not offer refunds on unused lesson credits, but expiration dates are easily extended.
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Due to our unique connection based curriculum, we teach each child one at a time, but feel free to book longer sessions and split them up for back to back lessons.
Yes, there is a bathroom available for a quick rinse off and warm changing room. Please supply your own towel.
If you book a “Littlest Fish” lesson or join a Sing-a-long swim class, you can join your child in the pool. Otherwise there are viewing sites next to each pool for you to watch from the side.
Yes! Have a look at the instructor bios and choose a teacher who works with advanced strokes.
Yes! Our teachers are amazing and our facilities are wonderful and private for adults learning for the first time.
Emily is teaching mostly assessment lessons and short lessons for kiddos working on a big breakthrough after a few lessons. Emily also does all of our high-anxiety assessments. For one of these assessments, please let your instructor know and send us an email with a request.
Each lesson is booked individually. Folks cancel and reschedule all the time, so the calendar shows random openings. Please email us if you’d like to be added to the last-minute cancellation list. The BEST way to book is through our “Achieve” app from Wellness Living. Find it in your App Store!
Yes, “pods” of no more than two families totaling no more than 8 people may swim. EACH FAMILY MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE LITTLE FISH ACCOUNT
In the designated parking area in front of the house, or on the street.
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Yes, there is a bathroom available for a quick rinse-off.
You can sit in the greenhouse if everyone can sit quietly on the bench in the far corner. We do recommend family members give extra space for our extra anxious swimmers. You are also welcome to wait in the dressing areas, where there are video monitors for you to watch the lesson. We aim to keep distractions down for our lessons. Please come back at the end of a lesson for the instructor to show you what your child is working on.
Lessons are back to back and only one child is allowed in the water at a time, so unfortunately, no.
Not during standard swim lessons, but feel free to sign up for a family swim! A caretaker is in the water during our Littlest Fish Beginning Bubbler lessons.
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Consider our new PREBOOKING option to book a regular spot for the whole season. We do our best to keep instructors consistent with their listed shifts and notify clients when there will be a change. You are always welcome to cancel a lesson without penalty if the occasional instructor shift will not work for you.
Please always let the instructor know if you have a specific aim for your swimmer. Email us if you would like help selecting an instructor who is best equipped for an advanced swimmer.
Our “Littlest Fish” Beginning Bubbles classes are for caregivers and babies aged 6 months to 2.5 years. Our regular lessons are for children aged 2.5 and older.
