Gea and Scott Franklin
Dear Judy,
I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for teaching my kids to swim so GREAT! After shying away from your program for two years, with my then four year old son, I had instead tried two summers of other private and group swim lessons, with very limited success. We are not water people, as you know, and spend most of our recreational time as a family climbing rocks and camping, not swimming. Our son had trepidation around the water. He freaked out when his eyes would get wet in the bath, and getting his face wet at the pool was a major event. On the other hand, my infant daughter is a water lover. As summer was nearing, I was faced with the prospect of another summer with my two children who did not swim – my six year old son who was super shy in the water, and my 15 month old daughter who was completely eager to get in the water did not seem like a recipe for success around water. I decided I needed to bite the bullet and get them swimming this year. I started with my infant daughter, as I felt she would love your program (which she did!). And I knew my son would want to know how to swim as comfortably and as well as her. You were kind enough to allow him to participate in the lessons too, even though he was older than your usual student.
I need to express how TOTALLY in awe I am of your program and teaching ability and style. When I was first investigating swimming programs in the Boulder area 2 years ago I asked lots of parents about the different programs offered. Of course yours was a topic of many conversations, and being a mom of an only child at the time I decided that your classes sounded too intense, even though I had friends who had done your program with great success, they still made it sound really intimidating . I figured I would try some other methods first and see how they went. We live in Nederland so getting to Boulder every day for several weeks was a daunting thought, especially since I worked in Boulder then and my son went to pre-school in Nederland. Logistically it was not an inviting prospect.
However, this spring, after signing up with 100% commitment, and my schedule more able to handle the commute to Boulder everyday, I embarked on one of the most remarkable experiences of my life. It has been worth every effort we made to get to your classes. I cannot tell you how amazed my husband and I are with our kids swimming like little fish now, and totally loving it! It would seem that seeing our infant daughter happily swimming all over the pool would be more shocking and amazing. But actually seeing our son look forward to every day of swim class, loving and respecting you so much, and not even thinking twice about getting his face wet is nothing short of a miracle for us! We all, Jesse included, are shocked and amazed in the best possible way.
Our experience with you has been 100% positive. I think your methodology is brilliant and superbly effective. In 4-5 short weeks our kids are now swimming so beautifully, and safely. We cannot thank you enough for this valuable gift you have given our family. You are a master teacher and we are so honored that we have been able to reap the benefits of your incredible talents teaching children to swim and survive in the water.
Thank you very much!
