For TVCC clients, 10-24 months, accompanied by a parent/caregiver residing within Elgin-Middlesex-Oxford, Grey-Bruce, and Huron-Perth counties.
What to Expect
Baby Bubbles is a baby and parent/caregiver swim group focused on building comfort and confidence in the water.
Recreation Therapists will guide parents and caregivers in supporting their child in fun and interactive water-based activities. We will focus on introducing early swim skills through engaging, play-based activities that promote comfort in the water, fostering a love for the water, and learning about other TVCC and community-based swim opportunities.
Prior to attending this pool group, a Recreation Therapist will contact you to learn more about your child.
Goals:
- Water Confidence: feel comfortable in water and feel comfortable in a pool setting
- Water-Positive Attitude: develop a positive connection with water through play.
- Water Skills: learn early swim skills assisted by a parent/caregiver, including active movement, floating, moving on their stomach.
- Parent Coaching
For this swim program, parents/caregivers MUST accompany their child in the water and pool deck/change rooms and be within arm's reach at all times, even if they are wearing a floatation device. Parents/caregivers must be comfortable moving through chest-deep water (1.2m), understand how to be safe in the pool, and be able to respond to the needs of their swimmer. If this does not describe the parent/caregivers comfort in water, please contact tr [at] tvcc.on.ca (tr[at]tvcc[dot]on[dot]ca) for alternate pool programs.
About the TVCC Therapeutic Pool:
- The TVCC pool is 61m/24ft long, 12ft wide with a shallow end of 0.79m/2.5ft, sloping to 1.05m/3.5ft; there is a step down to 1.19m/4ft.
- The pool is 34C/93F.
- Little Swimmers or a waterproof swim diaper/cover (no diapers!) are required for anyone unable to hold their bladder/bowel.
- There are no food/drinks allowed in the pool area, pool change rooms, or pool washrooms.
Registration
Dates: Tuesdays, October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2025
Times: 10:00 - 10:45 a.m.
Location: TVCC Pool, 779 Base Line Rd E, London, ON
Registration: Online at https://BBBubbles.eventbrite.ca
For More Information
Please contact Rachel Ireland Recreation Therapist, at rachel.ireland [at] tvcc.on.ca (rachel[dot]ireland[at]tvcc[dot]on[dot]ca) if you have questions about this program.
If you cannot register online, please contact Carrie at register [at] tvcc.on.ca (register[at]tvcc[dot]on[dot]ca) or 519-953-5445.