Marcia Pyles
CERTIFIED SURVIVAL SWIM INSTRUCTOR
littleriversaquatics@yahoo.com
Defuniak Springs, FL
CERTIFIED SURVIVAL SWIM INSTRUCTOR
littleriversaquatics@yahoo.com
Defuniak Springs, FL
I am Marcia Rivers the Owner of Little Rivers Infant Aquatics specializing in aquatic survival lessons for children 6 months to 3 years old. A Florida girl born and raised near the water, I was a CPR certified Life Guard in my teens, while raising my only child, Mark, a former Marine. Transitioning to banking after moving to Tennessee in 2006, my love for the water never wavered. I was introduced to infant survival swimming through a man who had experienced the unthinkable tragedy of losing his 3 year-old son to accidental drowning. This man later became my husband. Our relationship deepened my love and passion for children and their safety around water. I moved back to Florida in 2017 to teach preschool when it ‘clicked’. I realized that teaching survival swimming and possibly saving precious lives would combine my love of the water with my passion for teaching young children. After researching several survival swimming programs, I chose Infant Aquatics. I traveled to Colorado to train with Judy Heumann and her daughter Kyla Blum. The experience was intense, consisting of over 200 hours of hands-on in water training with dozens of infants, toddlers and young children over a 6 week period, in addition to academic study covering infant physiology, child development and behavior. I’m excited to begin this new chapter in my life and look forward to getting to know you and your family and equipping your child with skills that could save his (or her) life.
We are dedicated to providing the safest and most comprehensive baby swimming lessons possible. We are committed to teaching your child the survival swimming skills needed to enjoy the water safely. We are passionate about the water and the children who swim in it. We are dedicated to saving lives, one child at a time. We form special relationships with both our students and their parents. Watching your child discover the joy of swimming is truly the most rewarding experience for us all.
We owe a tremendous amount of credit to Judy Heumann and the whole Infant Aquatics team for providing the best swim-float-swim program in the country, and for allowing us to share the program with our children. We are proud to be a part of this program and to be able to provide our children with the best possible learning experience.
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