A better way to teach your child to swim—together.
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You teach them.
They learn for life.
GET STARTEDA parent-led, online program that helps you teach your child to swim—calmly, safely, and with confidence.
Why HomeGrown Works:
NICE TO MEET YOU
I'm Molly Tanner
After nearly 20 years in the swim industry, I was surprised to watch my own kids struggle in traditional swim lessons. Even with all my experience, the structure, pace, and environment just weren’t working for them—and I knew there had to be a better way. I decided to teach them to swim myself, and while it was incredibly rewarding, it wasn’t easy. I made mistakes, learned the hard way, and wished there had been a clear, parent-friendly roadmap to follow.
HomeGrown Swim School was born from that challenge. Today, I help parents confidently teach their children to swim using a simple, proven, and joyful approach that builds skills, trust, and connection—together.
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Built on Experience
Nearly 20 years of hands-on swim instruction, instructor training, and curriculum development.
Tested by Real Families
Refined through teaching real children—starting with my own.
Designed for Real Life
Short lessons, flexible pacing, and a calm approach that fits busy family schedules.
Where Would You Like To Start?
Start with a Level
Enroll in the level that best fits your swimmer and learn exactly what to teach—step by step, with expert guidance included.
Access All Levels
Unlock every HomeGrown level at a discounted rate and follow your swimmer’s entire journey with one simple enrollment.
Access Free Resources
Access free tips, tools, and guidance to help you feel more confident and prepared before getting started.
FREE GIFT
The Calm Start Swim Guide
Feel confident before your first lesson with simple tips, preparation guidance, and mindset shifts to help you and your swimmer start strong—together.
We will email you the Calm Start Swim Guide once you hit submit.
Our Courses
The HomeGrown Swim School
Teach your child to swim with confidence using parent-led, expert-guided courses that make learning calm, effective, and fun.
Level 1
Help your swimmer feel safe and comfortable in the water while learning to hold their breath, floating, scoops, and kicks with your support.
Level 1 - Comfort, Trust & Water Foundations
This level is designed for swimmers who are inexperienced, hesitant, or unsure in the water. The focus is not on swimming independently yet — it’s on comfort, trust, and foundational skills that make everything else possible.
Strong foundations here set your swimmer up for success in every level that follows.
In Level 1, swimmers begin learning to:
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Comfortably put their face in the water
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Hold their breath underwater
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Blow bubbles through the nose
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Float on their front and back with support
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Kick and scoop with help
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Enter and exit the pool safely
This level focuses on trusting the water and the process, not speed or distance.
Level 2
Teach your swimmer to swim independently on their front and back while building confidence, control, and safe self-rescue skills.
Level 2 - Independent Movement & Water Safety
Level 2 is where swimmers begin to move independently in the water.
This level builds on the comfort and foundations established in Level 1 and introduces independent swimming skills on both the front and back. While assistance may still be used at times, the goal is to help swimmers begin trusting their own movement and ability.
In Level 2, swimmers are learning to:
- Swim independently on their front and back for short distances
- Reach the pool wall safely turn and reorient themselves in the water
- Combine kicks and arm movements more consistently
- Build confidence moving without constant support
This is where many swimmers realize: “I can do this.”
Level 3
Strengthen freestyle and backstroke as your swimmer learns coordinated strokes, improved breathing, and longer, more controlled swims.
Level 3 - Coordination, Control & Confident Swimming
Level 3 is where swimmers truly begin to put skills together.
In Level 3, swimmers are no longer just learning what to do in the water — they’re learning how to do it consistently, with breathing, body position, and movement working together.
By the end of Level 3, swimmers are learning to:
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Swim freestyle and backstroke independently
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Use flip-to-breathe movements instead of stopping to breathe
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Coordinate arms, kicks, and breathing together
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Swim farther than short assisted distances with control
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Begin learning breaststroke arms and whip kicks
This is where swimming starts to look and feel like real swimming — not just floating, kicking, or surviving.
Level 4
Expand your swimmer’s abilities by increasing distance, building endurance, and introducing the foundations of breaststroke.
Level 4 - Building Distance, Endurance & Breaststroke
Level 4 is where swimmers begin to stretch their skills and build real swimming endurance.
In Level 4, you’ll continue teaching through short, focused lessons that cycle and repeat — but the expectations increase. Distances get longer, skills require more stamina, and swimmers begin putting movements together in more intentional ways.
By the end of Level 4, swimmers are learning to:
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Swim longer distances in freestyle and backstroke
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Maintain breathing and rhythm while swimming farther
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Use streamline positions to move more efficiently
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Perform whip kicks with control
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Coordinate breaststroke arms and breathing over distance
This level is not meant to be easy — and that’s exactly why it matters.
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