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Kid's First Swim School - Dundalk

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  • Location Address: Merritt Point Shopping Center 1581 Merritt Boulevard | Dundalk, MD 21222
  • reviews Rating: 4.20 (95 reviews)
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About Kid's First Swim School - Dundalk

The KIDS FIRST Swim Schools are the world’s largest provider of children’s swimming instruction, operating 20 locations across 5 states, teaching over 150,000 students annually. We are dedicated to teaching kids to be safe and proficient in the water. We have built America’s finest specialty designed training pools. Maintained at 90 degrees with depths ranging from 2 to 5 feet, both our instructors and students find this the perfect environment to learn. Shivering and goosebumps, often a major deterrent to the learning process, are outlawed at the KIDS FIRST Swim Schools!! Expert instructors, a trademarked curriculum and a kid-friendly environment enhance your child’s learning experience.

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Merritt Point Shopping Center 1581 Merritt Boulevard, MD, 21222

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4.20
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google review

More than expected. The place was clean friendly and attentive staff. My son also do swim lessons here. He had a blast for his 4th birthday. Highly recommend this place for your kids swimming lessons and birthday parties.

Sashagaye McNamee
17 March 2024
google review

I enjoy the atmosphere.But its so damn dirty The drains in the pool area that are against the wall have dust hair lint all kinds of stuff. The back door area looks unappealing the carpet is so old and the restroomschanging rooms need to be remodeled. The entire space needs to be rehabbed.But once you close your eyes to all of the nasties the instructors are great and it is a pleasant time.

Kayla Davies
25 February 2024
google review

This place was so amazing for a childs birthday party Access to the party room before your swim time. The allotted time for the kids to swim. Booking a party details for the party everything was so easy. Not stressful at all. 10 out of 10 highly recommend.

Miasia Smith
25 February 2024
google review

We had a great swim party this year We have been in the past but tonight was even better Wonderful lifeguard and all other staff as well

Kathy Pietruszka
18 February 2024
yelp review

My sons 9th birthday was here today and from the booking to the setup to the clean up the staff was prompt and knowledgeable the lifeguard made sure the...

Nicole T.
11 February 2024
yelp review

Love this schools. Its always clean and the staff is always willing to help. Only 4-5 kids is each class which is amazing. Please bring your child

Carrie-beth L.
08 February 2024
google review

Love this place The staff has always been amazing but the touches of new paintdecorations can easily be felt with the new ownership as well. I have both of my children attend classes but my son attends 11 swim training. They both love their instructors but the extra care with my son who has special needs and the flexibility when we need to do a makeup makes the staff even more awesome. I appreciate them so much. The management also works with me on any grant-funded classes and has made it seamless. I would highly recommend for all levels of swimmers.

alicia van wert
17 December 2023
google review

I have been going to this place for a few years now. My kids really enjoy it and Ive seen my oldest go from complete fear of the water to being able to swim the length of the pool by himself in a multitude of different ways. Theyve had several different teachers and for the most part have liked them all. They are patient and helpful and I find that my kids really enjoy being there.I will admit that the earlier classes can be a little frustrating if you do the cheaper group classes because the amount of kids and individual attention for each kids tends to keep the others idle. But that changes around level 4 when they are all doing things at the same time. Id say either be patient or pay for private classes for earlier levels. I do wish there was more interaction with the instructors so we can pin point some trouble areas to work on but I do understand that there is not a lot of time in between classes.Overall I really like this place and recommend it.

Austen Hesler
17 December 2023
google review

Amazing place to take your child to learn an important skill. My son was afraid to even get his face wet when we signed him up for lessons. The staff helped him overcome his fear and now I can not keep him out of the water. Clean well kept facility and pool. Friendly knowledgeable staff who treat you like family. Their birthday parties are a huge hit too. Highly recommend to all regardless of age.

Jennifer Kentfield
17 December 2023
google review

My children have been receiving semi-private lessons for about a year with Ms. Ashley. We have subbed with a few other instructors. All of the instructors we have had are engaged and make it fun for the kids to learn. My kids are learning a lifesaving skill within a fun environment with instructors who really care. I cant recommend KFSS Dundalk enough

Sarah Harmon
17 December 2023
google review

Kids first is a great place for your child to learn how to swim . My son has been swimming here since he was 6 months old .He is now almost 9 . He loves coming here and the instructors are great . We have Ms Rose and she is fantastic .

Laura Reynolds
17 December 2023
google review

Very disappointed with this swim school and would not recommend I would give a 0 stars if possible. I enrolled my son in the 4 week swim program level 2. The first 2 weeks of his class there were 4 other children in his small group. One of the children in this small group constantly disrupted the class spitting water at the instructor the entire time and goofing off. This caused the class to be disrupted and for the instructor to focus on this one child the entire time meanwhile my child just stood in the pool. I felt like it was a waste of 2 weeksswim classes for my son. I understand children can be disruptive but 2 weeks in a row is unacceptable when I am paying for my child to attend a class. The disruptive child should have been removed from the class after the first class. The third week I moved my child to a different day in hopes that this class would be better. My son goes to enter the pool and the instructor insists he is in the level 4 class. My son can not swim underwater so why they insisted he was to be moved to the level 4 class was beyond my understanding. After 10 minutes of the instructor insisting the child is in her class she finally moved him to the correct class level 2. Which this wasted 15 of the 30 minutes the child is in the class. At this point I am very frustrated with this swim school. After to speaking to several other parents it was made known that this is a common thing that occurs here at this swim school the instructors dont know which children they have in their class prior to the class so they put the children where ever I guess they feel like they belong based off their age and size. Which is not fair at all. I asked to speak to the manager to see if there was anyway we could be compensatedrefunded for the 3 wasted classes and was told the manager would get back in contact with me. No one ever called and the several times I called back I was told no one was available to speak to me that my son had the 3 classes what more did I want. Also the swim school uses an app to give your child stars each week to rate how your child did in the class rather than the instructor talking to you personally about it. The first 2 weeks my son got 2 stars each week which I kind felt annoyed by because how did the instructor rate 2 stars when she spent the entire time with the disruptive child not even probably knowing who my child even was. The third week my child never got the scores at all. I mentioned that on the phone when I called to speak to the manager and the lady said oh well the instructors have 24 to 48 hours to rate your child. I never received the scores so I called back again a week later and was told oh your child wasnt able to be rated because the instructor doesnt remember if he was in the class or not. Like what kind of answer is that I ended up not taking my child to the last 4th class because I felt like what was the point It was a waste of 100 dollars for me to take him the last 3 classes. So my overall recommendation for this swim school is to either find somewhere else or to have a one on one instructor which even then your child will be in a pool filled with 2 to 3 other swim classes so really it isnt private lessons.

Terry
17 November 2023
yelp review

I had my daughter enrolled in this swimming school for several years and our experience had been mostly positive. In the past whenever she was sickoff...

Li A.
31 July 2023

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