Ms. Emma was the best decision we ever made for our 3 year old son. He started with her just before his 2nd birthday and was absolutely terrified of the water. Her knowledge and confidence made me feel extremely comfortable in “ trusting the process”. Sure enough my son now loves her and the water! We will be back every year to swim with her without a doubt! Thank you Ms. Emma for keeping my boy safe!

  Miss Emma is a natural at getting my stubborn, strong-willed, scared kids to do the impossible! My girls have come leaps and bounds and can now save themselves if they were to fall into water. My son, who used to only doggie paddle can now do an amazing free style, and can also do the butterfly, breaststroke, and backstroke. All in 3 weeks!! He wants to be just like Michael Phelps.... He's found a new hobby that he is obsessed with. I am forget grateful. Miss Emma is tough and persistent, but kind and encouraging. My kids responded so well to this type of instruction. It's a well spent investment! Thank you Miss Emma!!

  After years of unsuccessful swim lessons, I signed up with Ms. Emma & my children are FINALLY learning how to swim! They have picked it up so quickly with her & even have a LOVE for swimming now! I’m so grateful we found Ms. Emma & I highly recommend giving her a try! 🙂

  We have had an amazing experience with Miss Emma! We were at another swim school for 14 months with no improvement! My son could not swim or float at all after all that money spent! Within 4 weeks with Miss Emma he can swim-float-swim and save his own life! I am so grateful to have found her for my son’s safety!

  5 weeks in and my 2 year old can completely swim and float on her own - it’s amazing. Ms Emma is wonderful and very patient yet direct with all the kiddos who fight it and whine (my own included ?)

  So thankful for Ms. Emma's swim instruction. Thanks to her my almost 3yr old daughter had a wonderful, safe and fun summer in the water. She has always been confident in the water, but now she also has the skills to match her confidence. She absolutely loves swimming and showing off her new found floating and swimming skills. Thank you Emma!!

  You are just such an amazing swimming instructor. Thanks for everything you are teaching our little girl. Such amazing results in few weeks. Thank you for teaching safety first and always Xoxoxoxoxoxo

  My kiddos went from not being able to swim to swimming with confidence in a short amount of time. She is wonderful.

  We have been more than happy with the results. She was very honest in regards how much time Our baby needed in order to successfully complete the course. We noticed advancement even in the first week. Mrs. Emma has a gift for this. She really does

  Not only can my daughter float on her back, but she can swim to safety, all in six week! Taking her to Ms Emma was the best decision. She went from crying going into the water to being excited to go in the water, all in a matter of days. We had many recommendations and I can see why, she is the best! So grateful to her helping keep my daughter stay safe in the water. We will continue to go back every year. I would recommend Ms Emma to all parents that want their kids to learn real survival skills.

  Our family highly recommends Ms. Emma and we are so thankful that we found her swim academy. Our daughter went from being scared to get her head in the water to being excited to swim in less than 3 weeks, but the most important thing is that now she can save her own life in the water. We will start our infant son with Ms. Emma as soon as he’s old enough next season.

  I cannot say enough amazing things about Ms. Emma!!! My son started with her last summer. He was 2.5 years old. He learned so much from her, I was so amazed. It is amazing and impressive that it only takes ten minutes, four times a week and they can learn so much. He just did his refresher class about a month ago. We have been to the pool a few times since then and I no longer worry about him falling in and him not knowing how to swim and float. Pool time is so much more fun now. I cannot recommend Ms. Emma enough. She is amazing and my son loves her!

  Where do I begin? I have taken both of my boys to Ms. Emma, and she is such a blessing in our lives. My oldest had started the swim float swim in Orlando, and then we moved here and my first order of business was to find an instructor to pick up where his old one had left off. Ms. Emma had my oldest son swimming freestyle and backstroke at 3 years old! My younger son started with her as soon as he turned one year old. Now, at two years of age, he runs to her at the pool. He adores her and she showers him with praise and affection. I would not take my children to anyone else for swim survival and instruction!

  Absolutely one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had. There are people who are good at what they do, and then here are the people who are downright incredible- and Ms. Emma is one of those people. My son was terrified of putting his face in the water and tried to swim with a bizarre kicking motion that actually pulled him under water. On the first day he was putting his face in the water- now he swims, floats, and enjoys himself. Don’t think twice, just sign your kids up- it’s more than worth it! We will absolutely be coming back next year with both kids!!

  Ms. Emma's teaching is caring and straight to the point. My daughter learnt how to survive in the water, then how to swim, in no time. I feel that Ms. Emma has her students' best interest at heart.

  Ms. Emma has been nothing short of amazing working with our 1.5 year old daughter. She is consistent, compassionate, and clear with children (and the adults who care for + love them). Our daughter has QUICKLY learned essential skills to save her life and we plan to continue learning, maintaining, and perfecting these vital skills. Spending the time and money is MORE than worth it to keep our daughter alive--especially in and around so much water in Florida. Thank you, Ms. Emma for your passion for teaching and saving our children!

  i have taken both of my children to mrs emma and she is absolutely amazing. My 3 year old is going on her second year and she is swimming laps around me. My 15 month old finished her first season with mrs. emma and she is swimming and floating. Mrs. emma is very patient and very knowledgeable with what she is doing and works with your children as if they were her own. Not once was i nervous or anxious while watching her teach my children to not only survive but to also swim. i would recommend her to anyone amd everyone.

  The best instructor in the area. I have a son, who got accepted into swim team, by the age he was 4.5, because he swam with Ms Emma.

  I can’t say enough wonderful things about Ms. Emma and her program. After six weeks our daughter can swim float swim and is growing more confident each day in the water. Her approach is awe inspiring and I can’t recommend what she does enough! This vital skill is so important and I’m glad we found her. I’m already looking forward to my daughter’s lessons next summer. Thank you Ms. Emma!!

  My son just turned 5 and wouldn’t get his face wet in the pool, so that’s when I decided he needed to go to Ms. Emma. I was really impressed with her techniques and the fact that she communicated with me as well during the lesson to make sure everyone was comfortable. After 4 weeks of survival lessons, my son passed his water tests and loves swimming now. The following summer we enrolled in her refresher course to get ready for pool season again. I would highly recommend her for any age!

  We have been going to Ms Emma for almost 10 years! I take all my 6 kids, starting from when they can crawl to learn swim and survival from Ms Emma! They continue to go every summer for a refresher class and help with strokes. I feel very comfortable taking all my kids alone to any pool as I am confident that they have the skills to swim and survive since they have been taught by Ms Emma! She is a very patient, persistent and qualified teacher who knows how to teach even the most stubborn child and they all end up loving Ms Emma and swimming!! Thank you Ms Emma!!

  Being a, what I’d like to call, “typical Florida parent” who’s very aware of water exposure EVERYWHERE, I was adamant to get my daughter and, soon after, son into a pool as quickly as I could. Now, I’m not an avid swimmer nor do I have great teaching skills related to swim. So I began the search of who’d best be suited to do so. After about 3-4 not so ideal connections, I decided to check out Ms. Emma. I discovered her via a friend whose sons went from one-“water terrified” and the other-“water fearless” to water babies-safety, swimming laps around the other. I was made a believer within the first week of lessons with both of my children. We’ve since returned yearly to strengthen technique and confidence within the water. I love how Ms Emma is direct and stern yet is gentle and encouraging with children of varying ages and experience levels. She gives specific instructions and expectations to both parents as well as the student to consider both when in and outside the water. I also love how her lessons are first concentrated on the skill and necessity of survival then graduates to stroke lessons with consideration of technique and readiness. Her sessions are short yet consistent as they are a daily 10 minute lesson at 4 day segments. I highly recommend Ms Emma because of her passion and expertise in what she does, her dedication to her students/families, and the confidence and skills she imparts to them. There are so many different people and programs and places to choose from when it comes to teaching your children water safety and swim lessons. I’ve experienced many but none better than Ms Emma’s Swim and Survival Academy. I recommend her highly and without question. My family is lucky to have her.

  We are SO thankful that several of our friends recommended Ms. Emma for survival swim lessons! We have 2 graduates. 3 year old girl and 11 month old boy. Both experiences were wonderful. Ms. Emma is a natural at creating a bond with the kids (and parents!) and she is incredibly skilled in teaching the survival swim techniques. In addition, Ms. Emma does a fantastic job communicating schedules and accommodating changes wherever possible.

  We love Ms Emma and are so thankful our girls had lessons with her. We are very impressed with the progress we have seen with our girls in such a short amount of time. They learned their survival skills at ages 2 and 3 in less than a month. They went from hating to get water in their eyes to swimming and floating in no time. I'm always asked "Is it hard to watch" and "isn't that expensive?!" My response is that it's nothing like the you tube videos where you see the kids getting thrown in so no- I don't have a hard time watching AND you can not put a price on your child's life. Knowing they know what to do if they fell into a pool,pond, ocean...whatever is priceless-worth every penny.

  Ms. Emma is incredible. My daughter is only two years old and went from being afraid of the water to floating and swimming to safety in only six weeks. Since Ms. Emma's swimming lessons, I've taken my daughter to the community pool and everyone is astonished with how well she swims at such a young age. One parent was explaining that they'd taken their child to another swim school and even after six months of swim school, their child couldn't swim nearly as well as my daughter. Ms. Emma is one of the best investments I've ever made for my child. She's tough, but incredibly friendly, and just an amazing swim instructor. If you are reading this and on the fence about whether to book swim classes with Ms. Emma or not, take it for me, she's worth it. Being a Florida resident, you cannot afford to have children that don't know how to swim. There is too much water around and accidents can occur. Ms. Emma is not only a true professional, she is contributing to the preservation of your child's life.

  Ms. Emma is just amazing! We took our 18 month old to her last year and Ms. Emma could tell she wasn't going to do well with swimming, so she taught her how to float for survival. Two weeks before we were due to resume lessons, eight months since she had been or practiced, we were in a pool and my daughter slipped off a step. I was right next to her and watched her flip onto her back and come to the surface. Now she is almost 2.5 years old and is swimming thanks to Ms. Emma! She notices every change and will tailor the lesson to your child, I couldn't recommend her enough!

  Ms. Emma is amazing and really cares about teaching water safety and survival. My son had lessons at a popular chain location and a private instructor before we came to Ms. Emma. To say he was terrified to swim was an understatement, after his first lesson he eased up due to Emma’s firm but warm teaching style. In a few short weeks he was swimming on his own. We came back this year for a refresher and while we have not spent more than a handful of days near a pool he remembered everything she taught him a year before and is now diving into pools on his own. I started lessons with the intent of my son being able to rescue himself if an accident occurred and it has grown into a love for the water. He is excited to go to class and asked many times throughout the year to see Ms. Emma. Her new nickname to me is the “swim whisperer”.

  Juliana Roundtree June 18th, 2019. Ms. Emma’s worked with both of my girls, starting at the age of 9 months and 18 months! She was so patient, and every lesson they improved noticeably! You can tell she genuinely cares for your kids! We get to spend our summers at the pool with complete peace of mind that our girl’s know what to do Incase of an emergency! God forbid anything happen, I believe Emma has taught them and me everything we need to know about water safety! We look forward to seeing Emma every year. She’s AMAZING!!

  When I brought my four-year-old to Miss Emma she would not even go in the water. After just a couple weeks she was diving in the water, swimming, and playing with her friends. I would recommend Miss Emma to absolutely anybody!!

  My 19 month old daughter just finished her lessons with Ms. Emma and I couldn't be happier! Ms. Emma was so great with her and my daughter is now safe around water, what a blessing and relief!!! Thank you Ms.Emma!!!