Testimonials
“After 1.5 years and a lot of money on private lessons somewhere else, our 4 year old daughter was comfortable in the water but definitely not swimming independently. After only two days with Davina she was swimming and floating without assistance and by the end of the week was jumping off the diving board, going down the slide and making it all the way across the pool independently. She (and we) are so much more confident in her swimming abilities and can’t wait to join swim team. We’re planning to do lessons again this summer with her and her 3 year old sister and couldn’t recommended Davina highly enough.”
— Katie
“My two children, ages 6 and 4, made more progress in a few hours with Leslie and Davina last summer than they had made during months-long swim lessons in the past! The most important thing these ladies instilled in my children was the confidence that they could push to the next step. They both had fears of certain aspects of swimming before they started the lessons, and at the end of the week they were both swimming independently and jumping off the diving board on their own. Leslie and Davina both have a great talent for assessing your child's individual needs and working with those needs in a way that is fun for the child.”
— Tiffany
“Both my son and daughter have taken lessons from Davina. My son did several years of safety swim lessons but just couldn’t break out and feel comfortable in the water. That was until he had lessons with Davina. He was so confident after her lessons and was diving off the diving board and swimming to the shallow end. Money well spent!”
— Lydia
“Sean loved going to swim lessons with Davina and Leslie. Having the lessons daily for a week really helped with carryover and showed improvement in a short period of time.”
— Brook
“Both of my children took swim lessons from Davina five years apart. And from the time they were each three parents would come and comment on what great little swimmers I had. I can take no credit. One week with Davina was all it took. My youngest went to a swim party a few years back and when the parents saw what a great swimmer he was 3 of his classmates signed up for the following summer. I really can’t say enough about Davinas swim lessons!”
— Deidre
“We started with Davina when my daughter was three and afraid to put her face in the water. Since the end of that first week, there has been no looking back. Swimming is her favorite activity, and many people over the past three years have asked how she does it so well, especially when she was tiny. All the credit does to Davina and her daughters! They are patient, watchful, and knowledgeable. At the end of each lesson, they take the time to explain techniques to parents so that you can follow up at home. I would never have believed so much could be accomplished in a week of lessons if I hadn’t seen it happen over and over again!”
— Kerry
“I have sent two of my girls to Davina. Both with different personalities and abilities at the age of 4. Day one there was tears to start but by day 5 laughter, excitement, the ability to swim, and confidence to start swimming without a flotation device. Davina’s technique works, and we are forever grateful for giving my girls the safety lessons of how to navigate falling into a pool. There is no better instruction out there. I will recommend her to family, friends and every social media outlet. Thank you Davina!!!”
— Jennifer
“Davina Dye is a must for all young children! Not only does she teach your child to swim, but she puts an emphasis on pool safety, in and around the pool, while boosting a childs confidence in themselves! And she throws in a lot of fun! We grew so much last week in just 5 days!”
— Lindsey
“Our 4-year-old daughter, Ella had been really scared of going under water and “not be able to breathe,” as she would say. Needless to say, she was not thrilled about the impending lessons. So her dad and I did everything we could to prepare her and calm her nerves. “You’re going to have courage and be brave. The teacher is going to be with you the whole time. We won’t let anything happen to you. Courage, courage, courage.”
So the week of swimming lessons arrived and we were finally in a place where she was no longer entering into toddler-meltdown oblivion at the mere mention of it. We got her a shiny new mermaid swimsuit and beach towel. She had her little beach bag with a crab and other miscellaneous sea creatures on it. She actually seemed somewhat excited. So we get there, and it’s time for her to go with the teacher and begin the lesson. The parents are instructed to go off to the side, and in my head I immediately start chanting, “Please don’t freak out, please don’t freak out. For the love of God, please don’t freak out." And what does our extremely well prepped, easy-going, wonderful dear daughter do? She freaks m,,out. I mean, full on meltdown, complete with pleading for parental rescue and necessary physical restraint from Davina, who had clearly experienced similar situations on the regular, and knew how to handle it like a pro.
Parents, we’ve all been there, or at least I hope I’m not alone in experiencing this horror. You are forced to deny your child the safe comfort of your loving arms, and instead endure the gut-wrenching obligation to walk away and let them find the courage that you have so diligently been training them to find. So walk away we did. And I’m not going to lie, that first lesson was rough. She cried for the first half of it. But the patience and skill that Davina exhibited was commendable. The second day was much better. There were no tears, and dare I say she appeared to be enjoying herself, ever-so-slightly. By the third day, she was making definite swimming progress, and I could say with cautious certainty that she was indeed enjoying herself.
On the way home that third day, I asked her how she felt about the lesson. She paused, long enough for me to look in the rear-view mirror wondering about the cause of said pause, and I was lucky enough to see and hear her say, ”I’m a little scared...but I can do it!” Hearing her say those words took my breath away. I attribute Davina’s skill, patience, and ability to adjust to the needs of each child as the number one reason why Ella made so much progress and turned her fear around in such a short amount of time. THANK YOU, DAVINA!”
— Lisa