LEXINGTON, Ky. —  With the sweltering summer months approaching, pools are becoming a popular place for families to go and cool off with their kids. 

Aqua-Tots Swim School in Lexington provides lessons for children to make sure they are staying safe this summer.

“Drowning is the number one cause of death for kids ages one to four, and the number two cause of death for anyone under the age of 14,” said Kayla Barrett, General Manager for Aqua-Tots. 

Barrett said over the last few months, swim lessons have been in popular demand.

“Pools are booming so a lot more people are getting pools at home, so just making sure that their kids know how to stay safe is important to them so that's why they've come to us,” she said.

Aqua-Tots provides swim lessons for children between four months and 12 years old. Brooke Hunt said her children have been taking lessons at Aqua-Tots for the past four years, and as a parent, knowing her children know how to swim helps her feel comfortable with her kids in the water.

“Knowing if they were to fall in how they could at least reach for the wall, or get out, maybe not knowing the strokes but turning on their back, and those are the steps that they learned here. The skills that they learn at a very, very young age and then they just progress to learn more of the strokes,” Hunt said.

Hunt said the swim instructors create a safe place for the children to learn, even if they may not want to.

“If your kid has any fear of the water they're willing to work with them and they have a lot of patience to get those kids comfortable in the water, even when they're scared,” Hunt said. 

Aqua-Tots is open year-long giving swim lessons for children and private lessons for adults.