Goldfish Swim School - Bethlehem

On their website it mentions a family swim time as an introductory thing for children to the pool. Upon calling it is not regularly offered and for members only. However the website says, “If you’re not enrolled in Goldfish Swim School, Family Swim sessions are open to the public and are also a great way to get your feet wet.”

Front desk staff is friendly. My daughter is shy around new people but even when she has a make-up class she does well because all instructors are kind and encouraging.

Great place, awesome environment and great teachers!! Love this place!

It’s nice place for kids join and learning,people are nice and friendly

We love Goldfish! Our little guy is learning each week and loves being in the pool.

We've been going to Goldfish Swim School (Bethlehem) for a few months now and we were completely satisfied from the staff, facility and of course kudos to my daughter's coach Sarah, she is very awesome and consistently offer feedback right after the session, Makayla loves her so much. Keep up the good work guys.

Great place, however I have one giant complaint that I'd liked addressed. Place is called Goldfish, mascot is a goldfish, goldfish everywhere. Guess what's NOT in their fishtank!? A FREAKING GOLDFISH! OTHER than that it's a great place i love. Everyone is nice, the instructors are awesome.

This place is great! The staff is so friendly and accommodating. We are always greeted with a smile. My daughter has special needs and they go above and beyond to keep her safe and help her learn on her level. Thank you Katy and the whole staff! 🥰 …

First impressions are great! We walked in just to see it and got undivided attention from staff explaining everything and giving us a tour. Super friendly. Found out AFTER all their help that they had actually already closed but never rushed us. Made sure we felt educated on their services and welcomed start to finish. What a beautiful, clean, bright, and cheery pool. So inviting. Picture a dark, dismal, dirty, aged YMCA pool and then picture as opposite of an atmosphere as possible.As far as the actual classes, though, they are overpriced for what you get. A lot of young workers. Not that that is wrong in itself. However, some are just not personable or the best with toddlers. They simply don't have the experience. Today, ours spent the majority of the 30 minutes talking with the co- workers while her partner did the class. Her partner, though, does not know my child, and babied her the entire time. So there goes yet another class where my daughter learned absolutely nothing new. She hasn't progressed at all since starting about 2 months ago. She made much more progress at the Ymca. At least there they were active the whole time. Here, they spend a lot of time sitting on the wall. When they do get a turn, it's one turn on each skill. Get it or not, they move on. It's a formula, definitely not flexible for individual skills and levels. It's more about getting through a list of tasks versus mastering any one task or skill at all. We've had 3 teachers now. Not one has told the kids names of themselves or other kids. There is zero interaction with other kids even in a group lesson. So if socialization is a reason for lessons, this is not the place to go. It will, however, help your child learn to listen to an adult other than you, which is an important skill to have.

The staff is kind and great with the kids. I've recommended several parents to this school and we look forward to it every week, Cami has learned so much!