5/5 Phill W. 4 years ago on Google
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This
If
You
have
Younger
Kids
(under
15)
Our
kids
recently
completed
their
certification
at
Scuba2000
and
we're
very
pleased
with
the
team
and
the
training.
It's
awesome
that
they
have
their
own
pool
...
this
helps
a
lot
with
younger
kids.
If
you
need
to
go
back
to
re-do
some
of
the
skills,
it's
easy.
Overall,
they're
very
flexible
and
very
accommodating.
Their
goal
is
to
help
everyone
pass
and
become
good
divers.
If
you
have
younger
kids,
here
are
my
thoughts/advice:
1.
Be
prepared
for
the
process
to
take
longer
than
usual
Their
slogan
is
"learn
to
dive
in
a
weekend".
This
means
a
half
day
classroom
session
and
half
day
pool
session
for
Saturday
and
Sunday.
If
you
have
a
confident,
active
kid
it
might
still
happen
in
a
weekend.
However,
if
you
have
a
kid
that's
a
bit
nervous
or
needs
some
time
to
"play
around"
and
get
comfortable
with
the
gear
and
the
pool
before
heading
right
into
the
skills
and
drills,
then
be
prepared
that
your
kid
may
not
get
all
the
pool
skills
completed
in
the
two
half
day
sessions.
Doing
all
the
pool
skills
in
a
weekend
means
knocking
off
one
skill
after
another
without
a
lot
of
time
to
play
around.
The
big
thing
for
most
kids
is
clearing
their
masks
and
taking
the
mask
off
and
putting
it
on
under
water.
If
your
kid
struggles
with
these
things
tell
the
instructor
to
slow
things
down
and
let
them
know
that
you're
OK
coming
back
for
a
third
session
to
finish
things
up.
Scuba2000
is
very
flexible
and
they
have
open
pool
nights
(called
Dive
Team)
during
the
week
and
you
can
likely
arrange
to
go
on
one
of
those
nights
when
an
instructor
is
present
to
go
through
the
skills
that
didn't
get
completed.
If
there
are
a
lot
of
skills
left
to
be
completed,
then
you
can
ask
about
arranging
a
private
pool
session
with
an
instructor.
2.
Ask
for
an
instructor
that's
good
with
kids
This
is
very
important!
As
with
everything
in
life,
not
everyone
is
good
at
everything.
The
instructors
we
dealt
with
at
Scuba2000
were
all
good,
competent
instructors.
However,
not
all
of
them
were
good
with
kids.
It
takes
a
"kid-person"
to
help
a
nervous
kid
get
comfortable
and
to
introduce
some
fun
into
what
is
otherwise
a
fast
paced
session
of
learning
one
skill
after
another.
A
couple
of
the
instructors
we
dealt
with
who
were
great
with
kids
are
Nancy
Olmstead
and
Will
Perre.
I'm
sure
there
are
others
as
well.
3.
Consider
private
lessons
If
you
have
three
kids
or
you're
also
planning
to
do
a
PADI
refresher
course
along
with
the
kids,
ask
about
doing
private
lessons.
It
doesn't
cost
much
more
and
you
get
a
much
better
experience.
In
a
regular
lesson
your
kids
could
be
in
with
5
or
6
adults
that
are
probably
going
to
learn
the
skills
faster
and
have
a
different
learning
style.
In
private
lessons,
the
instructor
can
adjust
the
pace
and
teach
to
your
kids'
learning
style.
It's
the
same
thing
with
the
Open
Water
dives
(if
you're
planning
to
do
those
in
Canada).
Doing
them
privately
gives
you
more
flexibility
and
gives
them
more
time
to
make
sure
your
kids
are
successful.
4.
Pick
up
learning
package
3
weeks
ahead
of
time
The
classroom
lessons
are
not
hard
and
most
of
the
concepts
behind
diving
aren't
complicated.
However,
the
classroom
sessions
are
basically
watching
videos,
doing
knowledge
reviews,
and
then
doing
the
written
test
on
the
second
day.
There
isn't
a
lot
of
time
to
discuss
and
go
over
things.
And
your
kid
needs
to
be
pretty
focused
for
the
3-hour
sessions.
To
help
your
kid
be
more
successful,
it's
a
good
idea
to
pickup
the
learning
package
2-3
weeks
ahead
of
time
and
work
through
it
with
your
kids.
You'll
need
at
least
2
weeks
of
daily
sessions
to
work
through
the
book
...
3
weeks
would
be
better.
When
your
kid
comes
to
the
classroom
sessions
it
will
be
a
review
and
they'll
be
more
successful
on
the
written
test.
The
folks
at
Scuba2000
advised
us
not
to
do
the
eLearning
option.
In
the
eLearning
option,
the
classroom
session
is
basically
just
to
write
the
exam.
There
is
no
review
and
you
don’t
watch
the
videos.