Swim lessons teach a child what to do once they're in the water. This teaches them what to do before.
Award-winning Autism writer, Dayna Harvey's, Waiting Whales Safety Kit is designed to teach kids and families the importance of waiting before getting in the water.
Where there is water, I will WAIT.
The Waiting Whales Water Safety Kit gives your family a physical, visual routine for every water environment — the pool, the lake, the beach, the hotel, the bathtub. Your child picks their whale, learns one life-saving phrase — "Where there is water, I will WAIT!" — and practices it until waiting becomes a reflex. Because a reflex is what keeps a child safe in the moment that counts.
Inside the kit:
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Waiting Whale Mat
This water-resistant, lightweight mat is personalized with your child's choice of Waiting Whale character and is easy to take on the go!
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Red “Closed” Tape
This 25' roll of reusable, non-adhesive tape lets you indicate off-limits areas where water risks are present.
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Blue “Wait Here” Tape
This 25' roll of reusable, non-adhesive tape helps create safe waiting zones near water.
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Strategies for Parents
Access to a 30-minute Parent Education Video and ongoing parent education via email.
✅ Choose your whale:Wes (Blue Whale) · Wynter (Beluga) · Winnie (Narwhal) · Wilson (Orca) · Willow (Dolphin)
✅ Built for every child — designed with children with autism in mind. Visual cues, clear boundaries, and repeatable routines that work for all young children, and especially for neurodivergent kids, who are the most vulnerable around water.
✅ This works because you use it everywhere. Not just on pool day. Every bathtub, every public pool, every beach/ lake trip. The consistency is the point — a child who has practiced waiting a hundred times has built a reflex, and a reflex is what holds in the second that counts.
Created by Miss Dayna — 35 years of teaching real children in real water. Not a swim lesson replacement: it's what swim lessons were never designed to teach.
If you would like additional mats, please reach out to customer support at support@swimmingwithconfidence.com and we can customize a family order for you.
