Water Safety Education to End Childhood Drowning
Empowering families with the simple, lifesaving strategies
You've seen the statistics.
You know the dangers.
But has anyone given you a PLAN when it comes to water safety?
With rates of childhood drowning continuing to climb, it’s clear that something’s missing from our approach to water safety in America. Much of the advice out there is incomplete, oversimplified, and missing the most crucial part: the HOW.
Your child is counting on you to make water safety rules a part of daily life—from the bathtub to the pool and beyond.
Miss Dayna's water safety education and tools offer everything you need to make water safety as second nature as buckling their car seat.
The Watching Initiative
Join the Watching Initiative by committing to our eight active safety strategies, including CPR certification, touch watching, and installing proper barriers.
It’s time to turn the tide on childhood drowning in America
This is how we’re going to do it:
The Water Safety Kit
Teach your child never to enter the water alone with the Waiting Whales Water Safety Kit featuring simple, portable tools and fun characters kids love.
Online Parent Courses
Our online courses will teach parents how to keep children safe around water. We even have a course coming for children with autism.
COURSES COMING IN 2025!
I’m Dayna Harvey, Water Safety Expert and Certified Swim Instructor
I've lived my entire life around water and have been teaching kids to swim for over 35 years. In 2022, I visited over 450 childcare centers from Virginia to New Mexico and was shocked to learn that none offered any water safety information to families.
I realized I had to get my simple, proactive approach to water safety into more communities.
Since then, I have traveled to an additional 2,000 schools nationwide to spread the word. With fun, friendly characters, confidence-building routines, and lifesaving strategies, the Watch-Wait-Swim method engages the whole family and fits into your existing routines.
INTRODUCING
The Waiting Whale Family
Water Safety Kits
Learning about water safety doesn’t have to be scary. Make it fun with help from the Waiting Whales! Personalize your child’s Water Safety Kit with their favorite whale.
At Water Safety With Miss Dayna, we’re dedicated to helping children with autism enjoy water safely.
We provide families with hands-on resources like the Waiting Whales Water Safety Kit and offer schools and clinics access to educational materials that make a lasting impact. Through simple routines, visual tools, and a compassionate approach, we help children understand when it’s safe to enter the water—giving parents and caregivers the confidence they deserve.
Miss Dayna loves to share water safety tips and introduce the Water Safety Kits on TV and podcasts!
“All of our kids stop in their tracks when I say ‘wait’ at the pool.”
"We have four boys (ages 7, 5, 3, and a baby). We have enrolled all of our kids in swimming lessons with Ms. Dayna as soon as they turned two so they can learn the lifesaving skills they need to be safe in the water. She has always given us good advice on rules to use with our kids around the water.
This past fall, she started incorporating the waiting whale mats and the practice of "where there is water, I will wait" in her lessons. Just the word "wait" has been a game-changer this summer at the pool. All of our kids stop in their tracks when I say "wait" at the pool. We also have a spot at the pool that we use for them to wait until they are allowed to get in the water. I am so thankful that Dayna is always thinking of ways to help our kids be safe around water and giving us tools to empower us to be water guardians for our kids."
—Elaine G.
Keep our Water Safety Strategies top of mind with your free poster!
Get a downloadable poster to hang up near your bathtub, pool, or anywhere you need a reminder of the eight strategies in the Watching Initiative.