Every parent who kayaks wants to get their kids into paddling as soon as their little ones are crawling. While this may be jumping the gun just a bit, it is true that we will look for every excuse to start to teach our kids to kayak. The question that circulates among new parents regarding this very question is, how young is too young to teach my kids to kayak
The answer to this question is wrapped up in the individual child's ability to swim as well as grasp new concepts. Teaching a child to kayak also has much to do with the paddling ability of the parent doing the instructing. While there is no perfect answer that will suit each individual child or situation there are some basic steps you can follow to help the process. This step-by-step will outline how to go about teaching a child to kayak

