Before man conquered his fear of water, he amused himself with dust sports such as pushing boulders off cliffs, wrestling tumbleweeds, and falling in the dust. Open up earth-free avenues of amusement with today's Groupon: for $29, you get one month of swim lessons at Evo Swim School's Gilbert location (up to an $83 total value, including the annual insurance fee). Classes are good for any level; click here to see classes and schedules.

Owned and operated by veteran competitive swimmer David Tait, Evo Swim School leads fun, structured classes that tutor young pupils in the watery arts. Designed for children 9 months to 3 years old, Starfish and Pufferfish classes put tots in the water with an adult guardian, teaching the neophyte swimmers how to hold their breath and perform basic floats with a parent, grandparent, or school of adoptive clownfish. Open to swimmers 2.5 years and older, Otter and Seal classes teach kids how to be relaxed in the water without parents by their side, providing a reassuring ratio of one instructor for every four students. Sea Lion, Porpoise, and Dolphin classes keep a four-to-one student-to-teacher ratio while easing swimmers aged 4–12 years into strokes, advanced breath control, and how to extract promises from adults before retrieving car keys from pool bottoms. Advanced Stroke instruction ups the ante, prepping children from 5–12 years old for competitive swimming, increasing endurance while covering the four main strokes as well as wall turns.

During classes, parents are free to relax in the WiFi-enabled waiting room, where pool-overlooking windows provide an easy way to keep an eye on paddling young'uns. A kids' play area is also on hand to keep water-shy siblings and rust-prone sibling bots occupied while their amphibious brethren frolic in the water.