Parent & Me

• This class will familiarize children between the ages of 6 months and approximately 3 years with the water and teach swimming readiness skills. It will also provide safety information for parents and teach techniques parents can use to orient their children to the water.

Preschool

• This class helps participants feel comfortable in the water. Skills will include entering and exiting the water, blow bubbles, submerge face, open eyes under water and retrieve submerged objects, front and back glides, back float, roll over, tread water, leg and arm actions on front and back, and water safety topics.
• Children should be approximately 4 years old or older

Level One

• Level 1 helps participants feel comfortable in the water. Students will learn to enter and exit water independently, fully submerge face, exhale underwater, bobbing, opening eyes underwater and picking up submerged object, front and back glides and floats, roll over, and water safety topics.
• Children should be approximately 4 years old or older

Level Two

• Level 2 is designed to give students success with fundamental skills. Students will learn to fully submerge and exhale underwater, bobbing, retrieve a submerged object in shallow water, front and back glides and floats, roll over, combined arm and leg actions on front and back, and water safety topics.

Level Three

• Level 3 will build on the Level 2 skills by providing additional guided practice in deeper water. Students will learn to jump into deep water, sitting or kneeling dives, side breathing, back float, flutter and dolphin kicks on front, scissor kick, front crawl and elementary backstroke, tread water, and water safety topics.

Level Four

• Level 4 will develop confidence in the skills learned and improve other aquatic skills. Students will learn to dive, front crawl and backstroke open turns, front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly, flutter and dolphin kicks on back, tread water, and water safety topics.

Level Five/Six

• Level 5 will provide further coordination and refinement of strokes. It will include shallow angle dive, submerge completely, front flip turn and backstroke flip turn, front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly, sculling, and water safety topics.
• Level 6 refines the strokes so students swim them with ease, efficiency, power and smoothness over greater distances. Level 6 is designed with “menu” options that focus on preparing students for more advanced courses, such as the Water Safety Instructor (WSI) course, or other aquatic activities such as competitive swimming. Each option also includes applicable water safety topics. We offer the Personal Water Safety and Fitness Swimmer options.