Ages 3 to 5 years. Ratio 1:6 due to COVID

Introduces Basic Stroke technique in front crawl and back crawl and reinforces water safety through treading water and elementary

Swim Basics (Stage 1, 2 and 3) For Ages 3-5.  Develops personal water safety and basic swimming skills in students of all ages.  Swimmers develop a high level of comfort in the water by practicing safe water habits, engaging in underwater exploration, and learning how to swim to safety and exit if they fall into a body of water.

Swim Strokes (Stage 4) For Ages 3-5. Introduces and refines the stroke technique.  Having mastered the fundamentals, students learn additional water safety skills and build stroke techniques, developing skills that prevent chronic disease, increase social-emotional and cognitive well-being and foster a lifetime of physical activity.

Water Acclimation is the 1st level in Swim Basics. Students develop comfort with underwater exploration and learn to safely exit in the event of falling into a body of water.  This stage lays the foundation that allows for a student’s future progress in swimming.

Skills taught in Water Acclimation:

• Submerge – bob independently
• Front glide – assisted, to wall, 5ft.
• Water exit – independently
• Jump, push, turn, grab – assisted
• Back float – assisted, 10 secs., recover independently
• Roll
• Front float – assisted, 10 secs., recover independently
• Back glide – assisted, at wall, 5ft.
• Swim, float, swim – assisted 10ft.

Ages 3 to 5 years. Ratio 1:4 due to COVID

Increases comfort with underwater exploration and introduces basic self- rescue skills performed with assistance

Ages 3 to 5 years.

Increases comfort with underwater exploration and introduces basic self- rescue skills performed with assistance

Ages 3 to 5 years.

Increases comfort with underwater exploration and introduces basic self- rescue skills performed with assistance

Water Movement is the 2nd stage in Swim Basics.  In Water Movement, students focus on body position and control, directional change, and forwarded movement in the water while also continuing to practice how to safely exit in the event of falling into a body of water.

Skills taught in Water Movement:

• Submerge – look at an object on bottom
• Front glide – 5ft.
• Water exit – independently
• Jump, push, turn, grab – independent
• Back float – 10 secs.
• Roll
• Front Float – 10 secs.
• Back glide – 5ft.
• Tread Water – 10 secs., near wall, & exit
• Swim, float, swim – 5yds.

Ages 3 to 5 years. Ratio 1:4 due to COVID

Encourages forward movement in water and basic self-rescue skills performed independently.

Ages 3 to 5 years.

Encourages forward movement in water and basic self-rescue skills performed independently.

Ages 3 to 5 years.

Encourages forward movement in water and basic self-rescue skills performed independently.

Ages 3 to 5 years. Ratio 1:6 due to COVID

Develops Intermediate self-rescue skills performed at longer distance.

Ages 3 to 5 years.

Develops Intermediate self-rescue skills performed at longer distance.