Class Level Descriptions

Children between the ages of 2.5 and 4 years old.

Goals:

• Introduction to buoyancy, balance, and breath control.

*If under 36 months child should start in the older baby and me program if not emotional and physically comfortable with separation.

Child is comfortable in the water with being submersed and has breath control. Child is ready to learn to swim (buoyancy, balance and breath control)

Goals:

• Buoyancy and balance and breath control with exchange
• wall crawling using 2 hands independently
• Introduction to breath control, floating, and safety skills
• Introduction to back floating
• Skills and songs are alternated to enhance learning
  

Child can swim 2-3 body lenghts and is comfortable with their eyes in the water and can float on their back.

Goals:

• Independent back floating and roll over breathing
• Introduction to streamline glide
• 2-3  body length's for Super Minnows; 3 body lengths for Clownfish with roll-overs to rest
• Backstroke
• Elementary backstroke arms
• Elementary backstroke kicks and full stroke
• Backstroke kicks with board
• Introduction to breaststroke kick
• Backstroke
• Introduction to dolphin kick
• Introduction to big arms only when student can take a breath independently
• Safety procedures
• Fall in and come back to the side
• Fall in and come up on back to float for 5 seconds
  

Children 4 years and older.  Getting Ready to learn to swim.

Goals:

• Balance
• Developing breath control and submerssions
• Introduction to buoyancy and front float
• Wall skills
• Introduction to flutter kick
• Introduction to back floating
• Safety procedures

Child is comfortable in the water with being submersed and has breath control. Ready to learn to swim (buoyancy, balance and breath control)

Goals:

• Intermediate front float
• Independent gliding
• Developing flutter kick
• Intermediate back float
• Introduction to rollovers
• Returning to wall for safety
• Safety procedures

Goals:

• Advanced flutter kick
• Elementary backstroke
• Independent backfloat
• 3 Independent rollovers for 3-5 seconds each
• Object retrieval from the bottom of the pool
• Paddle arms
• Safety procedures

Child can swim 2-3 body lengths and roll over for a breath 3 times with breath exchange.

Goals:

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• Review of level 3 skills
• Proficient flutter kick
• Intermediate freestyle stroke
• Introduction to rotary freestyle breathing
• Intermediate backstrokeI
• introduction to breaststroke kick
• Introduction to Dolphin
• Proficient elementary backstroke
• Safety procedures
  

Child can swim using side breathing alternate side breathing

Goals:

• 5 Minute non stop swim
• Proficient freestyle
• Proficient Backstroke
• Breaststroke kick
• Intorduction to breaststroke arms
• Intermediate dolphin kick
• Introduction to butterfly arms
• Safety procedures

Child can complete a 10-minute continuous swim with alternate side breathing.

Goals:

• 10 minute non stop swim
• Freestyle
• Backstroke
• Breaststroke
• Butterfly
• Introduction to Individual Medealy
• Flipturns/ Open turns
• Safety procedures