Ages 6 months - 5 years
Parent / Tot
(6 to 36 month)
This 30-minute class is for children ages 6 to 36 months and
their parents. The primary objective is to get both the
parent and child comfortable in the water. The child will
become aware of the differences between moving through water
and on dry land, while the parent will become aware of how
to teach his or her child to be safer in and around the
water. Classes are designed to allow the child to have fun
in the water while the parent guides him or her to learn
aquatic skills. The child will be exposed to games that use
basic movements in the water, such as kicking, arm strokes,
and breath control. Activities are based on the
developmental abilities of the child.
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Pre-School Age Swim lessons
(3-5 Years)
This program offers children their first experience in the
pool without parental assistance. The children are taught
the basic skills that are the building blocks of swimming.
They also learn about pool safety, boating safety, and the
use of personal floatation devices. For the 30-minute class,
participants are divided into skill levels. Class size is
structured so that the instructor(s) can provide children
with individual attention.
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I Pike
3-5 years. This level helps children develop safe pool
behavior, adjust to the water, and develop independent
movement in the water. It is designed for new swimmers,
teaching basic paddle stroke and kicking skills, pool
safety, proper use of PFDs, and comfort with holding the face
in the water while blowing bubbles and swimming.
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| II Eel
3-5 years.
This advanced beginner level reinforces Pike skills. It is
for children who are comfortable in the water. They are
taught to kick, dive, float, and perform the progressive
paddle stroke. They also learn basic boating safety and use
of PFDs. Children can swim across the pool without
assistance by the end of this level.
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III Ray
3-5 years.
At this level children review previous skills, improve
stroke skills, learn more personal safety and rescue skills,
build endurance by swimming on their front and back, and
learn to tread water and perform more progressive diving
skills. Children can swim across the pool on their front and
back without assistance by the end of this level.
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IV Starfish
3-5 years.
Children at this level review previously learned skills and
refine their strokes as well as their personal safety,
rescue, and floating skills. They also learn underwater
swimming skills. Children can swim a length of the pool on
their front and back at the end of this level.
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| I Polliwog
6-13 years.
This is the beginning level for school-age children. It gets children
acquainted with the pool, the use of floatation devices, and floating.
By the end of this level, they should know the front paddle stroke, side
and back paddle, and some synchronized swimming and wetball (lead-up
game to water polo) movements. Children can swim across the pool without
assistance by the end of this level.
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II Guppy
6-13 years.
The children continue to practice and build upon basic skills, now
performing more skills without the aid of a floatation device. They are
introduced to lead-up strokes of the front and back crawl, sidestroke,
breaststroke, and elementary backstroke. More synchronized swimming and
wetball skills are taught as well as some diving skills. Children can
swim a length of the pool without assistance at the end of this level.
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III Minnow
6-13 years.
This is the initial intermediate level. The children further refine the
lead up strokes they have learned as their skills become more like those
normally used in swimming. They learn still more synchronized swimming,
wetball, diving skills, personal safety, boating, and rescue.
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IV Fish
6-13 years.
At this point, students work to perform the crawl stoke, elementary
backstroke, back crawl stroke, and sidestroke, with turns. They are
introduced to the butterfly stroke. They continue learning additional
synchronized swimming movements, wetball skills, and diving skills; they
continue learning personal safety, boating, and rescue skills; they are
introduced to the use of mask and fins.
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