Parent and Child Lessons

Accompanied in the water by a parent, infants and toddlers learn safe behaviors around the water and develop their in-water skills.  Parents and children engage in water exploration activities with the objective of having fun and becoming comfortable in the water.  These lessons are designed for children ages 6 months to 3 years.

 Introduces basic skills to both parents and children. Parents learn how to safely work with their child in the water, including how to appropriately support and hold their child in the water and how to prepare and encourage their child to participate fully and try the skills presented.  Children are introduced to basic skills that lay a foundation for learning to swim.  In addition, parents are introduced to several water safety topics. 6 months – 1.5 years of age.

Preschool Lessons: 3-5 years

In Preschool Levels 1 through 3, students are taught crucial water skills including water safety, underwater exploration, and how to swim to safety and exit in the event of falling into a body of water. Activities, games, and drills help students progress in this skill-based approach to swimming. 4 students per 1 instructor.

Preschool Levels:

• Preschool Level 1: Increases comfort with underwater exploration and introduces basic self-rescue skills performed with assistance.
• Preschool Level 2: Encourages forward movement in water and basic self-rescue skills performed independently.

Youth Lessons: 6-12 years

In Learn-to-Swim Youth Level 1 – 6, students are introduced to 6 swimming strokes, both competitive and non-competitive as well as rescue skills and healthy lifestyle habits. 6 students per 1 instructor.

Learn-To-Swim Levels:

• LTS Level 1: Beginner, Intro to Water Skills-Introduces basic aquatic skills. Participants start developing effective swimming habits and safe practices in and around the water.
• LTS Level 2: Beginner, Fundamental Aquatic Skills-Participants learn to glide and float without support and recover to a vertical position.  Participants further develop simultaneous and alternating arm and leg actions on the front and back, laying the foundation for future strokes.
• LTS Level 3: Intermediate, Stroke Development-Participants expand proficiency of previously learned skills by providing additional guided practice.  Participants learn and practice survival floating and learn to swim front crawl and elementary backstroke at basic levels.  Introduction of the scissor and dolphin kick, treading, and seated dives.
• LTS Level 4: Intermediate, Stroke Improvement  Participants increase endurance with skills learned in level 3 and will be introduced to sidestroke, breaststroke, back crawl, butterfly and open turns.
• LTS Level 5: Advanced, Stroke Refinement-Participants refine their performance of all six strokes and increase the distance that they swim.  Participants also learn to perform flip turns on front and back.
• LTS Level 6: Advanced, Water Safety-Participants further their understanding of water safety and develop their swimming capability through increased distances and conditioning.