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Learn to Swim Program
Parent and Child
Little Dippers 6-18 mos.
Parent/child instruction for comfort in water, balance, coordination, strength and water safety. Rubber pants AND swim diaper required under swimsuit.
Little Dippers & Flippers 6-36 mos.
Parent/child instruction for comfort in water balance, coordination, strength and water safety. Rubber pants AND swim diaper required under swimsuit.
Little Flippers 18-36 mos.
Special techniques using parental assistance teach children water safety, after entry, kicking, back float, arm movements and water fun. Rubber pants AND swim diaper required under child's swimsuit.
Little Flippers/Skippers 2-3 yrs & Parent
Special techniques using parental assistance teach children water safety, water entry, kicking, back float, arm movements and water fun. Rubber pants and swim diaper required under child's swimsuit.
Little Skippers 2-3 yrs & Parent
An advanced class for the swimmer who is ready to develop basic swimming skills: bobbing, floating and arm movements. Parental participation is required. Rubber pants AND swim diapers required under child's swimsuit.
Silly Swans 3-5 yrs & Parent
A transitional beginner swim lesson designed to promote independence for the insecure swimmer. Parents must be prepared to participate in the water. Rubber pants AND swim diaper required under child's swimsuit.
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Early Chilhood
Rubber Duckies 31/2-5 yrs.
First time in water without parent. Develop basic swimming skills: bobbing, floating, arm movements, water safety and fun. Child must be comfortable in water and toilet trained.
Polar Bear 31/2-5 yrs.
Children who can swim under water learn the coordination for the beginner stroke, backstroke, sculling, floating, jumping into deep water, water safety and fun. Child must be toilet trained.
Sea Ponies 4-5 yrs.
Development of swimming skills. Children who can swim under water learn the coordination for the beginner stroke, backstroke, sculling, floating. They gain endurance by practicing swimming lengths of the pool. Adjustment to deep water, diving , treading water, water safety and fun
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Grade School
Level I 5-9 yrs.
Swimmers learn elementary aquatic skills which swimmers build on as they progress through the six Learn-to-Swim levels. At this level, your swimmers explore movement in the water and start developing good attitudes and safe practices around the water.
Level II 5-10 yrs.
Swimmers entering this course must have a Level 1 certificate or must be able to demonstrate all the completion requirements in Level 1. Swimmers learn to float without support and explore simultaneous and alternating arm and leg actions on the front and back to lay the foundation for future strokes.
Level III 6-13 yrs.
Swimmers entering this course must have a Level 2 certificate or must be able to demonstrate all the completion requirements in Level 2. Swimmers learn to coordinate the front crawl and back crawl. They begin elements of the butterfly and the fundamentals of treading water.
Level IV 8-14 yrs.
Swimmers entering this course must have a Level 3 certificate or must be able to demonstrate all the completion requirements in Level 3. The swimmer develops confidence in the strokes learned thus far, improves their skills and increases their endurance by swimming for greater distances. The swimmer continues to build on the butterfly and is introduced to the elementary backstroke, breaststroke and elements of the sidestroke.
Level V 9-14 yrs.
Swimmers entering this course must have a Level 4 certificate or must be able to demonstrate all the completion requirements in Level 1V. The swimmer develops confidence in the strokes learned thus far, improves their skills and increases their endurance by swimming for greater distances. The swimmer continues to build on the butterfly and is introduced to the elementary backstroke, breaststroke and elements of the sidestroke.
Level VI 9-14 yrs.
Swimmers entering this course must have a Level 5 certificate or must be able to demonstrate all the skills required to complete Level 5. The objective of Level 6 is to refine strokes so they swim them with more ease, efficiency, power and smoothness over greater distances.
Personal Water Safety, Fitness Swimmer and Lifeguard Readiness. Each of these options focus on preparing students to participate in more advanced courses, such as WSI and WSI Aid, Swim Team and Lifeguard Training.
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