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Please, please,
please...just those tykes
that are potty trained. This class
consists of three levels, all of
which are taught in one session
because children learn at different
rates and have different abilities.
This will allow those children who
are ready to move on to harder
skills to move forward in learning.
At the end of the session each child
will be given an exit assessments to
determine which certificate they
will earn and which level they are
ready to enroll in next.
Level 1.
Orients children to the aquatic
environment and helps them gain
basic aquatic skills. All Preschool
Aquatics Level 1 exit skills can be
performed with help from the
instructor.
Level 2.
Helps children gain greater
independence in their skills and
develop more comfort in and around
water. The objectives of this level
are to build on the basic aquatic
skills learned in Level 1 and to
give children further success with
fundamental aquatic skills performed
to a slightly more advanced degree
than at Level 1. Most skills in
this level are performed with
assistance (starting and stopping a
skill). This level marks the
beginning of independent aquatic
locomotion skills. Children
continue to explore using
simultaneous and alternating arm and
leg actions on the front and back to
gain more proficiency for future
strokes. Level 2 also adds to the
self-help and basic rescue skills
introduced in Level 1.
Level 3.
Helps children start to gain basic
swimming propulsive skills to be
comfortable in and around water. The
objective of Level 3 is to build on
the skills learned in the previous
two levels by providing additional
guided practice of basic aquatic
skills at slightly more proficient
performance levels and greater
distances and times. Skills in this
level are performed independently.
Children will be taught to improve
coordination of combined
simultaneous arm and leg actions and
alternating arm and leg actions.
Safety topics are taught in every
lesson.
class schedules
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Designed to help participants achieve
maximum success, Learn to Swim courses
are based on a logical, six-level
progression that helps swimmers about 6+
years old to develop their water safety,
survival and swimming skills.
This page contains course descriptions
for Learn to Swim levels 1 through 6.
Please click
here to see the 2018 course
schedule. Click
here for course availability (PDF).
Learn to Swim - Level 1 -
Introduction to Water Skills
Helps participants feel
comfortable in the water. Recommended age is 6 and
older.
Skills Taught
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Enter and exit water using ladder,
steps or side
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Blow bubbles through mouth and nose
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Bob in the water
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Open eyes under water and retrieve submerged
objects
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Glide and float on front and back
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Tread water using arm and hand actions
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Make alternating and
simultaneous leg actions on front and
back
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Make alternating and
simultaneous arm actions on front and
back
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Combine arm and leg actions on
front and back
Exit Skills
1. Enter independently, using either the
steps, or side, travel at least five yards,
bob three times then safely exit the water.
Participants can walk, move along the
side or “swim”.
2. Glide on front at least two body
lengths, roll to a back float for three
seconds and recover to a vertical
position. This part of the assessment
can be performed with support.
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Learn to Swim - Level 2 - Fundamental
Aquatic Skills
Gives participants success with
fundamental skills. Students in this
course can complete the exit skills for
Level 1.
Skills Taught
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Enter and exit water by stepping or
jumping from the side
• Fully submerge and hold breath
• Bob in the water
• Open eyes under water and retrieve
submerged objects
• Front, jellyfish and
tuck floats
• Recover to vertical position
• Roll from front to back and back to
front
• Change direction of travel while
swimming on front or back
• Tread water using arm and leg actions
• Combined arm and leg action on front
and back
• Finning arm action
Exit Skills
1. Step from side into chest-deep water,
move into a front float for five seconds,
roll to back, float for five seconds then
return to a vertical position.
2. Move into a back float for five seconds,
roll to front then recover to a vertical
position.
3. Push off and swim using combined arm
and leg actions on front for five body
lengths, roll to back, float for fifteen
seconds, roll to front then continue
swimming for five body lengths.
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Learn
to Swim - Level 3 - Stroke Development
Builds on the skills in Level 2
through additional guided practice in
deeper water. Introduces the elementary
back stroke and side stroke. Students in
this course can complete the exit skills
for Level 2.
Skills Taught
• Enter water by jumping from the side
• Headfirst entries from the side in
sitting and kneeling positions
• Bobbing while moving toward safety
• Rotary breathing
• Survival float
• Back float
• Change from vertical to horizontal
position on front and back
• Tread water
• Flutter, scissor, dolphin and
breaststroke kicks on front
• Front crawl and elementary backstroke
Exit Skills
1. Jump into deep water from the side,
swim front crawl for fifteen yards,
maintain position by treading or
floating for thirty seconds and swim
elementary backstroke for fifteen yards.
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Learn to Swim - Level 4 - Stroke
Development
Develops confidence in the
skills learned and improves other
aquatic skills. Students in this course
can complete the exit skills for Level
3.
Skills Taught
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Headfirst entries from the side in the
compact and stride positions
• Swim under water
• Feet first surface dive
• Survival swimming
• Front crawl and backstroke open turns
• Tread water using 2 different kicks
• Front and back crawl
• Elementary backstroke
• Breaststroke
• Sidestroke
• Butterfly
• Flutter and dolphin kicks on back
Exit Skills
1. Perform a feet first entry into deep
water, swim front crawl for twenty-five
yards, change direction and position as
necessary and swim elementary backstroke
for twenty-five yards.
2. Swim breaststroke for fifteen yards,
change direction and position as
necessary and swim back crawl for
fifteen yards.
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Learn
to Swim - Level 5 - Stroke Refinement
Provides further coordination
and refinement of strokes. Students in
this course can complete the exit skills
for Level 4.
Skills Taught
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Shallow-angle dive from the side then
glide and begin a front stroke
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Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge
completely
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Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn
while swimming
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Front and back crawl, elementary
backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke,
butterfly
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Sculling
Exit Skills
1. Perform a shallow-angle dive into
deep water, swim front crawl for fifty
yards, change direction and position of
travel as necessary and swim elementary
backstroke for fifty yards.
2. Swim breaststroke for twenty-five
yards, change direction and position of
travel as necessary and swim back crawl
for twenty-five yards.
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Learn
to Swim - Level 6 - Swimming and Skill
Proficiency
Refines the strokes so
participants swim them with ease,
efficiency, power and smoothness over
greater distances. Level 6 is designed
with "menu" options that focus on
preparing participants for more advanced
courses, such as Water Safety
Instructor, or other aquatic activities,
such as competitive swimming or diving.
Students in this course can complete the
exit skills for Level 5.
Options include
• Fitness swimmer
• Personal water safety
• Fundamentals of diving
Exit Skills
1. Swim five hundred yards continuously
using any three strokes of your choice,
swimming at least fifty yards of each
stroke.
2. Jump into deep water, perform a
survival float for five minutes, roll
onto back and perform a back float for
five minutes.
3. Perform a feet first surface dive,
retrieve an object from the bottom of
the pool at a depth of seven to ten
feet, return to surface and return to
starting point.
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We plan to offer
programs that help
boy scouts earn their
lifesaving and swimming
merit badges. We don't
currently have any courses
scheduled but would be happy
to do so if there is enough
interest. We'll need six
to eight boys to form
a class and cost will be
$25 per boy per
merit badge.
 Please
check back or
contact us for more
information about these
classes. Thanks.
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