Parent/Child Class
The Parent-Child class is an interactive class designed for young children to gain confidence in and around the water. Parents must participate in the water with your child during the class, so come prepared to get wet and have fun.

Rubber pants AND swim diaper required under swimsuit.

Sea Otters 1 
Great experiences and fun activities teach infants to feel comfortable in the water. Parents learn to hold and support infants properly in the water. Infants will explore breath control, floating, and changing body position while “moving” through the water.
6-18 mos. & parent

Sea Otters 2
Great experiences and fun activities teach young swimmers to feel comfortable in the water. Special techniques using parental assistance teach children water safety, safe entry, kicking, and arm movements. Swimmers build on breath control, floating, and changing body position while “moving” through the water.
18-36 mos. & parent

Preschool Aquatics is designed for children 3 to 5 years. Class placement is based on current swimming ability.

LEVEL 1:

• Enter and exit the water safely*
• Front float in shallow water*
• Back float in shallow water*
• Front glide
• Back glide*
• Jump in shallow water*
• Hand and arm movement on front*
• Swim 2 body lengths continuously.

*Skills can be performed with assistance

Completion requirements

• Must be able to put face in water independently
• Must be able to glide on front with face in water to instructor with no movement of hands and legs.
• Must be able to retrieve items on platform with/without assistance.
• Must be able to jump in water with assistance in shallow water. 

LEVEL 2:

• Back float*
• Front glide in shallow water*
• Back glide in shallow water*
• Jump in shallow water with no assistance
• Alternate arm movements on front and back
• Simultaneous arm movements front and back
• Dolphin kick (butterfly legs)
• Jump in and recover on back in deep water*
• Headfirst entry (dive) sitting

*Skills can be performed with assistance

Completion requirements

• Must be able to swim 1 yard to instructors using arm and leg movements.
• Must be able to float on back independently without using arms and legs.
• Must be able to retrieve items on platform independently
• Must be able to jump in shallow water and swim 1 yard to instructor. 

LEVEL 3:

• Alternating arms on front and back
• Simultaneous arms on front and back
• Dolphin kick (butterfly legs)
• Jump in deep water
• Headfirst entry (dive) stride
• Swimmers increase their distance on front and roll onto their back

Completion requirements 

• Must be able to swim independently and take a breath of air for at least 5 yards.
• Must be able to retrieve items on pool floor with minimal assistance.
• Must be able to jump into deep water, come up, get air and swim to the side on front or back.
• Must be able to jump from the diving block, come up for air and swim to the side on front or back 

Grade School Aquatics Learn-to-Swim is designed for children approximately 5 years through teen. Class placement is based on current swimming ability.

LEVEL 1:

• For beginners who are uncomfortable in water.
• Swimmers learn the basics of swimming: bobbing, going underwater, supported front and back floating, supported rolling over from front to back and back to front, supported gliding, supported flutter kick, supported front crawl arms, and jumping in.
• Start to learn independence and safety in and around the water. 

Completion requirements 

• Must be able to swim 2 yards using simultaneous arms and/or alternating arms using flutter kick.
• Must be able to retrieve items off pool floor.
• Must be able to float on front and roll on their back independently.
• Must be able to jump in with/without assistance in chest-deep water. 

LEVEL 2:

• Swimmers should already be able to float on front and back and put their head underwater while blowing bubbles
• Swimmers will work on independent front and back floating, independent rolling over from front to back and back to front, independent front and back glides, front crawl arms, and kicks, back crawl arms and kicks, retrieving underwater objects, and jumping into water over their head.
• Breaststroke kick, dolphin kick
• Enter exit water from the deep end
• Headfirst entry into deep water
• Learning how to be in the water safely by oneself

Completion requirements

• Must know how to rotary breathe (turn head to side while swimming)
• Must be able to jump in deep water and go on their back.
• Must tread water for 30 seconds.
• Must know the basics of breastkick.
• Must know the basics of butterfly kick. 

LEVEL 3:

• Swimmers should already be comfortable swimming front stroke and swimming on their back.
• Swimmers will work on gliding, freestyle with rotary breathing, backstroke, breaststroke, and dolphin kicks, retrieving objects in deeper water, treading water, jumping into deep water, and compact dives.
• Continuation of safety around water topics.

Completion requirements

• Must be able to swim at least 25 yards (1 length) without stopping.
• Must know how to tread for 1 minute
• Must have a basic understanding of both Front Crawl (freestyle) and backstroke. 

LEVEL 4:

• Swimmers should already be able to: swim front and back crawl 25+ yards.
• Swimmers will work on rotary breathing, freestyle, backstroke, elementary backstroke, sidestroke, whip kick, and breaststroke, intro to turning at the wall, treading water with modified scissors, and diving in a kneeling position.

Completion requirements 

• Must be able to complete at least 50 yards (2 laps) of freestyle without stopping
• Must be able to complete at least 25 yards (1 lap) of backstroke without stopping
• Must have a basic understanding of butterfly
• Must have a basic understanding of starts, turns, and finishes

LEVEL 5:

• Swim freestyle and backstroke 50+ yards, breaststroke 25 yards, the basics of butterfly kick, whip kick, treading water, and dive.
• Refinement of freestyle, backstroke, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, dolphin kick and butterfly, open turn on front and back, flip turn, feet-first surface dive, pike dive and treading water.
• Swimmers continue to gain endurance and more skills towards the competitive sport of swimming.

Completion requirements

• Must be able to complete at least 100 yards (4 laps) of both freestyle and backstroke
• Must be able to complete at least 50 yards (2 laps) of breaststroke without stopping
• Must be able to complete at least 25 yards (1 lap) of butterfly without stopping
• Must be able to dive from the block, flip turn and finish at walls appropriately 

Teen and Adult Swim Lessons. Ages 13+ years old

BEGINNER:

• Learn basic swimming strokes and skills needed to stay safe and help keep others safe in and around the water.
• Please let the instructor know if there are any medical issues that may prevent you from certain movements. The instructor can adapt the lesson.
• Build confidence in the water  

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED:

• Participants will gain proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes
• Participants will learn to refine their front crawl, back crawl, breaststroke, and turns to build endurance. 

BEGINNER:

• Learn basic swimming strokes and skills needed to stay safe and help keep others safe in and around the water.
• Please let the instructor know if there are any medical issues that may prevent you from certain movements. The instructor can adapt the lesson.
• Build confidence in the water 

Completion requirements

• Swim 25 yards with minimal verbal or physical assistance.

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED:  

• Participants will learn to refine their front crawl, back crawl, breaststroke, and turns to build endurance.