Swim Lessons

Designed to orient preschool-age children to the aquatic environment and to begin working on basic aquatic skills such as enter & exit the water, blow bubbles through mouth & nose, go under water, bobbing, front & back glides, retrieve submerged objects and learn how to stay safe in the water.  

Children learn basics of swimming: bobbing, floating in prone and supine positions, gliding in prone and supine positions, flutter kick in prone and supine positions, front crawl, basic safety rules, and jumping in.

Children should already be able to: float on front and back and put head under water. Children will work on: floating, gliding, flutter kick, front crawl, back crawl, turning over from front to back and back to front, retrieving object, and jumping into water over their head.

Children should already be able to: 

swim front 

back crawl

Children will work on: 

gliding

front & back crawl

elementary backstroke

retrieving object

treading water

jumping into deep water

kneeling dive

compact dive

Children should already be able to: 

• swim front and back crawl 10 yards

• elementary backstroke

• dive in kneeling and compact position

Children will work on: 

• deep water bobbing

• rotary breathing

• front crawl & back crawl

• elementary backstroke 10 yards

• scissors kick and sidestroke

• whip kick and breaststroke

• intro to turning at wall

• treading water with modified scissors

• breaststroke

• rotary kicks

• diving in stride and standing positions

Children will work on: Children should already be able to: 

• swim front and back crawl 25 yards

• elementary backstroke 10 yards

• scissors kick and whip kick

• treading water

• diving in kneeling and compact positions

Children will work on: 

• alternate breathing

• stride jump, 

• diving from board

• long shallow dive

• front and back crawl

• elementary backstroke

• sidestroke & breaststroke

• dolphin kick and butterfly

• open turn on front and back

• feet-first surface dive

• treading water and deep water bobbing

Children will work on: Children should already be able to: 

• swim front and back crawl 50 yards

• elementary backstroke 25 yards

• breaststroke 25 yards, butterfly 25 yards, sidestroke 10 yards

• tread water for 3 minutes

• dive

Children will work on: 

• All six strokes

• front and back crawl flip turn

• breaststroke turn, speed turn and pullout

• butterfly turn, sidestroke turn

• pike and tuck surface dive

• pike and tuck dive from board

• tread water for five minutes

• basic water rescue