LEARN-TO-SWIM CLASSES
PARENT/CHILD (PNTCHILD)
(Ages 6 months to 3 years): The foundation of the American Red Cross Parent and Child class is a set of basic skills that prepares young children to be comfortable in the water. This class will not make your child an independent swimmer; instead, this class will prepare your child to enter the Learn-to-Swim Program. Skills learned include getting adjusted to the water environment; showing comfort on both their front and back positions with assistance; submerging with assistance and changing body positions in the water. Each child MUST be accompanied by an adult in the water.
Find out when it’s available and enroll online this summer at the Indoor Aquatic Center
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AQUATOTS
(3 years old): This class bridges the Parent/Child class to the Learn-to-Swim program and is designed for preschool aged children who have never been in a swim class but are ready to hold on to the wall and be in the pool without a parent. This class focuses on the fundamentals of freestyle and floating. In order to move to the next class, students must be comfortable putting their face in the water for three or more seconds.
Find out when it’s available and enroll online this summer at the Indoor Aquatic Center
Find out when it’s available and enroll online this summer at the Outdoor Aquatic Center
PRESCHOOL (PRSCHOOL)
(4 years old): Preschool Aquatics teaches age-appropriate water and safety skills in a positive, logical progression beginning with fundamental water safety and aquatic skills. Skills learned in this level are the same fundamental skills that are taught in levels 1 and 2 of the Learn-to-Swim program. These skills include independent water entry, front and back glides, and combined arm and leg actions in the water. Children are required to stay in the Preschool program until they turn five years of age.
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LEVEL 1
(5-6 years old): Participants work on comfort in the water and entering and exiting the pool by themselves. Skills learned include blowing bubbles and getting the head and face wet; floating on front and back with support and recovering to a standing position; alternating and simultaneous arm and leg motion on front and back.
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LEVEL 2
(5-7 years old): Skills learned include front and back floats unsupported for 15 seconds with recovery to a standing position; front and back glides for 2 body lengths; and combined arm and leg actions on front and back for 15 feet.
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LEVEL 3
Skills learned include survival and back floats and treading water for 1 minute; front and back glides with two different kicks; front crawl and elementary backstroke 15 yards, begin learning the diving progression.
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Find out when it’s available and enroll online this summer at the Outdoor Aquatic Center
LEVEL 4
Improve on skills and increase endurance on strokes learned in previous levels, including front and back crawl for 25 yards, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke with scissor kick and butterfly for 15 yards. Skills learned include open turns on front and back pushing off in streamlined position, surface dives and dives off the side of the pool and swim underwater for 3 body lengths, survival and back floats in deep water as well as tread water for 1 minute each. This level is taught in the competition pool (LIAC).
Find out when it’s available and enroll online this summer at the Indoor Aquatic Center
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LEVEL 5
Increased endurance, coordination and refinement of strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, breaststroke, elementary backstroke, sidestroke and flip turns. This level is taught in the competition pool (LIAC).
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Find out when it’s available and enroll online this summer at the Outdoor Aquatic Center
LEVEL 6 FIT
Refine strokes so students swim with more ease, efficiency, power and smoothness over greater distances. Skills learned include introduction to other aquatic activities, areas of focus include Personal Water Safety, Diving and Fitness Swimming. Each option focuses on preparing students to participate in other advanced aquatic courses. This level is taught in the competition pool (LIAC).
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ADULT
This swim program has a little bit for everyone. Did you always wish you had learned to swim as a child? Well, it is never too late to get started. The purpose of this level is what YOU want to get out of it. For some that may mean personal safety; for others it may be learning to swim the basic strokes to be used for fitness swimming. Your needs will be discussed at the beginning of class, and the class will be geared toward meeting your personal goals. This level is taught in the competition pool (LIAC).
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JUNIOR SWIM (JRSWIM)
Are you between the ages of 9 and 16? Have you always wanted to learn to swim, but never have? If you feel too old to be in a traditional level one, two, or three class, this is the course for you. Junior swim is targeted towards those individuals between the ages of nine and 16 that would like to overcome their fear of the water and learn the basic skills needed to be safe and enjoy the water. This level is taught in the competition pool (LIAC).
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PRIVATE SWIM LESSONS
Is there an instructor your child would like to spend a little more time with in one–on-one instruction? Whether your child needs to improve a stroke or skill, or you would just like the individual attention of one instructor, we have a program for you. Many of our certified instructors are available to teach private lessons at our facilities. They are available on a weekly basis during times that public swimming lessons are NOT being held. We offer only American Red Cross certified Water Safety Instructors for all of our classes. However, the American Red Cross does not sanction these classes or curriculum for private lessons. For Pricing and registration information, please call 785-832-SWIM (7946).