Baby and Me

Learn how to handle your future swimmer! Come introduce your child to water fun. This American Red Cross IPAP program will guide you to become comfortable with your child in the water. Learn how to hold your child, develop basic swimming skills, sing songs, and water play to help build a positive parent-child relationship. We will work on kicking, floating, blowing bubbles, arm strokes and water safety. We ask that children who are not toilet-trained wear a swim diaper. Parents are required to be in the water for the class and children must be at least 6 months old to enroll.

Preschool

Build your toddler’s confidence in the water through safe exploration. We will introduce your child to being comfortable in the water for the first time in a group setting without mom and dad. They will learn basic swimming skills, blowing bubbles, kicking, floating on front and back while assisted and most importantly having fun! (approximately 3 to 5 years old).

Level 1

Your child will learn the foundation for basic swimming skills, become comfortable in water, learn how to front crawl while assisted and how to kick and float on his/her own.

SKILLS LEARNED

1.Enter and exit water
2.Blowing bubbles
3.Bobbing
4.Open eyes under waterand retrieve submergedobjects
5.Front glide and float, andrecover to a vertical position
6.Back glide and float andrecover to a vertical position
7.Roll from front to backand back to front
8.Tread water, using armand hand actions
9. Alternating andsimultaneous leg and armactions on front
10. Alternating andsimultaneous leg and armactions on back
11.Combined arm and legactions on front
12.Combined arm and legactions on back
13.Learn appropriate safetyskills

LEVEL 1 EXIT REQUIREMENTS
1.Enter unassisted, travel 5 yards, bob 3 times, thensafely exit water
2.Glide on front at least 2 body lengths, roll to a backfloat for 3 seconds andrecover to a vertical position (can be performed with support)

Level 2

Children must have gone through level 1 OR be comfortable in the water and able to float on their back and front while supported. Children will learn to paddling with face in water, front and back float unassisted, and tread water.

SKILLS LEARNED

1.Stepping or jumping fromside into chest-deep water
2.Fully submerge, hold breath
3.Bobbing
4.Open eyes under water andretrieve submerged objects
5.Front, jellyfish, tuck floats
6.Front glide and float, andrecover to a vertical position7.Back glide and float, andrecover to a vertical position8.Roll from front to back andback to front
9.Tread water using arm andleg actions
10.Change direction whileswimming on front & back
11.Combined arm and legactions on front
12.Combined arm and legactions on back
13.Finning arm action onback
14.Learn appropriate safetyskills

EXIT REQUIREMENTS
1.Step from side into chest-deep water, move into a frontfloat 5 seconds, roll to back,float 5 seconds, then return to a vertical position
2.Move into a back float for 5 seconds, roll to front, then recover to a vertical position

3.Push off and swim, using combined arm and leg actions on front for 5 body lengths, roll to back, float for 15 seconds, roll to front, then continue for 5 body lengths

Level 3

Children must have gone through level 2 OR be able to swim unassisted for a short distance and be comfortable in deep water. 

SKILLS LEARNED

1. Jumping into deep water from the side

2. Headfirst entry from the side in seated and kneeling positions

3. Bobbing while moving to safety

4. Rotary breathing

5. Survival Float

6. Back Float

7. Tread water for 30 sec.

8.Swimming the front crawl for 15 yards

9. Swimming elementary backstroke for 15 yards

10. Flutter, scissors and dolphin kicks

11.Push off in streamline position on front, then begin kicking

12. Learn appropriate safety skills

EXIT REQUIREMENTS

1. Jump into deep water from the side, recover to the surface, maintain position by tread/float for 1min, rotate one full turn, then turn to face exit, level off, swim front crawl and/or elementary backstroke for 25 yards, and exit the water

2. Push off in streamlined position, then swim front crawl for 15 yards, change position and direction as necessary, swim elementary backstroke 15 yards, exit water

Level 4 & 5

Children must have gone through level 3 OR be able to swim unassisted.

LEVEL 4

1. Headfirst entry in compact and stride positions

2. Feetfirst surface dive

3. Swim underwater

4. Tread water, using 2 different kicks

5. Survival swimming

6. Front crawl for 25 yards

7. Elementary backstroke for 25 yards

8. Breaststroke for 15 yards

9. Back crawl for 15 yards

10. Butterfly for 15 yards

11. Sidestroke for 15 yards 12. Open turns on the front and back

13. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back

14. Push off in streamlined position on back, then begin kicking

15. Learn appropriate safety skills

LEVEL 4 EXIT REQUIREMENTS

1. Perform feetfirst entry into deep water, swim front crawl for 25 yards, change direction and position as necessary, & swim elementary backstroke for 25 yards.

2. Swim breaststroke for 15 yards, change direction and position as necessary, and swim back crawl for 15 yards.

3. Submerge and swim 3 to 5 body lengths underwater without hyperventilating, return to surface, exit water.

LEVEL 5

1. Performing a shallow-angle dive into deep water

2. Tuck-surface dive

3. Pike-surface dive

4. Tread water for 5 minutes 5. Sculling

6. Front crawl for 50 yards

7. Elementary backstroke for 50 yards

8. Breaststroke for 25 yards

9. Back crawl for 25 yards

10. Butterfly for 25 yards

11. Sidestroke for 25 yards 12. Front flip turn

13. Back flip turn

14. Learn appropriate safety skills

LEVEL 5 EXIT REQUIREMENTS

1. Perform a shallow-angle dive into deep water, swim front crawl for 50 yards, change direction and position of travel as necessary, and swim elementary backstroke for 50 yards.

2. Swim breaststroke for 25 yards, change direction and position of travel as necessary, and swim back crawl for 25 yards.

Adult

This class is for swimmers ages 14+ and is a learn-at-your-own-pace class while gaining confidence in the water. This class gives adult swimmers at every level the opportunity to improve their skills in a safe environment.