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Preschool Swim Lessons

Ages 3 - 5 years

This is a four-level program offers children their first experience in the pool without parental assistance. The children are taught the basic skills that are the building blocks of swimming. They also learn about pool safety, boating safety, and the use of personal floatation devices. The classes are divided into skill level, the levels are based on water skills.

Classes:

Pike - Beginner, this level helps children develop safe pool behavior, adjust to the water, and develop independent movement in the water. It is designed for new swimmers, teaching basic paddle stroke and kicking skills, pool safety, proper use of float belts and PFDs, and comfort with holding the face in the water while blowing bubbles and swimming.

Eel - Advanced Beginner, this level reinforces Pike skills. It is for children who are comfortable in the water. They are taught to kick, dive, float, and perform the progressive paddle stroke. They also learn basic boating safety and the use of PFDs. Children can swim across the pool without assistance by the end of this level.

Ray - Intermediate, at this level children review previous skills, improve stroke skills, learn more personal safety, and rescue skills, build endurance by swimming on their front, back, side and learn to tread water and perform more progressive diving skills. Children can swim across the pool on their front and back without assistance by the end of this level.

Starfish - Advanced, at this level children review previously learned skills and refine their strokes as well as their personal safety, rescue, and floating skills. They also learn underwater swimming skills. Children can swim a length of the pool on their front, back, side at the end of this level.

Cost: $29 Members / $54 Non-Members (6 classes)
$38 Members / $69 Non-Members (8 classes)

2010 Summer Sessions

Saturdays
July 10 - Aug 14
Aug 21 - Oct 6

Summer
Monday - Thursday (4 days a week)
July 12 - 22
July 26 - Aug 5
Aug 9 - 19

For more information about class times and to sign up:   Summer Swim Lesson Form
                                                                                            

For more information please contact Sarah Martin