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PRESCHOOL 1: WATER ACCLIMATION (AGES 3-5)

Students develop comfort with underwater exploration and learn to safely exit in the event of falling into a body of water in stage 1. This stage lays the foundation that allows for a student’s future progress in swimming.

Preschool 1: Water Acclimation is a beginners course for children aged 3-5 years. This class is preformed WITHOUT a parent in the water. If a child has never had formal swimming lessons, this is the first step. Children will learn basic water safety and beginning swimming skills (front floats, back floats, putting their face in the water) without a parent present to assist them.

To pass the stage, students will need to:

• Completely submerge their face
• Float on front and back (assisted)
• Enter into the pool and out (unassisted)

PRESCHOOL 2: WATER MOVEMENT (AGES 3-5)

In stage 2, students focus on body position and control, directional change, and forward movement in the water while also continuing to practice how to safely exit in the event of falling into a body of water.

To QUALIFY for this stage, students must have completed PRESCHOOL 1: WATER ACCLIMATION.

To be pass this stage, a student must be able to:

• Push off of the wall by themselves,
• Put their face in the water and retrieve an object under water by themselves
• Know the basics of body positioning by floating on their back and their front for a total of 20 seconds (unassisted).

PRESCHOOL 3: WATER STAMINA (AGES 3-5)

In stage 3, students learn how to swim to safety from a longer distance than in previous stages in the event of falling into a body of water. This stage also introduces rhythmic breathing and integrated arm and leg action.

To QUALIFY for this level, students must have passed PRESCHOOL 2: WATER MOVEMENT.

Preschool 3: Water Stamina is our preschool class with highest difficulty. Children in this class have already show advanced swimming ability in the previous stages.  To pass this class, students are expected to:

• Be able to swim freestyle 25 yards by themselves
• Be able to swim backstroke 25 yards by themselves
• Begin building rotary breathing skills
• Roll from front float to back float
• Tread water for 1 minute