Levels-What they will learn.

Pre-School Level 1: (age 3-4) Water Adjustment, bubble blowing, full submersion with support, supported prone float, supported back float, assisted prone kick, assisted back kick, locomotion along the wall, introduction to alternating arms. Underwater exploration (retrieving objects), unassisted prone glide with kick, bobbing, jump into water. water safety rules, water entries and exits.

Pre-School Level 2A: (age 3-4) Full submersion (3-5 seconds), underwater exploration, unassisted prone glide, unassisted back float, unassisted back glide with and without kick, finning on back, back crawl arms, turning over front to back, turning over back to front, general pool safety rules.

Level 1 (age 5 years & older)  Only sign up for this if they are afraid of the water.  Skip to 2A if they have had Pre-School Level 1 and they are 5 years or older.  Look to see what they might not   Water Adjustment, bubble blowing, full submersion with support, supported prone float, supported back float, assisted prone kick, assisted back kick, locomotion along the wall, introduction to alternating arms. Underwater exploration (retrieving objects), unassisted prone glide with kick, bobbing, jump into water, water safety rules, water entries and exits. walk in chest deep water (5 yds),  If they had the pre-school 1 already, and they passed this off, please sign them up for Level 2A if they are not quite 5 yet--especially if they can touch the ground in the shallow end. 

Level 2A (age 5 years & older) Full submersion of head (3 sec.), underwater exploration, unassisted prone glide, unassisted back glide, leveling off, bobbing 10x, jump into chest deep water and recover to standing position, prone glide with kick, back glide with kick, finning on back, safety rules.

Level 2B (age 5 & older) Introduction to back crawl arms, combined skills on front (alternating arms/kicking), turning over front/back, assisting non swimmer.

Level 3 Retrieve objects from under water, bobing to safe area, jump into deep water, dive progression (kneeling), prone glide push-off, begin side breathing, front crawl (10 yards), back crawl (10 yards), intro to elementary backstroke kick (10 yards), reverse direction while swimming on front and back. safe diving rules, tread water 10-20 seconds.

Level 4 Deep water bobbing, dive progression from the side, sculling on back (5 yards), elementary backstroke (10yds), front crawl (25 yds.), backstroke (25 yds), introduce sidestroke kick (10 yds), tread 1-2 minutes, safe diving rules.

Level 5: Front crawl with alternate side breathing, stride jump entry, diving progression from board, long shallow dive (racing), intro to breaststroke arms (10 uds), intro to butterfly kick (10 yds), elementary backstroke (35 yds), front crawl (50 yds), backstroke (50 yds.), intro to open front and back turns.

Level 6: Approach and hurdle on diving board, jump tuck from diving board, intro of butterfly arms (10 yds), front crawl (100 yds), back crawl (100 uds.), breaststroke (25 yds, sidestroke 25 yds, butterfly 10 yds, approach stroke 25 yds, breaststroke turn, sidestroke turn, speed turn and pull out from breaststroke, flip turn for front crawl. Treading water 2-3 minutes, pick and tuck surface dives, alternative kicks for treading water, safety for diving.

Level 7: Front dive from diving board (tuck/pike/straight), swim continuously (500 yds), front crawl (200 yds), back stroke (100 yds), breaststroke (50 yds), sidestroke (50 yds), butterfly (25 yds), swimming underwater (15 yds), backstroke flip turn. Tread water 5 minutes, discuss conditioning principles, checking heart rate, retrieve objects 6-8 ft.