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Description
STAGE 2:
Water Movement: In this class, children are taught skills that focus on
buoyancy and movement in the water while also learning how to safely exit in the event of falling into a body of water.
Qualifications:
(1) able to go under water & comfortably open eyes without goggles.
(2) able to float on front & back with minimal assistance
(3) able to jump in the pool, submerge & return to the wall with assistance.
Swim Basics: Students learn personal water safety and achieve basic
swimming competency by learning two benchmark skills:
• Swim, float, swim?sequencing front glide, roll, back float, roll, front glide, and exit
• Jump, push, turn, grab
STAGE 3:
Water Stamina: In this class, children focus on swimming longer distances. In the event of falling into a body of water, children learn how to swim to safety.
Qualifications: (1) able to float on front & back unassisted, (2) able to push off the wall on stomach with face submerged for 10 feet unassisted, (3) able to Swim-Float-Swim 15 feet unassisted, (4) able to jump into deep water and return to the wall unassisted.
Swim Basics: Students learn personal water safety and achieve basic swimming competency by learning two benchmark skills:
- Swim, float, swim—sequencing front glide, roll, back float, roll, front glide, and exit
- Jump, push, turn, grab
MAKE-UP POLICY: For each session of lessons, we will only conduct make-up lessons due to facility cancellations, not personal absence. There are no refunds given for the current session after the first lesson.
Activity Age Category
Preschool
Location
WS Front Desk at Westside Family YMCA
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