Swim School
Pre-School (Ages 3-5)
Overview & Description
Classes are 30 minutes in length with a maximum of four students. The preschool curriculum has 5 stations. Below are the general goals of each station.
*All children under 4, regardless of level of potty training, must wear two reusable, cloth, snug fitting swim diapers.
Stations
Preschool Station 1 - Happy in the Water
- Happily put whole face in the water and blow bubbles
- Introduce back float
Preschool Station 2 - Blowing bubbles
- Rhythmic breath exchange
- Front float
- Comfort on back
- Comfortable independent underwater exploration
- Nose bubbles
- Kicking, face in, blowing bubbles
Preschool Station 3 - Moving Through the Water
- Independent, balanced and relaxed front and back floats and glides
- Lifesaving skill of jumping or falling in and rolling onto back to a stable, extended float
- Rhythmic relaxed moving bobs
- Propulsive, efficient front and back kicking
Preschool Station 4 - Balance and Propulsion
- Relaxed rhythmic jumping bobs
- Horizontal rollovers
- Jump in, roll on back, breathe, rollover, kick back to the wall
- Retrieve object from bottom of pool-4 ft
- Fundamenal dolphin kick
Preschool Station 5 - Now I'm Swimming!
- Sitting bobs
- Front somersaults
- Fundamental freestyle
- Elementary backstroke
- Fundamental Breastroke
- Fundamental Backstroke
"My daughter started swimming this summer with you all and unfortunately the day and time that we needed was booked for the Fall. We had to place her in an alternate swim academy for the Fall to keep her skills. I must say Love to Swim is superior! We are looking forward to registration day for the Spring Schertz location." -Kelly M.
