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 6 stations. Below are the general goals of each station.
*Reusable swim diapers (pool pants) are required for all children not yet potty trained and/or 3 and under.
Stations
Preschool Station 1 - Happy in the Water
- Happily put whole face in the water and blow bubbles
Preschool Station 2 - Blowing bubbles
- Rhythmic breath exchange
- Comfort on back
- Comfortable independent underwater exploration
Preschool Station 3 - Floating
- Independent, balanced and relaxed front and back floats
- Lifesaving skill of jumping or falling in and rolling onto back to a stable, extended float
- Rhythmic relaxed wall bobs
- Propulsive, efficient front and back kicking
Preschool Station 4 - Moving through the water
- Jumping bobs
- Horizontal rollovers–back to front and front to back
- Jump in, roll on back, breathe, rollover, kick back to the wall
- Retrieve object from bottom of pool-4 ft
Preschool Station 5 - Switches
- Sitting bobs
- Front somersaults
- Beginning freestyle
- Elementary backstroke
Preschool Station 6 - Now I’m Swimming!
- Side kicking (freestyle breathing position)
- Comfortably swim 30 feet on back
- Comfortably swim 30 feet on front with roll over breaths