AQUATICS - RED CROSS SWIM LESSONS - LEVELS
The number one Red Cross Safety Tip is: Learn to Swim! What better place to take Swimming Lessons than at the Flathead Valley’s Premier Aquatic and Fitness Center, The Wave.
American Red Cross Swim Lessons are progressive programs. This means that every level in the program is a building block with vital skills and development requirements for the next level. Each child will progress and mature at their own rate.
Learn-to-Swim teaches aquatic and safety skills in a logical progression. The objective is to teach people to swim and to be safe in, on and around the water.
Aqua-tot:
(parent/child)ages 6 months - 3 years |
This class will familiarize young children to the water and prepare them to learn to swim. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water on their own. Aqua-tots give parents safety information and teach techniques to help orient their children to the water. It also provides direction regarding how to supervise water activities in a responsible manner.
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Preschool 1:
(ages 3-5) |
The child has little or no swim lesson experience (similar to Level 1). This course orients new swimmers to the aquatic environment and teaches basic skills such as water adjustment, body balance and buoyancy, water entry and exit, floating, blowing bubbles.
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Preschool 2:
(ages 3-5)
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This level teaches basic swimming skills (similar to Level 2) , floating front and back, kicking on front and back, basic arm strokes, blowing bubbles fully submerged, and beginning to combine arms and legs. |
Preschool 3:
(ages 3-5)
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This level teaches stroke development (similar to Level 3), but is for the preschool age child. Building endurance on front and back, changing direction, treading, and more.
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| Level 1: |
Introduction to Water Skills: helps students feel comfortable in the water and to enjoy the water safely. |
| Level 2: |
Fundamental Aquatic Skills: gives students success with floating front and back, kicking and basic arm movements. |
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Stroke Development: builds on the skills in Level 2 by providing additional guided practice and adding new skills. |
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Stroke Improvement: develops confidence and endurance in the strokes learned and to improve other aquatic skills. |
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Stroke Refinement: provides further coordination, endurance and refinement of strokes. |
| Level 6: |
Swimming and Skill Proficiency: refines the strokes so students swim them with ease, efficiency, power and smoothness over greater distances.
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SWIM LESSON REGISTRATION FORM (click here)
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