Parents are taught how to safely work with their child in the water and how to prepare and encourage their child to participate fully and try new skills. Parents will be taught different holding positions, how to take them underwater, and how to work on kicking and moving arms.
1 parent must be in the pool with each child and 2 parents may be in the class with each child.

Children must wear swim diapers into the pool.

Participants are taught the most elementary skills in the pool. They are taught how to get into and out of the pool, blow bubbles, go underwater, and kick on their front without floatation.

This marks the beginning of independent learning. Participants should already be comfortable in the pool without floatation, blow bubbles, go under water and kick on their front.

Participants are provided more guided practice on skills learned in preschool level 2. Learn how to coordinate arm and leg action while putting their face under water and swimming independently.

Elementary aquatic skills and basic water safety are taught to help participants feel comfortable in the water. Skills taught are bubble blowing, floating, kicking, arm action and all done without floatation.

Objective is to give the participants success with fundamental skills. This level marks the beginning of true locomotion skills. Skills learned are floating front and back unsupported, swimming with arms and legs 5-10 yards without support and jumping into the pool without support.

Participants will improve their skills while increasing distances (1 lap of the pool). Skills learned in level 3 diving, rotary breathing, front crawl, elementary backstroke and scissor kick.

Participants will improve their skills while increasing distances using the learned strokes (front crawl, elementary backstroke, and scissors kick) Swimmers will learn the arms for the scissor kick, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly.

ne-on-one instruction with a certified water safety instructor. Lessons are ½ hour and arrangements for lessons can be made by contacting aquatic director, Patty Smith Neidigh patty@yorkjcc.org.

2 people per lesson with a certified water safety instructor (Registration fee is paid by each participant). Participants must be of the same swimming ability and you are responsible for having a partner. Lessons are ½ hour and arrangements for lessons can be made by contacting aquatic director, Patty Smith Neidigh patty@yorkjcc.org.