Need help figuring out which class is right for you or your child? Find detailed information about each of our programs below!
The teaching fundamentals at the heart of our aquatics program have not changed, but we are elevating the steps we’re taking to keep you safe during swimming lessons with us.
Water Acclimation: 3 Months to 36 Months with Parent (6 Children Max, Parent-assisted lesson)
If you’re seeking baby or toddler swim lessons, Tadpole is the perfect place for children to initiate their swimming journey! Our water acclimation program for infants and toddlers is designed to familiarize them with water and alleviate their apprehensions with our goal of “No tears, No fear”. Our parent and baby swim lessons will involve a lot of singing and water play, allowing your child to freely and independently explore the water environment.
Beginner Water Survival: 3 Months to 36 Months with Parent (4 Children Max, Parent-assisted lesson)
Swimboree lessons will build from the Tadpole level, allowing your little ones to begin learning water survival skills. Your swimming instructor will work one-on-one with you and your child in our structured program of songs, games, and fun. Little swimmers must graduate from the Tadpole swim lessons before enrolling in Swimboree.
5 Goals of Swimboree
Assisted (or independent) back floating
Assisted (or independent) submerged rollover
Full submersion from the wall (sitting or standing)
Advanced Water Survival: 18 Months to 36 Months (4 Children Max)
The emphasis on water survival is carried into the Seahorse program, where students will work one-on-one with their swimming instructor without assistance from parents. In Seahorse, parents sit on the pool deck and actively participate in their child’s swimming lessons. To enroll in Seahorse, students must meet the Swimboree goals.
5 Goals of Seahorse
Independent back float
Independent underwater rollover and float
Push from wall and rollover
Jump in, rollover and float for 20 seconds independently
These gentle water acclimation lessons for ages 3 and up are aimed at creating a positive atmosphere for a first-time water experience and developing skills that will be useful throughout the program. At this stage, we teach techniques such as back floating and complete independent submersion.
Beginner Water Survival: 3+ Years (4 Children Max)
Are you looking for beginner swimming lessons for your water-loving child? Our small group swim lessons focus on fun, safety, and building water independence skills. You can observe your children having a blast with their swim instructor while learning fundamental water survival techniques.
5 Goals of Minnow
Safe entry/safe exit
Jump in, rollover and float for 20 seconds independently
Independent glide back to the wall
Elementary backstroke for 10 cycles
Swordfish start, push glide from wall into a rollover. Back float for 20 seconds.
Advanced Water Survival: 3+ Years (4 Children Max)
Turtle 1 is a small group kids’ swimming lesson, where children will learn propulsion skills that are essential for water survival. They will be taught beginner strokes on their back and front to prepare them for more advanced stroke levels.
5 Goals of Turtle 1
Streamline with flutter kick independently
Swim-roll-swim to safety
Independently swim 10 yards or 10 cycles of beginner backstroke with arms out
Independently swim 10 yards or 10 cycles of beginner freestyle with arms out
In Turtle 2, students focus on achieving proper coordination of arms, legs, and breathing for three different strokes: freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke. Additionally, an introduction to the butterfly stroke is provided. Students are kept active throughout the lesson, swimming in pairs or small groups.
In these advanced swimming lessons for kids, swimmers have the opportunity to refine their techniques in all four strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. The lessons are designed to encourage constant movement allowing children to swim in groups of two or three.
Does your child have a passion for swimming? Our Shark 2 swimming lessons are designed to prepare students for future swim team participation by focusing on drills, starts and turns, individual medleys, and enhancing speed and stamina in the water.
It’s never too late to learn lifesaving swimming skills! Geared toward students 12+, this program takes our traditional British Swim School methods and applies them in a way that’s designed to work with young adult swimmers to help them feel comfortable and safe in the water. Available at select locations.
Personalized attention focused on the areas that each student needs the most. Instructors work with each student to create a program based around safety and skill depending on each individual’s needs. Available at select locations.
Swimming lessons are modified from our core program on a case-by-case basis to support children with special abilities. Bottom line: we focus on what they can do instead of what they can not. The swim instructor will work one-on-one with each student to acclimate the student to the water with sensory play activities while working on an introduction to skills that will be used in the next level(s). While the student is in the water, parents are encouraged to be on the deck and participating if that is what is best for the swimmer. Ratio is 1:1. Available at select locations.
