Swim Lessons

Adult/Teen 1 Age: 13+

This level is for beginners who have little to no swimming experience. Work on breathing & submersion, floats, glides, and kicks.

Adult/Teen 2 Age: 13+

This level is for intermediate swimmers. Continue working on water proficiency through a variety of movements and entries while enhancing swimming strokes.

Adult/Teen 3 Age: 13+

This level is for advanced swimmers that want to continue working on stroke development and endurance.

Homeschool (Advanced) Age: 8 to 12

These lessons are designed for homeschool students offered in a blended level series. Beginner is for those working on Swimmer 7, 8, & 9.

Homeschool (Beginner) Age: 4 to 8

These lessons are designed for homeschool students offered in a blended level series. Beginner is for those working on Orca, Sea Lion, Narwhal, Swimmer 1 & 2.

Homeschool (Intermediate) Age: 7 to 10

These lessons are designed for homeschool students offered in a blended level series. Beginner is for those working on Swimmer 3, 4, 5, & 6.

Parent & Tot 1- Jellyfish Age: 4 mos to 24 mos

Practice getting wet, learn safe entries and exits, supportive holds and carries, breathing, and buoyancy and movement through a variety of games, songs, and activities. Jellyfish & Goldfish are programmed together.

Parent & Tot 3- Sea Horse Age: 2 to 3

Learn safe entries and exits, practice buoyancy and movement, work on breathing and submersion, and practice assisted floats, glides, and kicking.

Preschool 1- Octopus Age: 3 to 5

Learn safe entries and exits, practice getting your entire body wet including your face while learning how to blow bubbles and breathe in the water and work on assisted floats and glides for up to 3m.

Preschool 2 - Crab Age: 3 to 5

Work on breathing and submersion, safe entries & exits, jump into chest deep water, and assisted floats, glides and kick for up to 5m.

Preschool 3- Orca Age: 3 to 5

Jump into deep water and practice sideways entries wearing a PFD, continue working on breathing, develop coordination to switch from your back to your front and swim up to 3 m unassisted, and work on unassisted glides and kick up to 5m.

Preschool 4 - Sea Lion Age: 3 to 5

Sea Lion: Develop unassisted entries into deep water, enhance movement while wearing a PFD, continue working on flutter kick up to 7 m, learn how to whip kick in a vertical position, and develop front and back crawl. Sea Lion & Narwhal are programmed together. Narwhal : Learn a variety of entries wearing a PFD including rolling into deep water. Tread water for 10 seconds unassisted and work on submersion with breath holding up to 5 sec. Work on front and back crawl unassisted up to 5m, and practice interval training for 4 x 5 m flutter kick.

Swimmer 1 Age: 5 to 12

For those starting swimming lessons or those who have taken the preschool program and are turning 6 years old. Jump into chest deep water, practice jumping and treading water in deep water with a PFD, learn breath holding and submersion, and work on unassisted floats, glides, and kick for up to 5m.

Swimmer 2 Age: 5 to 12

Practice treading water and swimming in deep water with a PFD, continue working on breath control, further develop flutter kick through interval training up to 10 m, and learn front and back crawl up to 10m.

Swimmer 3 Age: 5 to 12

Develop entries and movement in deep water, learn disorienting moves through handstands and somersaults, continue working on front and back crawl up to 15 m and develop skills for interval training up of 4 x 15 m, and learn whip kick on back for up to 10 m.

Swimmer 4 Age: 5 to 12

Learn how to do a standing dive and tread water for up to 1 min, learn the Canadian Swim to Survive® standard, work on whip kick and develop breaststroke up to 15m, and further enhance front and back crawl through interval training for 4 x 25m.

Swimmer 5 Age: 5 to 12

Learn how to shallow dive and do a tuck jump in deep water. Develop eggbeater and treading water skills. Continue to develop breaststroke for 25 m and front and back crawl for 50 m. Work on endurance and stamina through interval training and sprints.

Swimmer 6 Age: 5 to 12

Explore entries into deep water, develop lifesaving kicks, and continue working on stroke development in front crawl, back crawl, and breaststroke through interval training and workouts up to 300m.

Swimmer 7 (Rookie) Age: 5 to 12

Lean cold-water self-rescue, recognition and rescue of a weak and drowning swimmer, and how to assess and treat someone suffering from deadly bleeding. Continue to develop your swimming strokes through a 350 m workout, a 100 m endurance swim, and a supportive kick to carry objects.

Swimmer 8 (Ranger) Age: 5 to 12

Lean the swim to survive standard, recognition and rescue of weak, drowning non-swimmers, and unconscious victims, and how to assess and treat a conscious choking victim. Continue to develop swimming strokes for up to 75m each and through a 200 m timed endurance swim and a support lifesaving kick.

Swimmer 9 (Star) Age: 5 to 12

Learn ice self-rescue, recognition and rescue of weak, tired, distressed, and unconscious swimmers, assess and treat victims suffering from asthma, allergic reactions, and fractures. Continue working on stroke development through 600 m swim workouts and 300 m timed distance training.