Core
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Age Range
4 years to 10 years of age
Class Time
30 minutes
Class Days
Group Lessons are offered Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Classes are provided by 3 lessons in one week (typically Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday)
Classes are provided by 3 lessons in one week (typically Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday)
Instructor/Swimmer Ratio
1 / 4
Cost
3 x 30 minute group lessons is $48
Skills Taught
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Special focus on the fundamental skills of buoyancy, breath control, balance and efficient propulsion are stressed at this level, with foundational elements of the four strokes are also being introduced.
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Learn-to-Swim Level Descriptions
Level 1: FOR AGES 4 THROUGH 7. Introduction to Water Skills: This class is for swimmers who are NOT placing their eyes in the water. The class helps new swimmers become familiar and comfortable in the water and establishes the foundation for future proficiency and achievement. In this class, we blow bubbles, retrieve objects from the bottom of the pool, kick with and without a kickboard, learn streamline on stomach and float on our backs. We are always encouraging water safety in and around the water.
**Please do NOT sign up for this class if your child is over the age of 7 years old. Contact Spindlebeak, so we may discuss a different approach.
Level 2: Builds on Level-1. This class is for swimmers who are comfortable with placing their eyes in the water and are swimming horizontally in the water. The class continues to learn arm stroke for the front crawl and back strokes. Swimmers should be able to rotary breathe in freestyle and stay afloat for backstroke, when entering this class.
Level 3: Specific focus on technique emphasizing coordinating arm and leg movements and improving upon Level-2 skills. We will use the entire length of the pool to kick with kickboards. We will use half of the pool to technically improve on our front crawl, back stroke, elementary backstroke, breastroke kick and butterfly kick. In this class, the swimmer can already swim the front crawl on their own, for 15 meters.
**Please do NOT sign up for this class if your child is over the age of 7 years old. Contact Spindlebeak, so we may discuss a different approach.
Level 2: Builds on Level-1. This class is for swimmers who are comfortable with placing their eyes in the water and are swimming horizontally in the water. The class continues to learn arm stroke for the front crawl and back strokes. Swimmers should be able to rotary breathe in freestyle and stay afloat for backstroke, when entering this class.
Level 3: Specific focus on technique emphasizing coordinating arm and leg movements and improving upon Level-2 skills. We will use the entire length of the pool to kick with kickboards. We will use half of the pool to technically improve on our front crawl, back stroke, elementary backstroke, breastroke kick and butterfly kick. In this class, the swimmer can already swim the front crawl on their own, for 15 meters.
Classes are created on an individual basis to suit the needs and goals of each student.
