Baby Waves - Ages 6-18 months*

25-minute class, one day per week 
10 kids per class

Students will gain trust and improve comfortability in the water while also learning important body positions. Students and parents will learn about safely entering the water, proper balancing holds to help improve comfort and trust between children and parents. Students will begin working on the foundational swim skills such as front and back floats, counting cues, sliding and jumping into the water. All of these skills will be taught and reinforced through songs and games. 

Tiny Tots Level 1 - Ages 18 months-4 years*

25-minute class, one day per week 
10 kids per class

Students will gain trust and improve comfortability in the water while also learning important body positions. Students and parents will learn about safely entering the water, proper balancing holds to help improve comfort and trust between children and parents. Students will begin working on the foundational swim skills such as front and back floats, counting cues, sliding and jumping into the water. All of these skills will be taught and reinforced through songs and games. 

In order to advance to Star Tots Level 2, students must be able to perform the Star Tots Level 1 safety and swim skill benchmarks. All benchmarks in the Star Tots program a combination of parent and child skill.

Safety Skill Benchmarks:

• »  Parents must exhibit understanding of constant and dedicated surveillance, and properly fit a life jacket. 
• »  Students must show understanding of wearing a life jacket

Swim Skill Benchmarks:

• »  Parent and child should be relaxed and comfortable while enjoying the water. 
• »  Child must perform a relaxed front, back, vertical and side position for at least five seconds while supported. 
• »  Child can enter the water from the wall, submerge, turn around and grab onto the wall, and pull their head out of the water with assistance. 

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Level 1 - Ages 4-6 years OR 6-13 years

25-minute class, one day per week 

4 kids per class

Level 1 course sets the foundation for comfortability and safety in and around the water. Students will focus on the importance of asking permission before entering the water, good body position and control, and safe breathing techniques. Good body position and control will be introduced with the practice of floats on the front and back and streamline swim positions. The streamline swim position introduces good body position in preparation for learning front crawl/freestyle and backstrokes in more advanced levels. Other skills learned include how to safely exit the water, front and back floats, front and back streamline and full body submersion. In order to advance to Level 2, students must be able to perform the Level 1 swim skill benchmarks. 

Safety Skill Benchmarks:

• »  Asking permission and putting on a life jacket before entering the water.
• »  Floating on their back and kicking for 20 feet. 

Swim Skill Benchmarks:

• »  Assisted submersion for 5 seconds and coming up for breath.
• »  Jumping in, submerging and recovering for air.
• »  Rolling on back while kicking for 5 seconds. 

Level 2 - Ages 4-6 years OR 6-13 years

25-minute class, one day per week 

4 kids per class

Level 2 course focuses on forward movement, rotary movement and direction change in the water. This level will introduce fundamental swim skills such as kick and pull movements on the front and the back. These skills are a turning point in a student's progress as they learn to swim more independently and how to safely return to the wall. Other swim skills to be performed include front and back streamlines with kicks, treading water, swimming underwater, side glides and retrieving a submerged object front the bottom of the pool. More safety skills will also be incorporated in the fundamentals of this course level. Students will learn how to help others in need without risking their own safety and how to call for emergency services. In order to advance to Level 3, students must be able to perform the Level 2 safety and two sets of swim skill benchmarks. 

Safety Skill Benchmarks:

• »  Tread water for 15 seconds.
• »  Use of flotation devices to help someone who is in trouble in the water.
• »  Understand how to call for emergency services.

Swim Skill Benchmarks Set 1:

• »  Jumping in, submerging, recovering for air. 
• »  Kicking for 10 feet on the front or back.
• »  Changing directions and returning to the wall using swim-roll-swim to breathe. 

Swim Skill Benchmarks Set 2:

• »  Jumping in, recovering to side glide and kicking for 10 feet in the dive tank. 

Both sets of swim skill benchmarks will be performed in swim gear and regular clothing. Performing these benchmarks in everyday clothing helps practice the skills and strength needed in the event of an emergency in the water outside of a pool setting. 

Level 3 - Ages 4-6 years OR 6-13 years

25-minute class, one day per week 

5 kids per class

Level 3 course focuses on integrated movement. This is the beginning stages of learning front crawl/freestyle with rhythmic breathing. We also will work on refining the body positions learned in previous levels and transforming them into a recognizable swim stroke. Students will reinforce body position in side glides while adding over arm pulls. Survival floats, safe head first dives from the deck and vertical head-first surface dives will also be learned. In order to advance to Level 4, students must be able to perform the Level 3 safety and swim skill benchmarks. 

Safety Skill Benchmarks:

• »  Demonstrate the ability to perform a survival float.
• »  Tread water for 30 seconds. 

Swim Skill Benchmarks:

• »  Demonstrate the ability to start in side glide.
• »  Swim with overarm pulls and kicks for 30 feet. 
• »  Demonstrate 1-2-3 breathing pattern.

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