PARENT CHILD BEGINNER: 3-20 MONTHS – 3:1
Breath Control, Balance, buoyancy, movement, and comfort in the water
This class is designed as a child’s first experience in an aquatic environment. Using a model of early childhood education, our program works to help infants and toddlers develop a life-long love of water through song and play while also incorporating large safety components of learning breath control, buoyancy and finding the way back to the safety of the wall. We offer a compassionate introduction to water and safety and therefore create families who love the water and will continue swimming for recreation, health, and competition.
PARENT CHILD ADVANCED: 15-36 MONTHS – 3:1
Acclimating and separating from parent/guardian
This class is designed for infants and toddlers to continue to work on more advanced safety skills while adjusting to separation from their parent/guardian. Swimmers continue to work on breath control, buoyancy, and movement, building on the skills from Parent-Child Beginner. This could also be a first introduction to water for children ages 20+ months who have never taken a class before. At age 30 months, swimmers become eligible to move to a Level 1A curriculum if they are ready to begin following directions, complete class independently with a teacher, and are safe in the pool with a flotation device. A child can go directly from PC Advanced to 1a (without moving to a transition class) if they receive a recommendation from our teachers, are completely ready for 1a, and are at least 2.5 years old.
PARENT-CHILD TRANSITION TO 1a: 2y3months to 3.5 years – 3:1
Acclimating and separating from parent/guardian
This class is designed for toddlers who have already been in swim lessons and are ready to move out of the PC Beginner/Advanced class but still need a parent in the water. This class is designed as a true transition to 1a, with students working towards independence within the next 3 months. Students can move to a 1a at 2.5years as long as they are ready to be independent of a parent safely and happily. Every parent will be in the water for this class, so when a student is ready to move to 1a, they will need to move to a different class in order for the parent to get out of the pool.
