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Swim-Float-Swim: 1-4 Years Old
Children in this age group are taught the basic roll-to-float and independent swimming. Students learn to hold their breath and swim with their faces in the water. When they are tired and need to breathe, they will independently roll-to-float to rest and then will flip over to resume swimming from the float when ready. They will continue the swim-float-swim sequence as many times as needed until they reach safety.
After completing this course, your child will have learned the survival skills necessary to save himself from a potential drowning situation, along with the enjoyment of recreational swimming. A maintenance schedule is recommended to preserve and strengthen skills as your child grows. This skill set can be achieved in approximately 6 weeks of lessons, 4 days/week.
Rollback-to-Float: 6-12 Months Old
A child as young as 6 months old will learn to hold his breath underwater, roll onto his back, and float unassisted until help arrives. Toward the end of his lesson session, he will have opportunities to perform his survival skills fully clothed, helping him to become a master aquatic problem solver. Besides mastering critical survival skills, a child who enrolls early has the benefit of solidifying good swim posture to facilitate learning more complex swimming skills. Lessons for this age group last 4 weeks, assuming consistent 10-minute lessons 4 days/week attendance.
Swim-Float-Swim: 5-6 Years Old
These children learn the same swim-float-swim as the younger kids but typically have more stamina and longer attention spans. They will usually learn to swim the length of the pool, building confidence and endurance in preparation for stroke lessons! For that reason, they are scheduled in sessions that are 3 weeks long and 4 days/week, but the lessons are 20 minutes in duration.
Refresher and Maintenance Lessons
As your child grows, her survival swimming skills will need to grow. Like riding a bike or roller skating, swimming is a “sensorimotor” skill that is not forgotten but needs practice and fine-tuning so that a child is as proficient and confident as they were when they originally mastered the skill.
Weekly 1:1 maintenance lessons are recommended for all swim-float-swim graduates to keep their skills and confidence sharp! Refreshers are scheduled in 3-week sessions for kids who have not been in lessons for >3 months.
Returning Rollback-to-Float Students
Infants should return the following year to learn the complete swim-float-swim sequence, which takes about 6 weeks. They will need adjustments to their float due to growth, just like the older students. But this is the fun year—to most casual observers, they look too young to swim, but in reality, they are confident and ready to amaze everyone poolside!