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Swim Levels

Stewie The Duck Swim School lessons are based on the American Red Cross learn to swim program, and are designed with SAFETY as our #1 priority! Our mission is to help children become safer, in and around the water, and to teach them to be confident and comfortable swimmers. Our lesson curriculum is designed to enable children, six months and up, to progress from water acclimation to pre-swim team levels. EVERY child will get plenty of individual attention, care and instruction in a SAFE fun filled environment. WOW!!

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About Our Swim Lessons

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Ducklings 1

Ages: 6-18 Months

Requirements: Parent Participation Required

About: Swim Starters class offers a playful acclimation to water. Children will learn self-rescue in a child-centered environment. Parents will learn about the layers of water-safety.

To Complete This Level: Children must be able to push off and glide on their stomach withtheir face in the water and be able to do 5 bobs.

Ducklings 2

Ages: 1 1/2 – 3 years

Requirements: Parent Participation Required

About: Children will work with their parents and with the instructor to learn blowing bubbles, floating, rolling over, kicking and scooping. Water-safety skills and PLAY are incorporated throughout. Swim-Float-Swim is introduced here.

To Complete This Level: Children must be able to push off and glide on their stomach withtheir face in the water and be able to do 5 bobs.

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Duckies Level 1

Ages: 3-4 years old | 5-7 years old | 8+ years old 

Requirements: Children must be 100% potty trained and be able to work independently with the instructor. Previous experience in swim lessons is not required.

Goals:

  • Become independent in the water
  • Front floating
  • Kicking
  • Pulling
  • Putting their face in the water
  • Blowing bubbles
  • Back floats and self-rescue skills are introduced
  • Swim-Float-Swim is introduced here

To Complete This Level: Children must be able to do 5 bobs, push off and glide on their stomach with their face in the water and swim “doggie paddle” 15 feet without assistance.

Duckies Level 2

Ages: 3-4 years old | 5-7 years old | 8+ years old 

Requirements: Children must have passed the requirements in Duckies Level 1.

Goals:

  • Freestyle and backstroke development with proper body alignment
  • Back & front floating
  • Back gliding
  • Independent Self Rescue

 

To Complete This Level: Children must be able to push off and glide on their back, and swim 15 feet of freestyle.

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Ducks Level 3

Ages: 3-4 years old | 5-7 years old | 8+ years old 

Requirements: Children must have passed the requirements in Duckies Level 2.

Goals:

  • Refine freestyle
  • Rotary breathing
  • Backstroke
  • Elementary backstroke is introduced
  • Treading water
  • Continued development of self-rescue skills

To Complete This Level: Children must be able to swim freestyle with proper rotary breathing for 25 feet, confidently and comfortably.

Ducks Level 4

Ages: 3-4 years old | 5-7 years old | 8+ years old 

Requirements: Children must have passed the requirements in Ducks Level 3

Goals:

  • Increasing distance in freestyle & backstroke
  • Reinforce water safety through treading water and elementary backstroke
  • Breaststroke is introduced

To Complete This Level: Children must be able to swim 50 feet of freestyle and backstroke with proper technique, 25 feet of elementary backstroke and proper breaststroke kick.

Ducks Level 5

Ages: 3-4 years old | 5-7 years old | 8+ years old 

Requirements: Children must have passed the requirements in Ducks Level 4

Goals:

  • Freestyle & backstroke with proper technique and distance
  • Breaststroke
  • Butterfly & flip turns will be introduced
  • Treading water
  • Continued development of self-rescue skills

To Complete This Level: Children must be able to swim 50 feet of freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke with proper technique, 25 feet of elementary backstroke and proper butterfly kick.

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Super Ducks

“Pre-Swim Team”

Requirements: Try outs required for all ages.

Goals:

  • Mastery of the four competitive strokes
  • Building endurance
  • Breathing techniques
  • Flip turns
IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Our program will incorporate skills to be safe in and around all bodies of water. All children under 3-years-old (or older children who are not potty trained), must wear a non-disposable swim diaper under their swimsuits. These diapers are available for purchase at our front desk.