Levels

Learn-to-Swim Level 1: Introduction to Water Skills

Purpose: Orient participants to the aquatic environment and help them gain basic aquatic skills. Help participants begin to develop positive attitudes and safe practices around water.

Prerequisites: No skill prerequisites. Level 1 starts at age 3.

Learn-to-Swim Level 2: Fundamental Aquatics Skills.

Purpose: Build on the basic aquatic skills and water safety skills and concepts learned in Level 1

Prerequisites: Successful demonstration of the Learn-to-Swim Level 1 exit skills assessment. Level 2 starts at age 4.

Learn-to-Swim Level 3: Stroke Development

Purpose: Build on the skills learned in Levels 1 and 2 to help participants achieve basic water competency in a pool environment.

Prerequisites: Successful demonstration of the Learn-to-Swim Level 2 exit skills assessment. Level 3 starts at age 6.

Learn-to-Swim Level 4: Stroke Improvement

Purpose: Improve participants’ proficiency in performing the swimming strokes that were introduced in Level 3.

Prerequisites: Successful demonstration of the Learn-to-Swim Level 3 exit skills assessment. Level 4 starts at age 7.

Learn-to-Swim Level 5: Stroke Refinement

Purpose: Help participants refine their performance of all six swimming strokes (i.e., front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, breaststroke, elementary backstroke and sidestroke)