Wee Waders:
This is a class for preschool children (ages 6 months - 4 years) when accompanied by a parent or guardian. The purpose of Wee Waders is to develop in young children a high comfort level in and around the water and a readiness to swim.

Level 1: Introduction to Water Skills
Basic water safety rules
Using a life jacket
Submerging mouth, nose and eyes
Opening eyes underwater & picking up submerged object
Swimming on front and back using arm and leg actions
Recognizing a swimmer in distress and getting help
Exhaling underwater
Floating on front and back

Level 2: Fundamentals Aquatic Skills
Moving in the water while wearing a life jacket
Submerging entire head
Front and back glide
Treading water using arm and leg motions
Recognizing a swimmer in distress and getting help
Bobbing in water
Jellyfish float
Swimming using combined stroke on front and back

Level 3: Stroke Development
Reaching assist
Submerging and retrieving an object
Front and back glide
Front and back crawl
Kneeling or sitting dive (shallow dive progression)
Rotary breathing in horizontal position
Survival float, back float
Butterfly-kick and body motion

Level 4: Stroke Improvement
Safe diving rules
Dive from stride position or shallow dive
Survival float, back float
Elementary backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly
Throwing assist
Feet-first surface dive
Front and back crawl

Level 5: Stroke Refinement
Survival swimming
Standing dive (Diving progression)
Open turns on front and back
Front and back crawl
Performing rescue breathing
Tuck surface dive and pike surface dive
Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn
Elementary backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke, sidestroke

Level 6: Fundamentals of Diving/Fitness Swimmer/Personal Water Safety/Lifeguard Readiness
This course is an expansion of skills learned in
Level 5.