PARENT AND CHILD AQUATICS Designed for children 18 months to 3 years of age and their parents. Participants will practice blowing bubbles; explore submerging the mouth, nose, eyes and head completely; explore buoyancy on the front and back; gliding on the front and back with assistance; explore submerging in a rhythmic pattern; beginning swimming using combine arm and leg action on the front and back with assistance and changing body position in the water. Children must wear a swim diaper with a swimsuit over it until they are potty trained. Children aged 9 months - 17 months may register in the class, however the curriculum will be geared to ages 18 months- 3 years. Classes consist of eight (8) 20-minute lessons; Two (2) days a week for four (4) weeks.
LEVEL 4 STROKE IMPROVEMENT 5 p.m.
Develops students’ confidence in the strokes learned in Level 3 and improves other aquatic skills. Students will learn the following: headfirst entries from the side in the compact and stride position, swimming underwater, feet-first surface diving, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turning and treading water using two different kicks. The class will focus on improving basic swim strokes. Classes consist of eight (8) 45-minute lessons; two (2) days a week for four (4) weeks. (Prerequisite: Completion of American Red Cross Swimming Level 3)
Tuesdays and Thursdays, – 4:30 p.m. $50 resident / $62.50 nonresident 18 months - 3 years RCN
LEARN TO SWIM Tuesday and Thursday
$75 resident / $93.75 nonresident (Levels 1 - 3) $85 resident / $106.25 nonresident (Levels 4 - 6) 6 - 15 years RCN LEVEL 1 INTRODUCTION TO WATER SKILLS 7 p.m. For first-time and non-adjusted swimmers. Develops positive attitudes towards swimming and emphasizes the importance of good habits and safe practices in and around the water. Classes consist of eight (8) 45-minute lessons; two (2) days a week for four (4) weeks. LEVEL 2 FUNDAMENTAL AQUATIC SKILLS 6 p.m. Students learn to float without support and recover to a vertical position. This level marks the beginning of true locomotion skills and adds to the self-help and basic rescue skills that began in Level I. Classes consist of eight (8) 45-minute lessons; two (2) days a week for four (4) weeks. (Prerequisite: Completion of American Red Cross Swimming Level 1) Builds on the skills in Level 2 by providing additional guided practice. This course teaches students how to coordinate the front crawl and back crawl, the elementary backstroke and the fundamentals of treading water. Students also will learn safe diving rules and will begin to dive from poolside in deep water. Classes consist of eight (8) 45-minute lessons; two (2) days a week for four (4) weeks. (Prerequisite: Completion of American Red Cross Swimming Level 2) LEVEL 3 STROKE DEVELOPMENT 8 p.m.
LEVEL 5 STROKE IMPROVEMENT 6 p.m.
Students refine all six strokes: the front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly, increasing the distances that they swim. The course includes an introduction to the following: shallow angle dives from the side and then glide and then begin a stroke on the front, touch and pike surface dives (submerging completely), front flip and backstroke turns and proper sculling techniques. Classes consist of eight (8) 45-minute lessons; two (2) days a week for four (4) weeks. (Prerequisite: Completion of American Red Cross Swimming Level 4)
LEVEL 6 STROKE IMPROVEMENT 7 p.m.
Students work to refine strokes so that they swim more efficiently and effectively over longer distances. Special emphasis on knee-dive, forward dive fall-in and standing dive from poolside, as well as from the 1-meter diving board. The course teaches students how to prevent aquatic emergencies in various aquatic environments, introduction to self-rescue, the HELP and huddle positions, survival float in deep water, back float in deep water and survival swimming. Classes consist of eight (8) 45-minute lessons; two (2) days a week for four (4) weeks. (Prerequisite: Completion of American Red Cross Swimming Level 5)
Pearland in Motion / Fall 2022 / 19
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