HOMESCHOOL SWIM LESSONS

STAGE 1 | AGES 3 – 12 YEARS OLD | 30 MINUTE CLASS | Students will learn how to float, get comfortable putting their face in the water, listen to instructions, enter and exit a pool independently, identify lifeguards, and learn some pool rules.  WE EXPECT CHILDREN TO BE IN THIS STAGE 3-5 TIMES.  Skills build on repetition. We want swimmers to be CONSISTENT and CONFIDENT in the water. RECOMMENDED: SWIM CAP AND GOGGLES.

SESSION 3 (SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER)

SESSION 1 (JANUARY – MAY 2025)

STAGE 2 | AGES 4 – 12 YEARS OLD | 30-MINUTE CLASS | STUDENTS MUST HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PASSED STAGE 1 OR HAVE BEEN SWIM SKILLS TESTED TO BE IN THIS CLASS. Students should be comfortable putting their face in the water.  In this stage, students will focus on body position and control, directional change, and forward movement in the water while also continuing to practice safe entries and exits in the event of falling into a body of water.  EXPECT CHILDREN TO BE IN THIS STAGE 2-5 TIMES. We want swimmers to be CONSISTENT and CONFIDENT in the water.  RECOMMENDED: SWIM CAP AND GOGGLES 

SESSION 3 (SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER)

SESSION 1 (JANUARY – MAY 2025)

STAGE 3 WARM WATER | AGES 4 – 12 YEARS OLD | 30-MINUTE CLASS | STUDENTS MUST HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PASSED STAGE 2 OR HAVE BEEN SWIM SKILLS TESTED TO BE IN THIS CLASS. Students must be comfortable putting their face in the water. This stage will begin by introducing rhythmic breathing and integrated arms and legs. The focus will be given to freestyle backstroke and elementary backstroke. EXPECT CHILDREN TO BE IN THIS STAGE 2-4 TIMES. We want swimmers to be CONSISTENT and CONFIDENT in the water. RECOMMENDED: SWIM CAP AND GOGGLES.

SESSION 3 (SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER)

SESSION 1 (JANUARY – MAY 2025)

STAGE 3 LAP POOL | AGES 5 – 12 YEARS OLD | 45 MINUTE CLASS | STUDENTS MUST HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PASSED STAGE 3WW, OR HAVE BEEN SWIM SKILLS TESTED TO BE IN THIS CLASS. Students will be comfortable putting their faces in the water for longer periods. This stage will begin focusing on longer stamina in the water, refining the flutter kick, arm recovery for freestyle and backstroke, introduction to rotary breathing, ability to retrieve objects at the 5-foot level, and sitting and kneeling dives. Ability to whip kick and breaststroke. EXPECT CHILDREN TO BE IN THIS STAGE 2-4 TIMES. We want our swimmers to be CONSISTENT and CONFIDENT in the water. RECOMMENDED: SWIM CAP AND GOGGLES.

SESSION 3 (SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER)

SESSION 1 (JANUARY – MAY 2025)

STAGE 4 | AGES 6 – 17 YEARS OLD | 45-MINUTE CLASS | STUDENTS MUST HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PASSED STAGE 3 LAP OR HAVE BEEN SWIM SKILLS TESTED TO BE IN THIS CLASS. Students entering this stage will be comfortable swimming 1 length of the pool (25 yards) with faces in the water without stopping.  In this stage, students will gain proficiency in freestyle and backstroke and kneeling and standing dives from the side of the pool.  They will learn how to tread water for 3 minutes and also learn how to tread water with clothes on for one lesson. EXPECT THAT THEY WILL BE IN THIS STAGE 2-4 TIMES. We want our swimmers to be CONSISTENT and CONFIDENT in the water.  REQUIRED: SWIM CAP AND GOGGLES.

SESSION 3 (SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER)

SESSION 1 (JANUARY – MAY 2025)

STAGE 5 | AGES 6 – 17 YEARS OLD | 45-MINUTE CLASS | STUDENTS MUST HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PASSED STAGE 4 OR HAVE BEEN SWIM SKILLS TESTED TO BE IN THIS CLASS. Students entering this stage will have attained endurance to swim 1 lap (50 yards) of the pool in freestyle and backstroke, and 1 length (25 yards) of sidestroke and elementary backstroke. This class will focus on mastery of these strokes and proficiency in breaststroke and butterfly. Students will begin to learn diving off blocks and begin to understand and prepare for learning how to swim on a swim team. EXPECT THAT THEY WILL BE IN THIS STAGE 2-3 TIMES. We want our swimmers to be CONSISTENT and CONFIDENT and have STAMINA, ENDURANCE, AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE STROKES in this stage. REQUIRED: SWIM CAP AND GOGGLES.

SESSION 3 (SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER)

SESSION 1 (JANUARY – MAY 2025)