By the Numbers
This is the total distance required for the Bold Blue 1 milestone skill check?
What is 120 Feet?
This level’s curriculum features a skill check requiring a star milestone for "180 Feet of Catch-up Freestyle."
What is Bold Blue 2?
This is the primary stroke focus of the 50-foot skill check in Big Blue 2's Week 1 Lesson Plan.
What is Butterfly?
This traditional group song is utilized as Step 5 in the lesson plan for both Baby Blue 1 and Baby Blue 2.
What is "Hokey Pokey"?
Across all lesson plans, this is always the final listed structural action before a swimmer exits the pool area.
What is Safe Exit?
In Bright Blue 3, this is the exact time allocated to practice Step 1: "EDMC Straight-leg Kicking + 6 laps with corrections."
What is 5–7 minutes?
This specific lesson level requires kids to master "30 Feet of Beginner Straight-leg Kicking" for its star milestone.
What is Bright Blue 2?
In Big Blue 1 Week 2, Step 6 tasks advanced swimmers with completing this drill for 12 laps.
What is EDMC Catch-up Almost Fingertip Drag?
In Baby Blue 2, teachers are instructed to teach parents this essential safety option at the end of the lesson.
What is "Teach Parents Safe Exit Options"?
Found in Bright Blue 1, Step 1 focuses on this fundamental underwater technique using a specific air-filled toy name.
What is EDMC Breath Control (Balloon Face)?
This is the highest single distance milestone listed under the Big Blue 2 Week 2 skill checks.
What is 1,000-Foot Challenge?
This is the first step introduced right after "Safe Entry" in the Bold Blue 1 lesson plan.
What is EDMC 3-1-3 Rhythmic Breathing?
This Big Blue level includes an "Underwater Streamline and Breakout" skill check.
What is Big Blue 2?
This sub-surface training step in Baby Blue 1 Week 1 uses a classic melody about a "Bonnie" over the ocean.
What is EDMC Horizontal Submersion singing "My Bonnie"?
This is Step 2 across multiple early levels like Bright Blue 2 and Bold Blue 1, helping swimmers transition off the wall.
What is EDMC Push-offs?
In Baby Blue 1 Week 1, this many minutes are dedicated to Step 6: "EDMC Target Swim + 3 Mimics."
What is 4–5 minutes?
In Bold Blue 3, this is the massive star milestone distance required for "Catch-up Fingertip Drag."
What is 240 Feet?
In Big Blue 1 Week 1, Step 3 breakdown includes practicing "EDMC 2 Right arm only pulls" plus this variation.
What is "2 Left arm only pulls"?
This is the specific skill check in Baby Blue 2 that measures target movement over 3 feet.
What is 3 Feet of Swimming?
In Bold Blue 3, Step 2 drops the kicking entirely and focuses on this body positioning mechanic.
What is EDMC Overwater Streamline?
This is the combined target distance for "Underwater Streamline" and "Butterfly Arms" skill checks in Big Blue 1.
What is 150 Feet? (100 Ft Streamline + 50 Ft Butterfly Arms)
Name the two skills in Bright Blue 3 that require exactly 60 feet to pass their skill checks.
What are "Straight-leg Kicking" and "Big-arm Freestyle"?
This is the unique challenge found in Step 6 of Big Blue 2's Week 2 Lesson Plan.
What is the 1,000-Ft. Challenge (20 laps)?
These are 3 out of the 5 listed "Teaching Tools" kept in the binder for Baby Blue 1 lessons.
What are Floating toys, 2-3 mirrors, 1 baby mat, 1 baby doll, or 1 basket bin with balls?
In Bright Blue 3 Step 2, swimmers work on this specific unassisted milestone progression.
What is Unassisted Back Float progression?