Preschool
This is how long a preschool swimmer should be able to float for in Water Movement Stage
What is 10 seconds?
This is how long a School Age kid should be able to tread for in Water Stamina.
What is 1 minute?
This game helps with learning how to roll by repeating a phrase for front and back float.
What is Flip-flop?
This is the age range for children to be in Infant/Toddler class.
What is 6 months to 3 years?
This is the minimum length a swimmer must be able to swim on front or back to be in stroke introductions.
What is 15Yds?
This is the age range for a Preschool swimmer.
What is 3-5?
This is the oldest allowed in a School Age lesson.
What is 12 years old?
This skill is taught by having the swimmers putting their faces in the water and going under water to either see or grab an object.
What is Submerge?
This activity is taught to have kids move hand over hand for 5ft along the wall.
What is Monkey Crawl?
These two strokes are introduced in Stroke introduction as kicks for 15yds.
What is Breaststroke and Butterfly?
This game is used for water entry in which swimmers sit on the side and being asked to stand up and pretending to be a tree.
What is Chop, chop, timber
This game is use to teach front or back glide by having the swimmers put their hands on top of one another and pretending to be a rocket ship.
What is 3-2-1 Blastoff!
This game is used to introduce Jump, push, turn, grab by having the swimmers walk into the water that is shallow enough for them to stand, instead of jumping.
What is Walk, turn, walk grab?
This song is sung to help infant/toddler learn to roll. Hint it involves a sweet breakfast item.
I'm a little Pancake
This Stroke is taught through a Scissors kick and while pulling top hand towards the body and the bottom hand moves up to meet it.
What is sidestroke?
This is skill is learned as benchmark in order to pass Water Stamina by jumping into the water, swimming for 10 ft and swimming back to the wall.
What is Jump, swim, turn, swim, grab?
This activity has students hold a kickboard to their chest and kink on their back.
What is Back kick with kickboard?
This activity is used to help with front float by placing an object like a dive ring at the bottom and have them keep their heads down and look at the target.
What is Target Float?
This is game is taught by having children blow bubbles as parents make sound of an instrunment.
What is Bubble Band?
This is the length a swimmer must swim in order to pass the endurance section of Stroke Development.
What is 100 Yds?
This game involves swimmers pairing up, given a kickboard to hold between them and begin to kick in order to push their partner backwards
What is Kickboard Push
This game has kids treading water where one students chases the other swimmers without getting caught
What is Sharks and Minos?
This Skill can be taught in different ways, but the ultimate goal is to have the swimmers reach the length of pool by taking breaks and floating on their back.
What is Swim, Float, Swim?
This game is taught for front float and front glide. parents have their children hold them and sing this song pretending to be a boat.
What is Row, row, row, your Boat.
This skills is taught by having swimmers flip off the wall and push off while twisting their body to regain stability.
What is Flip turn.