Johnson County Park & Recreation District: JCPRD Aquatics: How to Choose Learn to Swim Class

HOW TO CHOOSE THE CORRECT LEVEL OF LEARN - TO - SWIM CLASS
• Review the skills listed for each class.
• Can your child complete all the skills listed? If so, advance to the next level. If not, enroll in that class.
• Adults and teens should consider Adult Swim Lessons.

About Our Parent & Child Aquatics
The Parent and Child Aquatics program is divided into 2 levels. The basic skills are taught to help the children adjust to the water environment so they can be ready to learn to swim. The learning process is directed through the parents. Parents receive information and learn techniques to help orient their children to the water and to supervise water activities in a safe manner.

Skills to be taught for both levels:
(Level B skills build on the skills learned in level A)

• Feel comfortable in the water	• Submerge
• Change body positions	• Learn about lifejackets
• Enter and exit the water in a safe manner	• Explore buoyancy on the front and back positions

Parent & Child A (Ages 6 months-2 Years)
6-30 min. lesson - $40 ($44 nonresidents) Max: 10
Children 6 months to 2 years without water experience or who have had one previous water adjustment lesson.

Parent & Child B (Ages 18 months-5 Years)
6-30 min. lesson - $40 ($44 nonresidents) Max: 10
Children who have completed two or more previous sessions of water adjustment lessons, submerge only reluctantly (or not at all) or require support at all times. Children who are 18 months up to 5 years old and have little or no previous experience in water adjustment lessons, are reluctant to enter the water or submerge, require support at all times, or may benefit from parental presence and support in the water.

Level 1: Introduction to Water Skills
6-30 min. lessons - $40 ($44 nonresidents) Max: 6 - PURPOSE: Helps students feel comfortable in the water.

Skills Learned:

• Enter and exit water safely	• Submerge mouth, nose and eyes
• Float on front and back	• Follow basic water safety rules
• Explore arm and hand movements	• Use a life jacket
• Exhale underwater through mouth and nose	• Open eyes underwater, pick up submerged object
• Swim on front and back using arm and leg actions

Level 2: Fundamental Aquatic Skills
6-30 min lessons - $40 ($44 nonresident) Max: 6
PURPOSE: Gives students success with fundamental skills.

Skills Learned:

• Swim on side	• Float on front and back
• Submerge entire head	• Perform front and back glide
• Enter water by stepping or jumping from the side	• Roll over from front to back, back to front
• Open eyes underwater, pick up a submerged object	• Exit water safely using ladder or side
• Tread water using arm and leg motions	• Move in the water while wearing a life jacket
• Swim on front and back using combined strokes

Level 3: Stroke Development
6-60 min lessons - $40 ($44 nonresidents) Max: 8
PURPOSE: Builds on the skills in Level 2 through additional guided practice.

Skills Learned:

• Jump into deep water from the side	• Perform survival float
• Submerge and retrieve an object	• Perform front and back glide
• Perform front and back crawl	• Perform a reaching assist
• Bob with the head fully submerged	• Butterfly kick and body motion
• Use Check-Call-Care in an emergency	• Dive from kneeling or standing position
• Use rotary breathing in horizontal position	• Perform the HELP and Huddle position
• Change from horizontal to vertical position on front and back

Level 4: Stroke Improvement
6-60 min. lessons - $40 ($44 nonresidents) Max: 8
PURPOSE: Develops confidence in the skills learned and improves other aquatic skills.

Skills Learned:

• Swim on side using scissors-like kick	• Front and back crawl
• Breaststroke	• Butterfly
• Elementary backstroke	• Use safe diving rules
• Perform a throwing assist	• Swim underwater
• Care for conscious choking victim	• Perform feet-first surface dive
• Tread water using sculling arm motions and kick	• Perform shallow dive or dive from stride position
• Perform open turns on front and back using any stroke	• Perform compact jump into water from height while wearing life jacket

Level 5: Stroke Refinement
6-60 min. lessons - $40 ($44 nonresidents) Max: 8
PURPOSE: Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.

Skills Learned:

• Tread water with two different kicks	• Standing dive
• Pike surface dive	• Butterfly & Breaststroke
• Front flip turn	• Perform rescue breathing
• Backstroke flip turn	• Elementary backstroke
• Tuck surface dive	• Front and back crawl
• Sidestroke	• Learn survival swimming
• Shallow dive, glide two body lengths and begin any front stroke

Level 6: Swimming & Skill Proficiency
6-60 min. lessons - $40 ($44 nonresidents) Max: 8
PURPOSE: Refines the strokes so students swim them with ease, efficiency, power and smoothness over greater distances. Level 6 is designed with “menu” options that focus on preparing students to participate in more advanced courses, including Water Safety Instructor and Lifeguard Training.

Skills Learned:

• Personal Water Safety	• Fitness Swimming
• Lifeguard Readiness	• Fundamentals of Diving

JCPRD Activities Web Catalog
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