Develop basic swim skills and front and back strokes. Passing skills will be accomplished without instructor assistance.

Goals: safe entries/exits, blowing bubbles, submersion, front and back floats, roll from front to back, introduction to deep water, and basic swim strokes
Safety Topics: asking permission, adult supervision, never swim alone, getting an adult for help, how 911 works and why, & fatigue/nutrition

Continue to work on basic swim skills and strokes. Introduction to rotary breathing and elementary back stroke and diving. Some skills will be accomplished without instructor assistance.

Prerequisite Skills: comfortable in water, submerge full face, and float on front and back
Goals: in water recovery from floats and swimming, introduction to freestyle with rotary breathing, backstroke, elementary backstroke arms, and sitting/kneeling dives
Safety Topics: asking permission, adult supervision, never swim alone, get an adult for help, how 911 works and why, & fatigue/nutrition

Work on stroke development and diving. Also continue to work on rotary breathing and introduction to flip turns and treading water.

Prerequisites: comfortable in the water, front and back floats, elementary backstroke arms, introduced to deep water
Goals: swimming without flotation devices, freestyle, backstroke, whip kick, elementary backstroke, flip turns, treading water, and sitting/kneeling/standing dives
Safety Topic: asking permission, adult supervision, never swim alone, life jacket safety, boating, nutrition

Continue to work on stroke development and endurance and introduction to butterfly stroke, breaststroke, and feet first surface dives.

Prerequisites: swim freestyle and backstroke for 15 yards, swim underwater, tread water and diving.
Goals: swim 25 yards continuously, feet first surface dives, breaststroke, dolphin kick, butterfly arms, butterfly stroke as well as refine freestyle, backstroke, elementary backstroke, and kneeling/standing dives.
Safety Topic: asking permission, adult supervision, never swim alone, entry in unknown depths, boating, nutrition/fatigue, and staying hydrated

Review of all currently known swim strokes and dives. Continue to work on endurance and introduction to side stroke.

Prerequisites: swim 25 yards continuously, freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, jumping into deep water, and tread
water for 1 minute.
Goals: endurance, swim continuously for 50 yards, butterfly, head first surface dives, tread water for 2 minutes, introduction to side stroke, and long, shallow standing dives.
Safety Topics: asking permission, adult supervision, buddy system/never swim alone, entry into unknown depths, boating, conserving energy, & fatigue/nutrition

Stroke refinement for all strokes. Continue to work on swim endurance.

Prerequisites: swim all strokes continuously, retrieve object 10ft underwater, and tread water for 2 minutes
Goals: swim 100 yards continuously, stroke refinement with streamline, endurance, diving from starting blocks
Safety Topics: asking permission, adult supervision, never swim alone, entry into unknown depths, boating, and nutrition/fatigue