Level 1: Minnow – Building Confidence

Getting children comfortable in the water
Blowing bubbles
Practice bobbing
Learn how to enter and exit pool safely
“Walking the wall”

Level 2: Jellyfish- Water Exploration

Learn how to submerge face in water
Back float with support
Kicking on front and back with support
Learn how to enter and exit pool safely
Jump into pool with assistance

Level 3: Dolphins – Primary Skills

Bobbing independently
Float on back for 5 seconds without assistance
Float on front
Start swimming on front and back
Retrieve object in chest-deep water

Level 4: Stingrays- Stroke Readiness

Swim on front and back 10 yards independently
Jump into deep water unassisted
Introduction of all four strokes
Swim short distances under water
Increasing length of unassisted crawl

Level 5: Hammerheads- Stroke Development

Elementary backstroke 10-25 yards
Dive unassisted from side of pool
Deep water bobs
Front and back crawl entire length of pool
Stroke development