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Aquatics
PARENT & TOT PROGRAM PRESCHOOL PROGRAM (AGES 3 - 5)
Spend quality time with your child while you both have fun and
learn and socialize. Give your child a head start on learning to swim. The Lifesaving
Society Preschool program helps your child to develop an
appreciation and healthy respect for the water before these kids
get in too deep.
Through structured in-water interaction between parent and child,
we stress the importance of play in developing water-positive
attitudes and skills. We provide Lifesaving Society Water Smart®
tips on keeping your child safe in any aquatic setting. Certified
instructors provide guidance and answers to your questions.
Because activities and progressions are based on child
development, you register in the level appropriate for your child’s
age: 4–12 months, 12–24 months, or 2–3 years.
In our basic aquatic progressions we work to ensure 3 to 5-year
olds become comfortable in the water and have fun acquiring
and developing a foundation of water skills. We incorporate
Lifesaving Society Water Smart® education in all Preschool levels.
PRESCHOOL A
Designed for the 4 to 12-month-old to learn to enjoy the water
with the parent. These preschoolers will have fun learning to get in and out of the
water. We’ll help them jump into chest deep water. They will try
floats and glide on their front and back, and learn to get their face
wet and blow bubbles underwater.
PARENT & TOT 2 PRESCHOOL B
Designed for the 12 to 24-month-old to learn to enjoy the water
with the parent. These preschoolers learn to jump into chest-deep water by
themselves, and get in and get out wearing a lifejacket. They’ll
submerge and exhale underwater. While underwater and while
wearing a life jacket, they'll glide on their front and back.
PARENT & TOT 1
PARENT & TOT 3
Designed for the 2 to 3-year-old to learn to enjoy the water with
the parent.
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PRESCHOOL C
These youngsters will try both jumping and a sideways entry into
deep water while wearing a lifejacket. They’ll recover objects
from the bottom in waist-deep water. They’ll work on kicking
and gliding through the water on their front and back.
PRESCHOOL D
Advanced preschoolers will learn to do solo jumps into deeper water
and get out by themselves. They’ll do sideways entries and open their
eyes underwater. They’ll master a short (5m) swim on their front
wearing a lifejacket and gliding and kicking on their side.
PRESCHOOL E
These youngsters get more adventuresome with a forward roll
entry wearing a lifejacket and holding their breath under water
for 10 seconds. They’ll work on front and back crawl swims for
5m, interval training and get a giggle out of whip kick.
FITNESS
JUNIOR SWIM CLUB (JSC)
This program is geared to youths 10 – 15 years of age who wish to
continue working on their swimming or life-saving skills.
Motivated by a qualified instructor the participant will improve
their stroke mechanics, strength and endurance and life-saving
techniques in a rigorous one-hour workout.
Note: The JSC is designed to fill the gap between Life Saving
Society Swimmer 9 and Bronze Medallion / Cross.
Prerequisite: Participants are expected to have completed
Swimmer 9 or have equivalent swimming ability.
COMPLETING THE
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
Preschoolers move from Preschool to
Swimmer based on age — traditionally
around 5-6 years old.
Preschoolers who have completed
Preschool E would move to Swimmer 2;
all others move to Swimmer 1.
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