Ages 6 to 24 months

These lessons are designed for beginning swimmers with a parent in the pool. The goal is to teach the child to move from one point to another on their own buoyancy level underwater and using their arms and legs as the method of propulsion.

This program is a nurturing approach to water safety and is much less stressful on the child than other programs. This program has a parent or guardian in the water with the child and is designed to instill basic survival skills to increase the likelihood that the child will respond to an accidental immersion in a swimming pool. They are taught to float on their backs, “reach and pull” with their faces in the water, and to hold onto the side of the pool until help arrives. Older children will be able to pull themselves out of the pool.