Water Babies 1
Ages: 6 month-36 month
Pre-Requisites: None
In our Water Babies programs, your child will learn water acclimation while developing awareness of safety skills, develop basic swim skills, thru a child-centered, activity-oriented approach- coupled with unique skill progressions for the following:
- Safe Entry: Enter and Exit Water With an Adult
- Listening: Wait for Permission to Enter Water & Wait for Instruction
- Breath Control: First Time Submersion & Establish 8-10 Sec. Breath Hold
- Buoyancy Control: Assisted Floating Front and Back
- Water Orientation: Turn L & R and Return to Wall
- Propulsion: Assisted Underwater Glides to Adult & Instructor
Water Babies 1 is for first time swimmers never having taken classes. This is a parent/caregiver participation class. Until your swimmer is ready to move up to our Water Babies 2 programming, your instructor will work with advancing your skills and continuing your swimmer’s development and progression in the water. While a swim diaper is REQUIRED, a non-disposable swim diaper is highly recommended for all children in our Water Babies & Water Babies 2 programs.
