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SEA TURTLE

Red Cross Swim Kids - Sea Turtle Level

Swimmming

  • Getting wet
  • Intro to rhythmic breathing: breath control
  • Buoyancy and movement (assisted)
  • Shallow water movement

Floats:

  • Front float and recovery, 3 sec. (assisted)
  • Back float and recovery, 3 sec. (assisted)

Glides:front and back glide and recovery (assisted)

Swims:

  • Basic kick on front (assisted
  • Front swim (assisted)

fitness activities

Water activities:

  • Play and songs/relay
  • Kick on front using buoyant aid, 2 m (assisted)

skill and water safety

  • Facility orientation and active supervision
  • “Stop! Look! Ask!” (find the adult)
  • Entries and exits (assisted)
  • Jump into chest deep water (assisted)
  • Jump into chest deep water and return (assisted)
  • PFD and Me (assisted)

SEA OTTER

Red Cross Swim Kids - Sea Otter Level

Swimmming

  • Open Eyes under water (attempted)
  • Rhythmic Breathing 3 Times
  • Front Float and Recovery 3 Sec (Assisted)
  • Back Float and Recovery 3 Sec (Assisted)
  • Front Glide 3 Sec
  • Back Glide 3 Sec (Assisted) (Assisted)
  • Front Swim 1m (Assisted) (Assisted)

fitness activities

  • Play and Songs
  • Kick on Front with Buoyant Object 1m
  • Songs
  • Distance Swim 1m (Assisted)

skill and water safety

  • Facility orientation and active supervision
  • Stop! Look! Ask! (Find the Adult)
  • Safe entries and Exits
  • PFD/Lifejacket and Me(Assisted)

SALAMANDER

Red Cross Swim Kids - Salamander Level

Swimmming

  • Open eyes under water (attempted)
  • Rhythmic breathing 3 times

Floats:

  • Front float and recovery, 3 sec.
  • Back float and recovery, 3 sec.
  • Roll over float, 6 sec. (assisted)

Glides: Front glide 3 sec.

Swims:

  • Front glide with kick, 5 sec. (assisted)
  • Back glide, 3 sec. (assisted)
  • Back glide with kick, 5 sec. (assisted)
  • Roll-over glide with kick, 6 sec. (assisted)

Swims:front swim, 2 m (assisted)

fitness activities

Water activities:

  • Play and songs
  • Kick on front using buoyant aid, 2 m

Distance swim: 2 m

skill and water safety

  • Facility orientation and active supervision
  • “Stop! Look! Ask!” (find the adult)
  • Jump into chest deep water
  • PFD and Me (assisted)
  • Buoyant objects
  • Surface support (assisted) 5 seconds

Pre-school 1

Red Cross Swim Preschool 1

Swimmming

Breathing: rhythmic breathing, 5 times Floats:

  • Front float and recovery 3 seconds
  • Back float and recovery 3 second
  • Rollover floats 6 seconds (assisted)

Glides:

  • Front glide 3 seconds
  • Front glide with kick 5 seconds
  • Back glide 3 secondss
  • Back glide with kick 5 seconds
  • Rollover glides 6 seconds (assisted)

fitness activities

Kicking drills:

  • flutter kick, 10 m (assisted)
  • Distance swim: 5 m

skill and water safety

  • Site orientation and supervision
  • EMS
  • Shallow water entries/exits
  • Submerge head
  • Exhale through mouth and/ nose

Pre-school 2

Red Cross Swim Preschool 2

Swimmming

Breathing: rhythmic breathing, 10 times, 2 ways

Floats:

  • Front float, 5 sec.
  • Back float, 5 sec.

Glides:

  • Front glide with flutter kick, 3 x 5 m (in one lesson)
  • Back glide with flutter kick, 3 x 5 m (in one lesson)
  • Side glide with flutter kick, 3 m (assisted)
  • Rollover glide with flutter kick, 6 sec.

fitness activities

Kicking drills:

    • flutter kick, 15 m (assisted)

Distance swim:

  • 10 m

skill and water safety

  • Site rules
  • Intro to PFD/Lifejacket
  • Weight transfer - shallow water
  • lorem ipsum
  • Deep water activities (assisted

Pre-school 3

Red Cross Swim Preschool 3

Swimmming

Breathing:rhythmic breathing, 15 times Glides:

  • Front glide with flutter kick, 3 x 10 m (in one lesson)
  • Back glide with flutter kick, 3 x 10 m (in one lesson)
  • Side glide with flutter kick, 5 sec.
  • Front glide/side glide combo
  • Front Crawl 3x5 m

fitness activities

Kicking drills:

    • Flutter kick, 3 x 15 m

Distance swim:

  • 15 m

skill and water safety

  • When and where to swim
  • Weight transfer, shallow water
  • Deep end floats, 5 sec.
  • Change direction, deep water
  • Surface support, 20 sec., deep water
  • Sitting dive

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