School-Age Program
Age: 6-12 years old
Our School-Age Program is designed for kids ages 6-12. Featuring 7 progressive levels, our program will help your swimmer learn to swim and continue to grow as a swimmer. Our program is filled with developmentally appropriate skills and drills to keep your swimmer challenged and moving forward as they learn to swim or refine their strokes.

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Age: 6-12 years old
Pre-Requisites: None
In "Beginner", your child will learn water acclimation and comfort thru a child-centered, activity-oriented approach--coupled with unique skill progressions for the following:
- First Time Submersion
- Breath Control up to 10 seconds
- Front Kicking
- Independent back float for 5
- Independent Kick Glide- 10 feet
- Independent swim 10-15 feet
- Safety Jump: Jump, turn, swim back to safety
- Various safety skills including calling for help, swim with life vest, waiting for permission and more.
Upon mastering the Beginner skills, your child will advance to Beginner 2 where he/she will continue learn to swim journey with back kicking and learning to breath using a front breath and rollover breath.
Age: 6-12 years old
Pre-Requisites: Swimmers must be comfortable in the water and able to follow a series of directions. Swimmers must have a 10 second underwater breath hold, be able to swim 8-10 feet independently and back float for 5 seconds independently.
In Beginner 2, your child will learn to swim a basic Front Crawl Stroke thru a drill-oriented approach--coupled with unique skill progressions for the following:
- In-line kicking- 10-15 feet
- Independent Back Float 10 seconds
- Independent Back Glide to Back Float
- Underwater swim with pop up breath- 25 ft.
- Swim- Float- Swim 25 ft.
- Safety Jump- Jump, turn, swim, climb out of pool
- Various safety skills including calling for help, swim with life vest, waiting for permission and more.
Upon mastering the Beginner 2 skills, your child will advance to Advanced Beginner where he/she will learn to swim the formal strokes of Freestyle with Side Breathing and Backstroke.
If your child is not comfortable submerging in the water or is unable to swim 5ft. independently, please register for a Beginner class.
Age: 5-12 years old
Pre-Requisites: To enroll in Advanced Beginner, your child should be able to comfortably swim 40 feet using a Rollover Breath and Back Fin 25 feet.
In Advanced Beginner, your child will learn how to swim the formal strokes of freestyle with side breathing and backstroke. The Freestyle Side Breathing skill may be the most important skill one learns in the learn-to-swim process. Advanced Beginner is drill-oriented with unique skill progressions for the following:
- In-line kicking using kick board and independent
- Back kick refinement
- Freestyle with Side Breath
- Backstroke
- Endurance Swim: 80ft.
- Safety Jumps- Independent and without goggles: Jump, turn, swim, climb out to safety.
- Various safety skills including calling for help, swim with life vest, waiting for permission and more.
Upon mastering the Advanced Beginner skills, your child will advance to Swimmer where he/she will work on endurance building and stroke refinement along with being introduced to Breast Stroke and Butterfly components.
Age: 5-12 years old
Pre-Requisites: To enroll in Swimmer, your child must be able to swim 40 feet of Backstroke and Freestyle with the Side Breathing.
In Swimmer, your child will learn the advanced skills of Breaststroke and introduction to Butterfly, as well as refine and further develop the Freestyle and Backstroke. A heavy emphasis will be placed on endurance swimming. All "Swimmer" classes are drill and technique-oriented. In this course, your child will practice the following skills each lesson:
- Freestyle with side breath refinement & endurance 120 feet
- Backstroke refinement & endurance- 80 feet
- Breaststroke Kick- 25 feet
- Breaststroke Arm Stroke- 25 feet
- Breaststroke timing 25 feet
- Body Dolphin Butterfly Kick
Upon Swimmer graduation, we would also like to recommend our Intermediate Swimmer course where we continue to work on endurance and stroke refinement, and learn full Butterfly Stroke.
Age: 6-12 years old
Pre-Requisites: To enroll in "Intermediate Swimmer," your child must be able to swim 40 feet of Backstroke and Freestyle with the Side Breathing.
In "Intermediate Swimmer,” your child will learn the advanced skills of Breaststroke and Butterfly, as well as refine and further develop the Freestyle and Backstroke. All classes are drill and technique-oriented. In this course, your child will practice the following skills each lesson:
- Freestyle Refinement & Endurance- 160 feet
- Backstroke Refinement & Endurance- 120 feet
- Breaststroke Refinement & Timing- 80 feet
- Body Dolphin Butterfly Kick- 40 feet
- Butterfly Arm Stroke- 40 feet
- Butterfly Stroke- 40 feet
Age: 6+ years
Pre-Requisites: To enroll in Advanced your child must be able to swim Backstroke (120 ft.), Freestyle with the Side Breathing (160 ft.), Breast Stroke (80 ft.) and Butterfly (40 ft.).
In Advanced, your child will learn various skills associated with competitive swimming, stroke refinement and introduce some of the life saving strokes. All Advanced classes are drill and technique-oriented. In this course, your child will practice the following skills each lesson:
Freestyle, Back Stroke, Breast Stroke, Butterfly refinement
- Endurance Swimming
- Flip Turns & Open Turns
- Timing
- Individual Medley
- Treading Water
Age: 6-14 years
Pre-Requisites: To enroll in Advanced your child must be able to swim Backstroke (120 ft.), Freestyle with the Side Breathing (160 ft.), Breast Stroke (80 ft.) and Butterfly (40 ft.).
To enroll in Swim Club your child must be able to swim continuously 120 feet of each competitive stroke: Backstroke, Freestyle with the Side Breathing, Breast Stroke and Butterfly. Participants should also have a base knowledge of competitive swim principles such as circle swim, flip turns, starts and finishes. Instructor approval is required to register for this program.
One Class per week: $100/ month
Two Classes per week: $190/ month
For more info contact kathryn@theswimlessonpeople.com