Bloomington Community Education

Requirements for signing your child up for this level: • Has participated in a recent Parent & Child Class • Toilet trained • Able to listen and follow directions for 30 minutes • Child will be okay without parent or guardian in the pool • Able to hold onto wall for 30 minutes This class provides children with their first pool experience without parental assistance in a safe, fun and positive learning environment. The primary objective of the Pre-School Class is to promote developmentally appropriate learning of fundamental water safety and aquatic skills. Instructors help children adapt to the pool and learn how to move independently through the water. This level will help children gain greater independence in their skills, become more comfortable in and around the water, and start to gain basic swimming propulsive skills by: (with assistance moving towards independently) • Enter water by safely using ladder • Fully submerge and hold breath, retrieve submerged objects • Front and back floats • Front and back glides • Tread water • Swim on front and back using combination of arms and legs • Water safety topicsSpring Session- all participants need to park on the west side (back of school), enter Door 7.Summer Session- all participants need to park in the main parking lot (front of school), enter Door 4, south side of the building by the baseball fields.

Develops confidence skills and improves other aquatic skills: • Swim underwater • Perform open turns on front and back using any stroke • Tread water using sculling arm motions and kick • Perform front crawl and back crawl • Perform breaststroke and butterfly • Perform elementary backstroke and sidestroke • Water safety topics Spring Session - all participants need to park on the west side (back of school), enter Door 7. Summer Session - all participants need to park in the main parking lot (front of school), enter Door 4, south side of the building by the baseball fields.

Requirements for signing your child up for this level: • Has participated in a recent Parent & Child Class • Toilet trained • Able to listen and follow directions for 30 minutes • Child will be okay without parent or guardian in the pool • Able to hold onto wall for 30 minutes This class provides children with their first pool experience without parental assistance in a safe, fun and positive learning environment. The primary objective of the Pre-School Class is to promote developmentally appropriate learning of fundamental water safety and aquatic skills. Instructors help children adapt to the pool and learn how to move independently through the water. This level will build upon skills learned in Level A & B providing additional guided practice. Skills in this level are performed independently. • Enter water by jumping • Fully submerge and hold breath, bobbing • Front and back floats, and recoveries • Front and back glides • Tread water • Swim on front and back using combination of arms and legs • Change direction while swimming on front or back • Water safety topicsSpring Session- all participants need to park on the west side (back of school), enter Door 7.Summer Session- all participants need to park in the main parking lot (front of school), enter Door 4, south side of the building by the baseball fields.