Who is in the water

• 1:11 adult to 1 childGetting comfortable, ages 3 to 5
• 1:11 adult to 1 childFloating and gliding, ages 4 to 6
• 1:21 adult to 2 childrenKicking and breathing, ages 5 to 8
• 1:21 adult to 2 childrenFreestyle and back, ages 6 to 10
• 1:21 adult to 2 childrenStrokes together, ages 8 to 12

Ages 3 to 12

• Background checks
• CPR and first aid
• Lifeguard training
• Water safety instructors

• What your family provides

  A pool with a fence and a gate that closes, a shady place to sit, an adult on the deck for the whole class and a towel for each swimmer. Your family follows its own local rules for the pool and its barrier.

• In the water

  An instructor is in the water with each class, and the younger levels hold hands or a kickboard. Every level practices getting to the wall.

• Adults on the deck

  An adult from your family stays on the deck and keeps phones away from the water's edge. Lessons are no substitute for adult supervision.

• Arriving and leaving

  The instructor texts when she is on the street. We ask that the gate is closed before we get in the water and again when we leave.

• Weather, heat and poor air

  On a very hot afternoon, in a storm or when the air is poor, the instructor calls before class. The class moves or is made up in the same session.

• When a swimmer is unwell

  Please keep a swimmer home with a fever or a stomach bug and tell us. We offer a make-up class.