Lakeville Area Community Education

Aqua Kids 1

Without parent, ages 3 to 5

Participants become comfortable in the water learning basic swimming skills without a parent or guardian in the water with them. Safety topics include basic water safety, healthy swimming, safe water entry, helping yourself and others in an emergency, use of lifejackets, safe weather conditions for swimming, and waterpark safety.

Skills (may be performed with flotation or assistance):

• Enter the water independently
• Submerge head
• Bob underwater and blow bubbles, 3 times
• Front float, face in or out of water
• Front glide, face in or out of water
• Back float, ears in or out of water
• Back glide, ears in or out of water
• Roll over: front to back/back to front
• Paddle stroke on front, face in or out of water, 5 yd.
• Monkey, Tree, Soldier arms on back, ears in or out of water, 5 yd.