Calgary Swimming Lessons

Parent & Tot 1 (4-12 Months)
Parents and babies will explore the water together under the watchful eyes of their instructor. They will learn how to safely enter and exit the water and work on getting ready to discover the water safely. Parents will learn how to safely support their child while they play.

Parent & Tot 2 (12-24 Months)
Instructors will lead sessions to help parents with children learn basic water safety skills in a welcoming environment. Parents are taught how to support their child with assisted entries and exits into water and support them in learning to float and kick. They can celebrate together when the child can get their face wet and blow bubbles for the first time.
Pre-requisites: Parent & Tot 1 and 1 year of age

Parent & Tot 3 (2-3 Years)
Parents will work towards supporting their toddlers in becoming more independent in the water. Getting in, getting out, going under, and floating, parents and toddlers will be introduced to different iterations of these fundamental skills.
Pre-requisites: Parent & Tot 2 and 2 years of age.

Preschool 1
Preschoolers will be assisted by their instructor when learning to enter and exit water safely, jump into chest deep water, and put their faces in the water to blow bubbles. Becoming comfortable with floats and glides and moving safely in shallow water while wearing lifejackets will help them gain confidence with their water skills.
Pre-requisite: 3 years old 

Preschool 1/2
In this combined program, preschoolers focus on the foundational skills of water comfort and body positioning, being introduced to bobs, jumps, floats and glides. Each participant has the opportunity to focus on skills built for their swim level.
Pre-requisite: Preschool 1 or an equivalent level

Preschool 2
Preschoolers will work on becoming more independent with their water skills. Some of these skills include jumping into chest deep water unassisted, submerging and exhaling underwater, and floating and gliding with various buoyant aids. They will be introduced to lateral rollovers and practice their flutter kick on their backs.
Pre-requisite: Preschool 1 or an equivalent level

Preschool 3
Preschoolers will kick and glide their way through the water on their fronts and backs. They will work on retrieving objects from the bottom in water that is waist deep, and work towards mastering their floats, rollovers, glides, and kicks. In this level they work their way into deeper water for side entries and jumping in with their lifejackets on.
Pre-requisite: Preschool 2 or an equivalent level

Preschool 4/5
In this combined program preschoolers will gain some independence in deep water and work towards achieving important swimming milestones. They will work through progressions in pursuit of completing 5 m swims of both front and back crawl, practicing different forms of entries into deeper water with and without lifejackets, and begin to develop life saving skills like treading water. Each participant has the opportunity to focus on skills built for their swim level.
Pre-requisite: Preschool 3 or an equivalent level
Skill Minimum: Deep Water Comfort & Propulsive Kick (front & back)

Swimmer 1
Building the foundation of in-water skill development, beginner swimmers will gain confidence in the pool as they learn safe entries into various depths of water, treading water in a lifejacket, opening their eyes underwater, and breath control. Once they have learned their floats, glides, kicks and rollovers from front to back, they will front crawl their way into the next level.
Pre-requisite: 6 years of age, Preschool 4 or an equivalent level.

Swimmer 2
Swimmers will gain comfort in deeper water by jumping in, learning their sideways entry, and treading water without a lifejacket. Swimmers will be challenged by the introduction of various skills including, flutter kick on their front, back, and side, vertical whip kick with an aid, and swimming front crawl and back crawl for 10 m. Swimmers will get to work on their Swim to Survive skills and be introduced to interval training.
Pre-requisite: 6 years of age and Swimmer 1, Preschool 5 or an equivalent level.

Swimmer 3
The focus of Swimmer 3 is streamline positioning, propulsion and over-arm action for freestyle and back crawl. Swimmers build on skills taught in previous levels: whip kick, interval training and deep water skills and work-up to swimming 25m.
Pre-requisite: Swimmer 2 or an equivalent level.
Skill minimum: Front and back crawl for 10m

Swimmer 4
The focus of Swimmer 4 is strength and endurance for freestyle and back crawl. Establishes basic movements and orientation ability needed for swimming skills like arm action, sculling and breathing. Swimmers are introduced to sprinting, underwater swims and components of breaststroke.
Pre-requisite: Swimmer 3 or an equivalent level.
Skill minimum: 25m swim, without stopping

Swimmer 5/6
In this combined program, swimmers will work through progressions for entries and exits they’ve learned so far. They will continue to practice surface support, underwater skills, the Swim to Survive standard skills, movement/swimming skills and fitness. Each participant has the opportunity to focus on skills built for their swim level.
Pre-requisite: Swimmer 4 or an equivalent level.
Skill minimum: 50m swim, without stopping

Swimmer 7/8/ 9
The Lifesaving Society’s Canadian Swim Patrol program is for swimmers who
are ready to go beyond learn-to-swim. The programs focus on developing strength and proficiency while introducing swimmers to the challenging world of lifesaving. Swimmers will have fun enhancing their capability in the water, increasing their physical conditioning, and learning lifesaving judgment. Each level will continue to develop swimmers’ strokes and provide a skill foundation  that will prepare them for success in the Society’s Bronze Medal Awards. Each level of the Canadian Swim Patrol program has three modules: Water Proficiency, First Aid, and Recognition and Rescue. Every participant has the opportunity to focus on skills built for their swim level.
Pre-requisite: Swimmer 6 or an equivalent level