Sonshine Swim School Class Descriptions
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Sonshine Swim School Classes
Minnows are swim lessons for 6-36 month olds. Minnows are broken into 3 groups based on age: Level 1 (6-12 months), Level 2 (13-24 months), & Level 3 (25-36 months). The goal for minnows is to develop a comfort in and underwater, and to teach water safety to both the child and caregiver. All minnows will be required to wear a disposable swim diaper AND a reusable swim diaper (both may be purchased in our pro shop).
Otters are beginner swimmers. These students will probably be a little anxious about swim lessons and have little swimming experience. Otters will work on becoming comfortable in the water, with an end goal of full-body submersion.
Angel fish voluntarily submerge themselves underwater. They will work on improving their breath control, floating independently in water, and the basics of the front crawl.
Sting Rays should be comfortable in the water and able to float independently for 5 seconds. Sting Rays will learn how to roll over out of a float, hold their breath 7-10 seconds, front crawl the width of the pool, and jump in and return to the wall safely.
Barracudas should be comfortable and confident in the water. These swimmers are not beginners and are ready to learn swim strokes. Barracudas will learn the basics of the freestyle stroke, how to tread water for up to 2 minutes, roll over breathing, and object retrieval.
Sharks are confident in the water and are ready to learn more difficult skills. Sharks will learn breast stroke, how to swim the length of the pool, and assisted shallow water diving.
Dolphins are advanced swimmers and should be able to swim the length of the pool before entering this class. They will learn backstroke, survival float, and shallow water diving independently.