Pre-K
Swim Lessons
Sea Love Swim private lessons for Pre-K swimmers, ages 4 and 5 years old, are 25 - 30 minutes long.
The Association of Pediatrics confirms that most kids are ready for swim lessons by the age of 4. We believe this assessment is because 4 and 5 year old swimmers are emotionally and physically ready to learn proper swimming strokes.
Our Swimming Lessons are designed to meet our swimmers where they are comfortable in the water and gently progress them forward using Sea Love Swim building block techniques. This means that our curriculum teaches basic water safety skills as well as apprehensible stroke progressions like swim-roll-swim to full freestyle with side-breathing.
At 4 and 5 years old we do not have parents in the water however, we always encourage our parents to be within view of their child's lesson so they can help promote their swimmers successful steps toward water safety from the pool deck.
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Should you feel your child is not emotionally ready for private swim lessons without you in the water, we recommend taking our virtual water acclimation course first. This is where we guide parents through our First Steps to Water Safety introductory swim skills which will help acclimate your child to the water and prepare them for what to expect when they begin formal swimming lessons.
My Child Is Ready For A Sea Love Swim Instructor
I'd Like To Prep My Child With Sea Love Swim's Virtual First Steps To Water Safety Course
How Frequently Should My Pre-K Swimmer Take Swim Lessons?
At Sea Love Swim we maintain that any consistent exposure to water in a formal setting will help a child acquire swimming skills however consistency and frequency both play key rolls when learning something new. This is why we recommend Pre-K swimmers, ages 4 and 5 year olds, to participate in lessons at least twice a week or more in order to aid in cognitive their and muscle memory retention of the water safety skills they are learning.
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Our lessons packages are also designed to provide a monetary discount to help persuade families to increase frequency of lessons for this age. After a Pre-K swimmer has accomplished First Steps to Water Safety Skills and swimming techniques, we recommend once a week for maintenance of their new established swimming skills.
Instant Booking Online
Personally Select Your Swim Instructor
Our Clients Manage Their Bookings With Flexible Scheduling
Give Your Child An Advantage For Successful Swimming Lessons
Learn How To Successfully Acclimate Your Child To The Water
Begin Important Water Safety Skills and Steps for Swimming Success
Pre-K Swim Skills
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Seal Pups - Level 1a
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Sea Otters - Level 1b
Ages 4 and 5
Sea Turtle - Level 2
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Introduction to full body water acclimation
Begin learning cue words for submersion
Gain comfortability with water around ears, eyes, nose and mouth
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Supported float on front
Supported float on back
Introduction to bubbles
Introduction to kicking
Beginning breath control using a cup of water
Fully submerge face (1 second)
Introduction to rainbow arms (motion while walking)
Monkey Crawl on side of pool
with Support
Introduction to rolling motion
Retrieve objects in chest deep water
Learn how to exit and enter water independently (Ladder)
Introduction to independent water balance with walking and bounces
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Water acclimation to ears, nose and mouth with breath control
Independently Blows bubbles
Learn to fully submerge face
(3 seconds)
Retrieve objects in chest deep water, eyes in
Supported kick on front
Supported kick and balance on back, ears in
Introduction to arms and kicks in combination
Monkey Crawl on side of pool
Roll from back to front/front to back with assistance, face in
Introduction to climbing out of the water from pool side
Introduction to bobs for timing and breath control
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Humming (nose) bubbles
Introduction to 3 second tummy glide, face in with flutter kick
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Independently float on tummy
Independently float on back
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Introduction to super-cuts with flutter kick (dual arm motion)
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Introduction to assisted movement on back (monkey, starfish, soldier)
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Learn how to level out with flutter kick, tummy float and head position (eyes down)
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Unsupported rainbow arms with flutter kick (3-5 yards)
Learn sitting dives from pool wall
Jump in, kick and turn around to swim back to the wall unassisted.
Sea Love Swim's
Water Safety Sequence
A Simulation Of What To Do If A Swimmer Were To Accidentally Fall Into A Pool.
Fall in, kick to the surface and turn around to swim back and grab the pool wall.
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Sea Lion - Level 3a
Assisted underwater bobs for breath control, timing and safety
Learn to push off wall into a back float
Begin independent elementary back stroke progression (monkey, starfish and soldier) with flutter kick
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Flutter kick with forward motion and roll from front to back with assistance
Roll from back to front without assistance and begin forward swim progression
Introduction to back stroke arms with kick board
Introduction to kneeling dive
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Learn assisted otter rolls for object retrieval in water over head or directional change
Maintain water safety skill of falling into the pool and swimming back to the side of pool.
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Learn water safety jump in and roll - over to back float with assistance
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Learn All 4 Swimming Strokes with
Sea Love Swim
Freestyle
Backstroke
Breaststroke
Butterfly
Introduction to forward movement during underwater bobs for breath control, timing and safety
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Master super cuts and rainbow arms with an independent roll over breath
Begin full swim - roll - swim sequence with rainbow arms 15 meters
Learn full swim - roll - swim sequence with super cut arms 15 meters
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Introduction to the frog kick and glide on belly with eyes in
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Learn elementary back stroke kick and advance in balance, distance and coordination -arms and legs
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Continued practice of backstroke arms with kick board
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Introduction to kneeling dives
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Introduction to otter rolls, change of direction
Maintain water safety skill of falling into the pool and swimming back to the side of pool.
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Advance with water safety jump in and roll - over to back float, body orientation and swim back to wall.
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Spinner Dolphin - Level 3b
Orca - Level 4
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Introduction to side-breathing sequence with kick board
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Introduction to catch-up drill for elongated body position
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Introduction to side balance drill with side breath for head position and rotation
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Begin independent freestyle with side-breathing working up to 25 meter distance
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Advance to independent back stroke arms with flutter kick up to 25 meter distance
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Maintain independent elementary back stroke progression (monkey, starfish and soldier) with frog kick
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Begin proper breaststroke sequence (kick, glide, pull, breathe)
Advance otter rolls for underwater object retrieval, eyes open without support
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Introduction to standing dive with streamline (torpedo)
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Learn underwater dolphin kick
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Introduction to treading water and egg-beater kick
Begin water safety skill of treading water, leveling into a back float, recuperating and swimming back to the wall
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