Faribault Public Schools Community Education

Red Cross Swimming Lessons Level 1 - Introduction to Water Skills Lessons will help your student feel comfortable in the water. Learn how to enter and exit the pool, blow bubbles, submerge your face, back float, water safety and much more.

Red Cross Swimming Lessons Level 2 - Fundamental Aquatic Skills Participants will learn fundamental skills including: jumping off the side of the pool, holding breath under water, bobbing, retrieve objects underwater, treading water, front and back glide, rolling over, back and front glide, side swimming and combination strokes.

Red Cross Swimming Lessons Level 3 - Stroke Development Students will build off the skills they learned in Level 2 with additional guided practice in deeper water. They will also work on water safety topics, scissor kicks, breast strokes, front crawl and elementary back strokes.

Red Cross Swimming Lessons Level 4 - Stroke Improvement This course will develop students in skills already learned and improve other aquatic skills. Work on underwater swimming, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, open turns on front and back, tread water using 2 different kicks, front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, sidestroke, butterfly, flutter and dolphin kicks on back, plus age-appropriate water safety topics.

Red Cross Swimming Lessons Preschool Aquatics (4 to 5 years old) Throughout the three levels, preschool-age children are taught basic aquatic safety and swimming skills, all the while increasing their comfort level in and around the water. Skills are age-appropriate, helping children achieve success on a regular basis and enjoy social interactions with other children. As in all Swimming and Water Safety courses, your child will always know that it's safety first.

Red Cross Swimming Lessons Level 6 - Swimming and Skill Proficiency Refines the strokes so participants swim them with ease, efficiency, power and smoothness over greater distances. Level 6 is designed with "menu" options that focus on preparing participants for more advanced courses, including the Water Safety instructor course, or other aquatic activities, such as competitive swimming or diving. Each option also includes applicable water safety topics.