Swimming & Water Safety

Parent and Child Aquatics

Developed for children 6 months to 5 years of age, American Red Cross Parent and Child Aquatics builds swimming readiness by emphasizing fun in the water. Parents and children participate in several guided practice session that help children learn elementary skills including water entry, bubble blowing, front kicking, back floating, underwater exploration and more.

Once children can perform basic skills without parental assistnace, they may begin learn-to-swim courses.

Learn to Swim 

Through a progressive, six-level instructional approach, participants learn a variety of strokes, including the front crawl, back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststrok, sidestroike and butterfly. They are also introduced to a wide range of personal safety skills and diving techniques.

Courses are fun and interactive with hands-on training. More advanced-level students refine their skills, learn the basics of springboard diving and discover how to incorporate swimming into a life fitness plan.

The six learn-to-swim levels are:

• Level 1 - Introduction to Water Skills
• Level 2 - Fundamental Aquatic Skills
• Level 3 - Stroke Development
• Level 4 - Stroke Improvement
• Level 5 - Stroke Refinement
• Level 6 - Swimming and Skill Proficiency

Water Safety Presentations

An easy-to-follow lesson plan for parents, teachers or other adults leaders helps teach children ages 5-12 about safe behavior in, on or around the water.

No prior swimming experience or water safety training is necessary for an individual to lead the activities offered.

Safety Training for Swim Coaches

This program provides the practical information swim coaches need to handle any emergency.

Participants learn how to:

• Prepare an emergency action plan
• Recognize a swimmer in distress
• Rescue swimmer susing non-swimming rescues
• Hand spinal injuries and more

 Meets safety trainnig requirements for USA Swimming coaches.

For more information call (574) 234-0191

or email info@stjoe-redcross.org