| Tadpole
Age: 6 to 36 months
Prerequisite: None
Parent must be in the water with the child
Tadpole is our beginner Infant/Toddler class, and the first part of our Infant/Toddler Program. In this class, you and your child will participate together in activities that will provide both of you with knowledge of basic safety and swimming skills. These skills include water adjustment, teaching the child to hold their breath, going under the water, kicking, jumping in and returning to the side, and swimming short distances.
Note: For children under 12 months of age, Tadpole can be taught in a Baby Tadpole curriculum. In Baby Tadpole, the expectations for the class are geared to more of an age-appropriate level, while still teaching the basic skills of water adjustment, floating, rolling over, and going underwater.
Frog
Age: 6 to 36 months
Prerequisite: Child must have completed Tadpole.
Parent must be in the water with the child
Frog is our advanced Infant/Toddler class, and the second part of our Infant/Toddler program. In this class, you and your child will work on several more advanced skills, such as rollover breathing, pop-up breathing, changing direction in the water, picking up toys off the bottom of the pool, and swimming longer distances.
Note: None
Beginning Minnow
Age: 3 years and up
Prerequisite: None
Parent does not need to be in the water with the child
Beginner Minnow is our lower-level beginner class where students work on the basics of swimming, such feeling comfortable going under water, swimming a distance of ten feet without assistance, back floating, and jumping into the water and returning to the wall.
Note: None
Advanced Minnow
Age: 3 years and up
Prerequisite: Child must be able to swim 10 feet unassisted
Parent does not need to be in the water with the child
Advanced Minnow is our upper-level beginner class where students learn several more advanced skills, including swimming a distance of 30 feet, performing rollover breathing and pop-up breathing, and changing direction in the water.
Note: None
Fish
Prerequisite: Child must be able to swim 30 feet unassisted
Fish is an intermediate class for children who are able to swim, but have no knowledge of strokes. In this class, students will learn to perform the front crawl, execute the technique of rhythmic breathing, swim further distances, and perform the backstroke.
Note: None
Sting Ray
Prerequisite: Child must be able to perform the backstroke
Stingray is a more advanced intermediate class designed for children to gain a more thorough understanding of strokes. Students will work on perfecting front crawl, executing the side breathing technique, learning the elementary backstroke, and learning how to tread water.
Note: None
Barracuda
Prerequisite: Child must be able to perform front crawl with side breathing and elementary backstroke
Barracuda is an advanced class designed to introduce children to different kicking techniques and advanced strokes. Students will learn the whip kick and scissors kick, and will also be introduced to the breaststroke and sidestroke.
Note: None
Dolphin
Prerequisite: Child must be able to perform whip kick and scissors kick
Dolphin is a more advanced class designed to prepare students for very advanced performance in the water. In addition to increasing endurance, students will learn to perfect the breaststroke and the sidestroke, as well as learn the dolphin kick.
Note: None
Shark
Prerequisite: Child must be able to perform breaststroke and sidestroke
Shark is the most advanced class curriculum of all those offered at Sharks & Minnows. In this class, students will learn the butterfly, as well as how to execute flip turns. To complete the level, all students must be able to perform each of the six strokes, with flip turns, over a distance of 500 yards.
Note: None
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