Swim a Song
Parent & Child (4-24 months)
'Swim a Song' is an alternative, fun, innovative and effective program for introducing adults with babies or very young children to the exciting world of Aquatics. It provides an effective teaching aid for adults to use with their own children from birth and for swimming teachers, group leaders and program operators to adapt to a formal commercial program or Swim School.
 
'Swim a Song' fills the gap in teaching provision for children aged 4 months attending with an adult. Lesson plans conveniently encourage successful completion and attainment of the Amateur Swimming Association 'Duckling' series of awards.'Swim a Song' incorporates water safety, free movement, structured play, exercise to music, and guidance in physical and educational development.

Check out this exciting 'Swim a Song' demo video.
 
Swim with Me- Stage 1
Parent & Child (6-24 months)
Your child should be acclimated to the water through bath time play or trips to the pool. Skills learned: breath holding, aided/unaided swim underwater, water pass, rolls, back floats.

Swim with Me- Stage 2
Parent & Child (12 - 24 months)
Your child had developed all water acclimation skills. Skills learned: jumping from station or wall, unaided swim, back float.

Swim with Me- Stage 3
Parent & Child (24 - 36 months)
Skills learned: facial self submersion, locomotion, balance, safety skills, standing station jump, streamlining.

BASICS (Beginners All Start in Core Skills)
All students new to Swimming Stages must start here. In these first 2 weeks, students are taught and assessed on basic swim skills. Students who complete this class will then be eligible to be placed in an everyday or maintenance class for their assessed Swimming Stage. This class builds a strong foundation for your student's swim experience.

Preschool Stage 1
(3 to 5 years)
Your child is introduced to short swim alone and breath holding skills.
Skills learned: breath holding cues for self submersion, back float, rotations 180° to 360°, underwater dips/dives, start front crawl and back stroke, jump-in/streamline/swim.

Preschool Stage 2
(3 to 5 years)
Your child should be able to propel self with a steady kick. Your child can change positions from front to back. Your child submerges face for up to 10 seconds without swallowing water. Physical and mental coordination for swimming by self has been developed.
Skills learned: jump in and make their way back to side of pool, get out of pool on their own, turns front to back.

Preschool Stage 3
(3 to 5 years)
Children at this age love to chat and demonstrate skills. They work well in a group as they love to mimic their peers. We will link together all skills that were previously learned.
Skills learned: vertical submersion, coming up to breathe, front and back floats, swimming on their backs, rolls, safety, ring dives.

Elementary Stage 1
(5 – 15 years) Component: arms, legs
Criteria: alternating or simultaneous propulsive from supported positions

Elementary Stage 2
(5 – 15 years) Component: body position, arms alternating/simultaneous, legs
Criteria: front crawl, back crawl, side swim, treading water

Elementary Stage 3A
(5 – 15 years) Component: body position, arms, legs, breathing/timing
Criteria: front crawl, back crawl

Elementary Stage 3B
(5 – 15 years) Component: body position, arms, legs, breathing/timing
Criteria: butterfly (3 stage teaching method)

Advanced Stage 4A
(5 – 15 years) Component: body position, arms, recovery
Criteria: stride jump, feet first, front crawl, back crawl, breast stroke, side stroke, 25 yard swim

Advanced Stage 4B
(5 – 15 years) Concentrate on breast stroke or butterfly, 25 yard swim

Advanced Stage 5
(5 – 15 years) Component: body position, arms, legs
Criteria: flip turns, spin turns, dives, front crawl, back crawl, breast stroke, 50 yard swim

Advanced Stage 6
(5 – 15 years) Component: body position, arms, legs
Criteria: front crawl, back crawl, breast stroke, elementary back stroke, side stroke, butterfly, 50 - 100 yard swim

Starts, Flips, and Turns
(5-15 years) As the name states, this class works on starts, flips, and turns. These are key to advanced swimmers working to improve their performance. This is excellent in refining advanced swimmers for their summer leagues.

Criteria: safe practice of techniques, grab start, backstroke start, flip turn for front crawl, speed turns for breast stroke & butterfly, backstroke flip turn

Adult
(15 years and older) Group lessons are also available for adults, whether you are a beginner, or a seasoned swimmer looking to improve your stroke.

Private Lessons
Private instruction can be requested by contacting
Susie at 281.251.6017 or stagesofswimming@gmail.com.
Private lessons available for $30 per class.
Each class is 30 minutes in length.
Scheduling depends on the availability of instructors.