St. Michael-Albertville Community Education

Your child must be enrolled with Kids Play/Club Knights in order enroll in "Kids Play Swim Lessons". This is level 1 swim lessons which is introduction to water safety. Participates will enter the water safely, submerge mouth nose and eyes, float on front and back, exhale underwater through mouth and nose, open eyes underwater, pick up submerged objects, explore arm and hand movements, swim on front and back using using arm and leg actions and use of life jacket.

Your child must be enrolled with Kids Play/Club Knights in order enroll in "Kids Play Swim Lessons". This is level 2 swim lessons which is Fundamental Aquatic Skills. Participates learn to enter water by stepping or jumping from the side, exit water safely sing ladder or side, submerge entire head, open eyes underwater, pick up a submerged object, float on front and back using combined strokes, tread water using arm and leg motions, move in the water while wearing life jacket.

Your child must be enrolled with Kids Play/Club Knights in order enroll in "Kids Play Swim Lessons". This is level 3 swim lessons which is Stroke Development. Participates will jump into deep water from the side, dive from kneeling or standing position, submerge and retrieve and object, bob with the head fully submerged, use rotary breathing in horizontal position, perform front and back glide, perform survival float, perform front and back crawl, butterfly kick and body motion, perform the HELP and huddle position, perform a reaching assist, use check- call -care in emergency, change from horizontal to vertical position on front and back.

Your child must be enrolled with Kids Play/Club Knights in order enroll in "Kids Play Swim Lessons". This is level 4 swim lessons which is Stroke Improvement. Participates will perform shallow dive or dive from stride position, swim underwater, perform feet first surface dive, perform open turns on front and back using any stroke, tread water using sculling arm motions and kick and perform the following: breast stroke, butterfly, front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, swim on side using scissors like kick, use safe driving rules, perform a throwing assist, perform a compact jump into water from a height while wearing a life jacket, care for a conscious choking victim.