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3 years
This program takes 3-year-olds in small groups (no more than 4 per instructor) and teaches them to be submerged under water, how to control their breath, and how to kick forward through the water. Classes are engaging, using imaginative daily themes.
Instructors teach safe submersion, breath control, and destination kicking to help children develop and improve their skills. Classes also have a student-teacher ratio of 4-to-1 to ensure your child receives the attention, support, and supervision they need.
One of the best ways to teach children is through fun activities, as this allows them to learn and grow in a child-friendly environment. With a pleasant, positive atmosphere, as well as non-competitive lessons, children are focused on learning their skills and celebrating their achievements.
Instructors are trained, certified, and highly specialized to create an exciting but safe way to teach children to progress as swimmers. Children learn how to hold their breath longer, roll over, and submerge underwater, all while developing the skills they need to swim independently. With plenty of support, trust, and even laughter, the teacher-student bond at Emler is a strong one.
Emler guarantees children will learn to become skilled swimmers, and they have been successful with their 48 years of experience and outstanding curriculum.
Parents are invited to watch every class from the observation room or on the deck, where they can support and cheer on their children. Additionally, facilities are always safe, clean, and comfortable for swimmers, parents, and instructors. You can learn more about this by checking out Your Child’s First Swim Lesson and Emler Facilities. These guides are designed to make your child’s introduction to swimming classes or transition to higher levels an easier experience.
Learning to swim in an environment that works for your child’s swimming skills is vital to learning water safety. Children need to be able to gain confidence as they learn and grow in the water, which is why Emler uses positive reinforcement rather than competition or techniques that provoke fear and anxiety.
In addition, Emler offers age-specific programs with over 20 gradual teaching levels, as well as free one-on-one Swim Skills Evaluations. The evaluations only take 10 minutes, and they allow instructors to determine what class is right for your kiddo. You can learn more by checking out Finding the Right Class for Your Child.
Your toddler will learn water safety techniques that will last a lifetime. The lessons utilize songs and games, making them more fun.
The Waterbabies program has six levels that help place your toddler at the right level depending on their skills.
In early stages, parents join their child in the water. But as their skills progress, your toddler will be with a teacher while you watch from outside the pool.
As your toddler improves their skills, they will first gain confidence in the water and learn to submerge comfortably for 8-10 seconds.
As their skill set improves, your child will learn to kick through the water, first for up to 3 feet and, at higher skill levels, for up to 10 feet.
At our X-treme Waterbabies level, your toddler will learn rollover breathing, an essential water safety skill where they learn to roll into a back float to take a new breath.
Throughout the toddler swimming lessons, the distance will get longer, the classes more fun, and the smiles wider!
These tots learn underwater breath control for 8-10 seconds! And they will learn to kick forward a distance of 5 feet through the water. They’ll have fun doing this, with daily games and to spark their enjoyment.
Kicking 5 feet is so yesterday – in the Advanced class now we learn to travel a distance of up to 12 feet! The games and themes continue to spark imagination AND the kids become familiar with the rollover breath.
Kicking progresses in the Super class up to a distance of 15 feet through the water, while completely mastering the rollover breath.
The group continues the fun and games as in this class the kids turn into true fishes – kicking a distance of 20 feet through the water while performing a rollover breath AND getting introduced to the all-important front breathing.
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Can your child... (select 1)
Remain submerged and hold their breath for 8-10 seconds
Swim ___ without flotation
Swim ___ competitive strokes
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Instruction on how to use bath time at home for socialization and bonding
Kick 10 feet through the water, introduce rollover breathing and a standing Jump, Turn & Swim
Themes and games are used to teach tots to kick 5 feet through the water and learn breath control
Themes are used to teach tots to kick 12 feet through the water and start to get a rollover breath
Extend distance to 20 feet with a rollover breath, and introduce a front breath
Swim 15-20 feet while improving independent front breath and introduce rollover breaths
Swim 20-30 feet while getting multiple independent front breaths and rolling breaths, treading water is introduced
Swim elementary backstroke 30-40 feet, swim freestyle with several independent rhythmic breaths 30-40 feet and treading water is mastered
Swim freestyle 80 feet with unilateral and bilateral rhythmic breathing and swim competitive backstroke 80 feet
Swim breaststroke 80 feet, swim freestyle 80 feet with bilateral rhythmic breathing and backstroke
Master endurance and the individual medley and learn swim team starts and finishes and introduce safety skills
