Prerequisite: Child must leave parent willingly, be comfortable in the water, follow directions and function well in a group. This small group class is designed to help child gain basic aquatic skills including entering and exiting the water safely, blowing bubbles three seconds with mouth and nose submerged, submerging under water. With assistance: floating and gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, swimming using arms and legs on front and back at least two body lengths. For safety reasons, flotation devices may be used. Flotation devices are used for all Pee Wee 1 classes at Audrey Moore and Franconia Rec Centers.

Prerequisite: Pee Wee Paddler 1 or equivalent skill proficiency. This small group class is designed to help children increase independence in their skill performance and continue to increase comfort in the water. Skills include: bobbing, floating and gliding on front and back with and without assistance, swimming on front and back at least three body lengths with and without assistance. Flotation devices may be used.

(4-6 yrs.) Prerequisites: Pee Wee 2 or equivalent skill proficiency. Class emphasizes helping children gain basic swimming propulsive skills and increase endurance and distance without assistance or using flotation devices. Skills include jumping in chest deep water, submerging and holding breath five seconds, bobbing, treading water, swimming front crawl 10 yards, and on back five yards.

Prerequisite: Pee Wee Paddler 3 or equivalent skill proficiency. This small group class is designed to help students continue to improve their endurance and skills for treading water, front crawl and back strokes. Skills include swimming front crawl 15 yards, elementary backstroke and back crawl five yards, diving (sitting and kneeling) from side of pool in deep water and treading water for 20 seconds.

Prerequisite: Pee Wee Paddler 4 or equivalent skill proficiency. This small group class is designed to help students improve their swimming stroke mechanics and increase endurance. Skills include swimming front crawl and elementary backstroke 25 yards, back crawl 15 yards, breaststroke 10 yards, standing dives in deep water and treading water for 20 seconds.

Prerequisite: Pee Wee Paddler 5 or equivalent skill proficiency. This small group class is designed to help students improve swimming stroke proficiency and endurance. Skills include swimming front crawl, back crawl, elementary backstroke, and breaststroke 25 yards, butterfly stroke 10 yards and treading water for 30 seconds.

Prerequisite: Children must be able to function in a group setting. This small-group class is designed to help students gain basic swimming and water safety skills and overcome fear of water. Skills include entering and exiting water safely, blowing bubbles through mouth and nose. With assistance: floating on front and back, gliding on front and back, rolling over from front to back and back to front, swimming at least two body lengths on front and back using arms and legs.

Prerequisite: Swimming 1 or equivalent skill proficiency. This small group class is designed to help students increase confidence and ability to perform skills with and without assistance or use of flotation devices. Skills include: entering water by jumping in chest deep water, blowing bubbles with face submerged under water, floating on front and back, gliding on front and back at least two body lengths, rolling over from front to back and back to front and swimming on front and back at least three body lengths using arms and legs. Treading water is introduced.

(6-12 yrs) Prerequisite: Swimming 2 or equivalent skill proficiency. This small group class is designed to help increase student's endurance and independent swimming performance. Skills include, without assistance or use of flotation devices, safely entering, exiting, swimming and treading deep water, treading water 15 seconds, pushing off in a streamlined position on front and back then flutter kicking at least four body lengths, rotary breathing, swimming front crawl, elementary backstroke and back crawl at least 15 yards.