Learn to Swim Program
The Summerlin Council offers a variety of swim classes for Summerlin children ages three years and older. Qualified instructors from Aquatic Services provide lessons that include learning fundamentals and enhancing skills for your children.
Check back in Spring 2023 for swim classes and online registration information!
Level One:
Water Adjustment
Level One: Water Adjustment
The following skills will be taught:
- Pool rules and safety
- Having fun, being relaxed, and building confidence in the water
- Bobbing and face submersion
- Prone floating & gliding with support
- Back floating & gliding with support
- Prone position kicking with support
- Back position kicking with support
- Water exit and entry
Class information:
- Four student maximum
- Minimum age is 3 years old
- Children are generally ages 3-5
- Parent is not in water with child
- Child must be able to complete all skills to advance to the next level
- Class is 35 minutes in length. Studies have shown that 35-minute classes are more beneficial for Level One students.
- Cost – $80 per session (8 classes per session)
Level Two:
Water Adaptation
Level Two: Water Adaptation
The following skills will be taught:
- Pool rules and safety
- Face and body submersion for 5-10 seconds
- Introduction to pogo technique
- Prone and back glides without support for 5 ft.
- Front and back flutter kicks for 20 ft. using a kickboard
- Demonstration of the front crawl arm movements
- Introduction to and performance of rotary breathin
- Demonstration of the front crawl for 10 ft.
Class information:
- Five student maximum
- Children are generally ages 4 – 6
- Child must be able to complete all skills to advance to the next level
- Class is 45 minutes in length
- Cost – $85 per session (8 classes per session)
Level Three:
Stroke Technique
Level Three: Stroke Technique
The following skills will be taught:
- Pool rules and safety
- Performing the front and back flutter kicks for 15 yards using a kickboard
- Performing the front crawl using rotary breathing for 10 yards
- Introducing the backstroke arm movement
- Performing the backstroke for 5 yards
- Introducing and performing the breaststroke kick for 10 yards
- Introducing and performing the elementary backstroke kick for 10 yards
Class Information:
- Six student maximum
- Children are generally ages 4-7
- Child must complete all skills to advance to the next level
- Class is 45 minutes in length
- Cost – $85 per session (8 classes per session)
Level Four:
Stroke Development
Level Four: Stroke Development
The following skills will be taught:
- Performing the front and back flutter kick for 25 yards using a kickboard
- Performing the front crawl using rotary breathing for 20 yards
- Performing the backstroke for 15 yards
- Performing the breaststroke kicks for 20 yards using a kickboard
- Performing the elementary backstroke kick for 20 yards using a kickboard
- Introducing and performing the elementary backstroke for 15 yards
- Introducing and performing the dolphin kick for 10 yards
- Performing the front glides from a sitting position on the pool edge
Class information:
- Six student maximum
- Children are generally ages 4-8
- Child must complete all skills to advance to the next level
- Class is 45 minutes in length
- Cost – $85 per session (8 classes per session)
Level Five:
Stroke Improvement
Level Five: Stroke Improvement
The following skills will be taught:
- Performing the front crawl using rotary breathing for 25 yards
- Performing the backstroke for 25 yards
- Introducing and performing the breaststroke for 10 yards
- Introducing the butterfly stroke
- Performing the butterfly kick for 25 yards using a kickboard
- Introducing and performing the sidestroke kick for 10 yards
- Introducing the sitting, kneeling, and standing dives
Class information:
- Eight student maximum
- Children are generally ages 6-10
- Child must complete all skills to advance to the next level
- Class is 45 minutes in length
- Cost – $85 per session (8 classes per session)
Level Six: Competitive
Swimming Preparation
Level Six: Competitive Swimming Preparation
The following skills will be taught:
- Performing the front crawl for 50 yards
- Performing the backstroke for 50 yards
- Performing the breaststroke for 25 yards
- Performing the butterfly stroke for 15 yards
- Introducing and performing the sidestroke for 15 yards
- Introducing the front and back crawl turns
- Performing racing starts
Class information:
- Eight student maximum
- Children are generally ages 6-14
- Class is 45 minutes in length
- Cost – $85 per session (8 classes per session)
