Learn to Swim Program
Our Learn-to-Swim curriculum is one of a kind and developed over decades of swim instruction experience. We believe a safe play-based environment and a child-led instruction approach yields the best learning results for our swimmers. Each lesson begins with greeting your swimmer, then skill review and warm-up, leveled skill-work and finally reward time for swimmers to explore and bond with the water. Our instructors work to ensure each student feels welcome to the class and ready to learn new skills and/or grow current skills. Our levels of classes have multiple skills that need to be mastered prior to graduating to the next level.
Purple
For our very beginning swimmers over 2.5 years of age. We focus on teaching safety and developing a comfort with being submerged. These are independent group lessons which do not require any parent participation.
Goals:
- Safe entry/exit, 3 ft “monkey crawl” & 5-second breath hold
- 5-second assisted front starfish float
- 5-second assisted back starfish float
- 5-second independent glide off the wall to an instructor
Group lessons
Ages 2.5 years and older
For swimmers ages 7 through 11, please select “Beginners Ages 7-11y” classes
Up to 3 Students
30 minute class
$28 per lesson, billed monthly
North Location (FM 620)
Central Location (Anderson Lane)
Blue
For our beginning swimmers who are comfortable with holding their breath and being submerged, but have not yet learned to move through the water. 
Goals:
- 5-second unassisted front submersion and float
- 5 ft unassisted kick to the instructor and recovery
- 10-second unassisted back float and recovery
- Step/wall recovery and comfortable exhale in the water
Group lessons
Prerequisite: Purple level skills
Ages three years and older
For swimmers ages 7 through 11, please select “Beginners Ages 7-11y” classes in the Purple section above.
Up to 3 Students
30 minute class
$28 per lesson, billed monthly
North Location (FM 620)
Central Location (Anderson Lane)
Orange
Goals:
- 20 second back float with 10 ft straight leg back kick
- 10 ft “Superman” with (3) pop up recovery breaths
- 10 ft 3-arms-and-roll freestyle with (3) rolling breath recoveries
- 10 ft elementary backstroke
Group lessons
Prerequisite: Blue level skills
Up to 4 Students
30-minute class
$28 per lesson, billed monthly
North Location (FM 620)
Central Location (Anderson Lane)
Beginners 7-11yr
Goals:
- 20 second back float with 10 ft straight leg back kick
- 10 ft “Superman” with (3) pop up recovery breaths
- 10 ft 3-arms-and-roll freestyle with (3) rolling breath recoveries
- 10 ft elementary backstroke
Group lessons
Ages 7-11yrs
Up to 4 Students
30 minute class
$28 per lesson, billed monthly
North Location (FM 620)
Central Location (Anderson Lane)
White
Goals:
- 20 ft side-breathing freestyle
- 20 ft backstroke
- Frog kick & 1 minute back float
- Surface dolphin kick
Group lessons
Prerequisite: Orange level skills
Up to 4 Students
30-minute class
$28 per lesson, billed monthly
North Location (FM 620)
Central Location (Anderson Lane)
Novice 1
Goals:
- 25 yds freestyle
- 25 yds backstroke
- 3-minute tread & survival jump with 3-min back float
- Breaststroke kick with breath & underwater dolphin kick
Group lessons
Prerequisite: White level skills
Up to 4 Students
30-minute class
$28 per lesson, billed monthly
North Location (FM 620)
Central Location (Anderson Lane)
Swim Lessons Evaluations
Every swimmer (except private lessons and adult swimmers) needs to be evaluated before their registration is complete unless otherwise approved by Waterloo. This includes all swimmers that have not taken Waterloo programming for 90 days or more. This evaluation allows us to make sure each swimmer is in the best class or group and is very important to their success.
We offer free Swim Lesson and Swim Fitness evaluations on Saturdays between 12:30pm and 1:30pm at both locations, no appointment needed. Feel free to stop by anytime during that time period and we will get your swimmer evaluated. Email info@waterlooswimming.com for any questions.
