Dovercourt Winter 2016 Program Guide

Preschool swim lessons
The Swim For Life®
Program
Basic swimming ability is a requirement
of any meaningful attempt to eliminate
drowning in Canada. Swim for Life®
is a comprehensive swim instruction
program that focuses on the acquisition
and development of fundamental swim
strokes and skills for learners of all ages and
abilities. Learning Swim to Survive® skills
and achieving the Lifesaving Society’s Swim
to Survive® Standard are key foundations
of the Swim for Life® Program.
Lifesaving Parent &
Tots
A rewarding experience for adults with
infants or toddlers. These levels introduce
the joys of water activity while stressing
parental responsibility in, on and around
the water. Parent participation required, but
just one “water loving” parent is permitted
in the pool due to our limited pool space.
Class length: 30 minutes.
Parent & Tot 1
12 months old and under (able to hold head
up) with parent or caregiver.
Parent & Tot 2
24 months old and under with parent or
caregiver.
Parent & Tot 3
Under 4 years old with parent or caregiver.
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Preschool A Transition
Your child is “almost” ready for
independence or almost 3 years old.
Parents must join their preschooler in the
water until the child is ready to participate
on their own and they are 3 years old.
Preschool classes
All Preschool classes are
unparented and for 3-5 year old
children.
Preschool A
Prerequisites: For kids 3-5 years old just
starting out on their own, with little or
no experience but comfortable in a class
without mom or dad.
Preschool B
Prerequisites: Participants can comfortably
move and float with aid and put their faces
in the water with eyes open and exhale in a
relaxed manner.
Preschool C
Prerequisites: Participants can float on front
and back in PFD without assistance; swim
5m on front and back any way with an aid;
and exhale under water 3 times without
pause.
Preschool D
Prerequisites: Participants can float and
move in deep water with assistance;
breathe rhythmically 5 times; flutter kick
while gliding on front and back 5m; recover
objects from the bottom.
Preschool E
Prerequisites: Participants are comfortable
jumping into deep water unassisted; front
and back float in deep water unassisted;
kick on front and back for 7m each; 5m of
continuous front crawl with aid.
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WHY TAKE SWIMMING
LESSONS AT DOVERCOURT?
Dovercourt’s highly-skilled instructors
are able to teach children proper
technique efficiently and effectively,
in accordance with the high standards
of the Lifesaving Society. Our endof-session
Survival Day is unique to
Dovercourt and is a fun yet powerful
way to teach children skills that could
save their lives in real-life scenarios.
Our staff undergo extensive training
and regular updates on safety,
rescue situations, changes to current
standards, as well as techniques for
teaching. Many of our senior aquatics
staff are instructor and lifeguard trainers
and are a valuable resource for our
aquatics team. Our leisure pool is
designed to teach swimming, with
unique features like warmer water, a
beach entry, rope swing and shallow &
deep water pods. We are proud of the
quality of our swim lesson program at
Dovercourt!