Stokes Preschool Swim Lessons (3-5 yrs)

This class introduces children to their first experience swimming without a parent. The YMCA preschool swim program includes the basics of water safety and swimming skills. Our curriculum offers your swimmer a sense of achievement from the start through our stages. Stage 1-Water Acclimation: No skills required. Increase comfort with underwater exploration and introduces basic self-rescue skills performed with assistance. Stage 2-Water Movement: Encourages forward movement in water and basic self-rescue skills performed independently. Stage 3-Water Stamina: Develops intermediate self-recuse skills performed at longer distances than in previous skills.