Safety, survival, and swimming skills for ages 5+

Children ages 5 and older are taught with the same focus as the Aquatic Education 0-4 level lessons and progress to learning fundamentals of the American Red Cross' Water Safety Instruction (WSI) program to help them enjoy their time in the water safely and in a wide range of ways. Through these lessons, they'll learn basic safety, survival and swimming skills, as well as:

• Higher-level swim skills that help prepare people of all ages for any aquatic activity
• Stroke mechanics for all competitive strokes as well as starts, turns and headfirst entries
• Fundamentals of diving from a diving board
• Hydrodynamics, including why some things float, resistance to movement and creating movement in water, swimming efficiency and laws of levers

In addition to the WSI program, the TRUST program is also available as a precursor for those students who are fearful of the water.