TriDistrict Community Education

Preschool 1 (Ages 3 to 5)

Preschoolers learn to enjoy water safety and perform basic skills. 

Skills performed with flotation include:

• Enter and exit the water safely
• Submerge and explore underwater
• Glide and recover on front and back
• Float on back
• Roll over front to back, back to front
• Swim on front and back, 5 yd.

Registration tip: Upon completion of required skills, children ages 3 to 5 should register for Preschool 2.

Children ages 5 and up should register for Learn-to-Swim Lessons: Level 1.

Preschool 2 (Ages 3 to 5)

Preschoolers experience success with fundamental skills. 

Skills performed with assistance include:

• Jump into shoulder-deep water
• Submerge and explore underwater
• Float and glide on front and back
• Roll over front to back, back to front
• Tread water, 15 sec.
• Swim on front and back, 5 yd.

Prerequisite: Children must have completed Preschool 1 or have equivalent skills.

Registration tip: Upon completion of required skills, children ages 3 to 5 should register for Preschool 3.

Children, ages 5 and up should register for Learn-to-Swim Lessons: Level 2.

Preschool 3 (Ages 3-5)

Preschoolers build on the skills learned in Preschool 2.

Skills include:

• Jump into shoulder-deep water
• Holding hold breath under water, bobbing and rotary breathing
• Float and glide on front and back
• Tread water, 30 sec.
• Change direction while swimming
• Swim on front and back, 15 yd.
• Challenge skills: front crawl and elementary backstroke

Prerequisite: Children must have completed Preschool 2 or have equivalent skills.

Registration tip: Children, ages 5 and up that complete Preschool 3, should register for Learn-to-Swim Lessons: Level 2.