Swim Lesson Objectives
TOO MANY PARENTS THINK THAT WHEN THEIR CHILD CAN SWIM UNDERWATER THAT THEY DON’T NEED ANY MORE LESSONS!
Does your swim school experience this problem? Of course it’s not only a problem for swim school business, it’s a very serious problem for the child’s safety. I would like to share with you today a couple ideas I have when it comes to SWIM LESSON OBJECTIVES.
Number one, I have created a motivational awards bracelet system that includes a safety component: Water Safety System.
Number two, I have developed a set of Benchmarks/Swimming Proficiency Test Questions to help swim parents understand not only the importance of learning to swim, but what children are capable of and should learn at a variety of given ages. Here they are:
Would your child survive?
Only automobile accidents take more lives than drowning for children ages 1-14. How well does your child swim? Would your child survive an accidental fall into the water?
Can your child pass the following swim tests?
1 – 2 years olds: Can your child comfortably hold his breath and swim a short distance for up to 5 seconds? Pass / Fail
2 – 3 years olds: Can your child get back to the side of the pool from a standing entry? Pass / Fail
3 – 4 years olds: Can your child swim with the face in the water and get a breath when needed for at least 15 feet? Pass / Fail
5 – 6 years olds: Can your child swim 25 yards of backstroke and freestyle with side breathing? Pass / Fail
6 – 8 years olds: Can your child swim 100 yards using a variety of formal strokes? Pass / Fail
Your child is capable of the above Swim Lessons University ™benchmarks. Help reduce your child’s risk of drowning by helping your child achieve those benchmarks, using the Note & Float ™system, and following the “Safer 3!”
Learning to swim saves lives. Give your child a life-time gift–teach him/her to swim!
Of course there are children who may accomplish these objectives earlier, and some who enroll later. Nevertheless, this gives your new parents of young children especially a set of reasonable Swim Lessons Objectives or benchmarks for their child.
August 11, 2010 at 1:26 pm Comments (2)
