Explore Our Classes
Our classes consist of thirty minute lessons centered around core skill mastery and water safety. Ranging from six months & up, Little Flippers has a class for every swimmer.
PARENT & ME
PARENT TOT I
AGE: 6 - 18 MONTHS
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Ratio: up to 6 swimmers, 1 instructor
Tuition: Varies By Location
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Core Skills: breath control, buoyancy, balance, and relaxed movement in the water
Goals: focus on relaxed movement in the water with an emphasis on breath control, buoyancy, and back float, while equipping the parents/caregivers with methods to use at home
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Need-to-Knows: active parent involvement (in the water), tears are normal, re-usable swim diaper required.
PARENT TOT II
AGE: 19 - 30 MONTHS
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Ratio: up to 6 swimmers, 1 instructor
Tuition: Varies By Location
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Core Skills: increase breath control, buoyancy, emphasis on back float with an introduction to water safety
Goals: focus on relaxed movement in the water with an emphasis on increased breath control, and buoyancy while equipping the parents/caregivers with water safety skills to use at home
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Need-to-Knows: active parent involvement (in the water), tears are normal, re-usable swim diaper required.
INSTRUCTOR & ME
BEGINNER TODDLER
AGE: 2 - 3 YEARS
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Ratio: up to 2 swimmers, 1 instructor
Tuition: Varies By Location
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Core Skills: body positioning, breath control, back float, and water safety skills
Goals: unassisted back float while continuing to increase breath control, relaxed movement in the water and Beginner I water safety
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Need-To-Knows: possible parent involvement, tears are normal, re-usable swim diaper required for children not yet potty-trained.
BEGINNER I
AGE: 3+ YEARS
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Ratio: up to 3 swimmers, 1 instructor
Tuition: Varies By Location
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Core Skills: body positioning, breath control, back float, and water safety skills
Goals: unassisted back float while continuing to increase breath control, relaxed movement in the water and Beginner I water safety
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Need-To-Knows: possible parent involvement, tears are normal, re-usable swim diaper required for children not yet potty-trained.
BEGINNER II
AGE: 3+ YEARS
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Ratio: up to 3 swimmers, 1 instructor
Tuition: Varies By Location
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Core Skills: unassisted back float while continuing to increase breath control, relaxed movement in the water and Beginner I water safety skills .
Goals: kicking, rolling onto their back, increased breath control, unassisted back float and basic safety skills. Swim unassisted from 5-8 feet out to the side of the pool, stand on the step and climb out of the pool independently.
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Prerequisites: graduated from the Beginner I class at LFS, independent back float.
Need-To-Knows: re-usable swim diaper required for children non-potty-trained children.
Intermediate I
AGE: 3+ YEARS
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Ratio: up to 3 swimmers, 1 instructor
Tuition: Varies By Location
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Core Skills: consistent bubbles, dive for rings, kicks and arms, back float.
Goals: continue individualized instruction on kicking, reaching arms, diving for rings and back float test. Strong back float with increased stamina for longer distance swimming (8-10 feet.)
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Prerequisites: graduated from the Beginner II Class at LFS, swim unassisted from 8 feet out to the side of the pool, proficient independent roll into back float and able to climb out of the pool independently.
Intermediate II
AGE: 3+ YEARS
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Ratio: up to 3 swimmers, 1 instructor
Tuition: Varies By Location
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Core Skills: begin rhythmic breathing while continuing to develop a confident backyard swimmer.
Goals: increase stamina for longer distance swimming (25-30 feet), freestyle arms and freestyle straight leg kicks, unassisted in-water dive with ascension into a float, unassisted swim-roll-float 30 feet.
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Prerequisites: graduated from the Intermediate I Class at LFS, swim unassisted from 8 - 10 feet out to the side of the pool.
COACH & ME
TECHNIQUE I
AGE: 4+ YEARS
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Ratio: up to 4 swimmers, 1 instructor
Tuition: Varies By Location
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Core Skills: side breath, freestyle kicks and arms, backstroke kicks and arms, treading water.
Goals: freestyle with confident side breath, backstroke kicks, arms and timing, treading water for 45 seconds with head above water and independent submerge.
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Prerequisites: graduated from the Intermediate II Class at LFS, swim-roll-float 30 feet.
TECHNIQUE II
AGE: 4+ YEARS
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Ratio: up to 4 swimmers, 1 instructor
Tuition: Varies By Location
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Core Skills: backstroke timing, breaststroke legal kicks, arms, and timing.
Goals: breaststroke kick, arms and timing, 2 hand touch/turn, treading water for 2 minutes with head above water, competitive dive.
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Prerequisites: graduated from the Technique I Class at LFS, freestyle and backstroke. May require a swim assessment. Goggles required.
TECHNIQUE III
AGE: 4+ YEARS
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Ratio: up to 4 swimmers, 1 instructor
Tuition: Varies By Location
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Core Skills: breaststroke two hand touch, butterfly kicks, arms.
Goals: butterfly kicks, arms, 2 hand touch/turn and timing, flip turns, IM (Fly-Back-Breast-Free), continue work on competitive dive.
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Prerequisites: graduated from the Technique II Class at LFS, breaststroke. May require a swim assessment.