Every child learns a physical skill at his or her own pace. The swimming lessons we offer help each child to recognize his or her full swimming potential at a comfortable speed. Our lessons are divided according to skill as well as age. When parents register for lessons they are asked a series of questions that will help our experienced front desk staff determine into which level the child should be placed. When a child has successfully demonstrated that he can complete each of the skills for his current level, the instructor will promote him to the next level. Report cards and skill ribbons are a great way for children to celebrate their new found accomplishments.

Sea Star's instructors go through a rigorous training program that enables them to assist your child through each of the levels. Parents, children, and instructors feel a sense of pride as a child progresses into the next level.  

Levels

Sea Squirt 1 (6 mo - 36 mo) ratio - 5:1  

This is our parent child class. A mother, father, grandparent, or other care giver participates in the pool along with baby. Our instructors teach water adjustment skills that help the little one become acclimated with the pool environment. Water safety is a large portion of these lessons. Babies become familiar with what to do in the event that they fall in the pool accidentally. Class also focuses on floating independently. This class also prepares the children to transition into one of our standard group lessons, an example is sitting on step and waiting for their turn.    Other skills learned in this class include blowing bubbles, floating, horizontal body positioning, and submersion. This is a great time for parents to bond with their children while learning a lifelong skill. 
 

Sea Squirt 2 (30 mo - 36 mo) ratio - 3:1

This level is intended for children who have successfully completed the Sea Squirt 1 class and are ready to transition into a class without a guardian in the water. Children in this class progress to swimming 5 to 8 feet independently with a focus on learning to consistently roll over to get a breath in the floating position. These children also work on pool entry and exit as well as retrieving toys from the pool floor along with continuing to work on their lifesaving techniques. 
 

Starfish (3/4) (5/6) (7+) ratio - 4:1

Our starfish class is for the children that come to us with little to no swimming experience and a fear of the water. The instructors use this class to focus on water adjustment as well as basic lifesaving skills. Children should become comfortable in the water and learn skills such as entering and exiting the pool, blowing bubbles, kicking, and submersion. 
 

Goldfish (3/4) (5/6) (7+) ratio - 4:1  

Children assigned to this level usually have little swimming experience but have no fear of the water. The key emphasis in this class is learning respect for the water along with all the safety skills that accompany it. Children learn to float on their backs for safety before learning how to roll from a face down position to a face up position in the water. The lessons also focus on kicking, breath control, using "big arms", retrieving toys from under the water, and entering and exiting the pool. 
 

Clownfish (3/4) (5/6) (7+) ratio - 4:1  

This is the class where you start to see your swimmer making their way across the pool. These children have mastered the art of propelling themselves through the water and are beginning to perfect their breathing techniques. This class perfects arm motions as well as kicking form. Children also learn how to easily get a breath by rolling to their backs and then back to their stomachs to consistently travel the width of the pool on their own. Backstroke is introduced in this class. 
 

Seahorse (3/4) (5/6) (7+) ratio - 4:1  

When children achieve promotion into this class they are ready to start working on side-breathing, otherwise known as freestyle. The instructors at Sea Star have many drills to assist each student transition from rolling over to get a breath to turning to the side for that breath. Students also practice diving from a kneeling position, treading water, and better backstroke technique. This is the first level to start swimming the lenth of the pool.
 

Angelfish (5/6) (7+) ratio - 4:1  

Swimmers in this class have shown a proficiency for freestyle and backstroke and are ready to begin butterfly. Along with butterfly this class works on perfecting the students other skills as well as learning the basics for both freestyle and backstroke flip-turns. 
 

Dolphin (5/6) (7+) ratio - 4:1  

After accomplishing the task of understanding the concept and rythum of butterfly we promote the children to the Dolphin level where they begin learning breaststroke. Flip-turns and treading water are perfected in this class as well. Freestyle, backstroke, and butterfly skills are still practiced in this level as well. 
 

Shark (7+) ratio - 4:1  

Students who have made it to this level are typically on a swim team and are working on improving their times. This level is for swimmers who are interested in perfecting their strokes. They must have a strong working knowledge of each of the strokes in order to graduate to this level. The instructors tailor this class to the refinement of the strokes that the student most needs. This level also introduces the Individual Medley, or the combination of all four strokes into a 100 meter course. Endurance, turns, starts, and speed are all major focuses of this class. The instructors for this level are experts in stroke correction and time improvement. 
 

Adult Lessons ratio - 3:1  

These classes are divided into beginner and advanced levels. The instructors for the adult lessons help clients with everything from overcoming fear of the water to stroke correction and time improvement for triathletes. 
 

Swim Team Prep ratio - 6:1  

Sea Star swimmers have the swim team advantage because every Tuesday at 4pm, Wednesday at 7pm, and Thursday at 6pm, our hour swim team prep course focuses on starts, flip turns, finishes, circle swimming, taking directions from a coach, swimming for speed, and endurance. If your child is out of practice, or has never been on a swim team before, this class is the perfect way to prepare before the season starts.  Click here for more information.

Report Card

Our report card is completed during each session. For each level the student must complete a list of skills before they can move on to the next level! Please know it is very common for a student to repeat a level several times before accomplishing all of the skills in a level we do not consider this as failing a level, instead we try to focus on all of the small accomplishments with in each level that the student has completed!