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
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, independently leave the step, 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
TODDLER
AGE: 2 YEARS
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Ratio: up to 2 swimmers, 1 instructor
Tuition: Varies By Location
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Our Toddler classes teach all of the same skills included in the corresponding level. The main difference is our smaller class size.
With only two swimmers per class, instructors can provide more individualized attention, build stronger connections, and better manage the needs of young swimmers.
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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, flip turns, treading water.
Goals: freestyle with confident side breath, 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.