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Parent and Child Aquatics

Level 1 
Parent and Child Aquatics Level 1 Newsletter

In Parent and Child Aquatics Level 1, great experiences and fun activities are provided to teach infants and young children to:

  • Feel comfortable in the water.
  • Enter and exit the water safely.
  • Explore breath control and submerging.
  • Explore floating on the front and back.
  • Change body position in the water.
  • Play safely in the water.
  • Experience wearing a life jacket.

Parents, you also learn:

  • How to properly supervise children and maintain safe behavior in, on, and around the water.
  • How to hold and support your child in the water.
  • How to select and fit a U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket for your child.
  • Valuable water safety information to make your family safer in, on, and around the water
Level 2 
Parent and Child Aquatics Level 2 Newsletter

In the Parent and Child Aquatics Level 2 course, great experiences and fun activities will be provided to allow your child to:

  • Learn more ways to enter and exit the water safely.
  • Retrieve objects below the surface and submerged objects with eyes opened.
  • Glide on the front and back with assistance.
  • Perform combined arm and leg actions on front and back with assistance.
  • Change body position in the water.
  • Experience wearing a life jacket in the water.