Contact NSU Aquatics
For more information, please contact Tiffany McChesney, Assistant Director for Operations. (954) 262-6807 or tmmchesn@nova.edu.
Swim lessons are on a hiatus. Please check back at a later time!
Purpose
To familiarize young children (from ages 6 months to about 3 years) with the water and prepare them to learn to swim in the American Red Cross Preschool Aquatics or Learn-to-Swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water on their own.
Prerequisites
Learning Objectives
Pre-School Aquatics Level 1
To orient preschool-age children to the aquatic environment and to help them acquire rudimentary levels of basic aquatic skills.
Pre-School Aquatics Level 2
To build on the basic aquatic skills learned in PSA Level 1.
Pre-School Aquatics Level 3
To increase proficiency and build on the basic aquatic skills learned in Levels 1 and 2 by providing additional guided practice with increased distances and times
Level 1 – Introduction to Water Skills
To begin developing positive attitudes, good swimming habits and safe practices in and around the water
Level 2 – Fundamental Aquatic Skills
To give participants success with fundamental skills, including learning how to float without support and to recover to a vertical position
Level 3 – Stroke Development
To build on the skills in Level 2 by providing additional guided practice in deeper water
Level 4 – Stroke Improvement
To develop participants’ confidence in the strokes learned in Level 3 and to improve other aquatic skills
For additional information, please contact recwell@nova.edu