Preschool Swimmers

We can't wait to dive in with your preschooler! Our preschool program is for kids age 3-5 and offers four swimming levels. Take a look at our session dates below, then choose your swimming level to sign up!

March Sessions

Registration opens February 1 at 12:00pm

 

Monday/Wednesday, March 3 - March 26 (Oakland Y and Pleasant Hill Y)

Monday/Wednesday, March 3 - March 19 (Berkeley Y only)

Tuesday/Thursday, March 4 — March 27 (Oakland Y and Pleasant Hill Y)

Tuesday/Thursday, March 4 — March 20 (Berkeley Y only)

Saturday, March 1 — March 22

 

April Sessions

Registration opens March 1 at 12:00pm

 

Monday/Wednesday, April 7 – April 30

Tuesday/Thursday, April 8 – May 1

Saturday, April 5 – April 26

 

May Sessions

Registration opens April 1st at 12:00pm

 

Monday/Wednesday, May 5 – May 28 (no class 5/26)

Tuesday/Thursday, May 6 – May 29

Saturday, May 3 – May 31 (no class 5/24)

 

Pike

Level: PS1 (Beg. I, Ages 3-5)
 
No prior swim lesson experience required.

Level objectives: Water acclimation, breath control, submerging, front and back floats, intro to front crawl arms and flutter kicks.
 
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Eel

Level: PS2 (Beg. II, Ages 3-5)
 
Prerequisites: comfortable submerging underwater, floating with minimal help on front and back, knows flutter kicks, pushes off the wall independently.

Level objectives: Independent front & back floats with recovery to standing, flutter kicks in streamline on front, pushes off wall on front and back independently, swims on front with face in the water, and intro to elementary backstroke.
 
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Ray

Level: PS3 (Ages 3-5)
 
Prerequisites: Independent front float (5 seconds), back float (10 seconds), front and back glides with kicks, and combined stroke on front.

Level objectives: Streamline glides on front and back, intro to side breathing, swims combined stroke on front 10-15 feet, elementary backstroke 10-15 feet, and intro to backstroke.
 
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Starfish

PS4: Starfish (Ages 3-5)
 
Prerequisites: Streamline glides on front and back, intro to side breathing, combined stroke on front for 10-15 feet, elementary backstroke for 10-15 feet, and intro to backstroke.

Level Objectives: Streamline glide into front crawl, streamline glide into backstroke, front crawl with side breathing for 30 feet, backstroke for 30 feet, elementary backstroke for 30 feet, intro to whip kick (breaststroke kick), whip kick for 15 feet, intro to treading water, treading water 15-30 seconds, and deep water orientation (where depth allows).
 
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