Red Cross Swim Kids

Breathing: rhythmic breathing, 5 times
Floats:

• Front float and recovery 3 seconds
• Back float and recovery 3 seconds
• Rollover floats 6 seconds (assisted)

Glides:

• Front glide 3 seconds
• Front glide with kick 5 seconds
• Back glide 3 seconds
• Back glide with kick 5 seconds
• Rollover glides 6 seconds (assisted)

• Site orientation and supervision
• EMS
• Shallow water entries/exits
• Submerge head
• Exhale through mouth and/ nose
  

Breathing: rhythmic breathing, 10 times, 2 ways
Floats:

• Front float, 5 sec.
• Back float, 5 sec.

Glides:

• Front glide with flutter kick, 3 x 5 m (in one lesson)
• Back glide with flutter kick, 3 x 5 m (in one lesson)
• Side glide with flutter kick, 3 m (assisted)
• Rollover glide with flutter kick, 6 sec.

• Site rules
• Intro to PFD/Lifejacket
• Weight transfer - shallow water
• Deep water activities (assisted

Breathing: rhythmic breathing, 15 times
Glides:

• Front glide with flutter kick, 3 x 10 m (in one lesson)
• Back glide with flutter kick, 3 x 10 m (in one lesson)
• Side glide with flutter kick, 5 sec.
• Front glide/side glide combo
• Front Crawl 3x5 m

• When and where to swim
• Weight transfer, shallow water
• Deep end floats, 5 sec.
• Change direction, deep water
• Surface support, 20 sec., deep water
• Sitting dive

Breathing: rhythmic breathing, 15 times(Front Crawl Specific)
Glides:

• Front glide/side glide combo
• Back glide and kick and shoulder roll, 3 x 10 m (in one lesson)
• Front Crawl 3x10 m (in one lesson)

• Self-safety
• Show how to contact EMS
• Safe-safety – safe diving
• Disorientating entries
• Kneeling dive
• Surface support, deep water, 45 sec.
  

• Rhythmic breathing, 15 times, 2 ways
• Front crawl, 3 x 15 m (in one lesson
• Back crawl, 3 x 15 m (in one lesson
• Intro to whip kick on back, 3x5 m (in one lesson)

• How to be a safe boater
• Staying warm
• Cold water HELP/HUDDLE
• Intro to sculling, shallow water
• Tread water, 1 min.
• Stride dive

• Front crawl, 3 x 25 m (in one lesson
• Back crawl, 3 x 25 m (in one lesson)
• Elementary back stroke,
• 3 x 15 m (in one lesson)

• Causes of boating incidents
• When and where to go on ice
• Victim recognition and simulation
• Throwing assist without a line
• Head-first sculling on back, 5 m
• Tread water, deep water, 1:30
• Front dive
  

• Front crawl, 50 m (in one lesson)
• Back crawl, 50 m (in one lesson)
• Elementary back stroke, 3 x 25 m (in one lesson)
• Front scull, 3 x 5 m (in one lesson)
• Whip kick on front, arms extended, 3 x 15 m (in one lesson)

• Partial and complete airway obstruction
• Chocking rescue – conscious person
• Throwing assist with a line
• Reaching assist with an aid
• Head-first sculling on back, 10 m

• Front crawl, 75 m
• Back crawl, 75 m
• Elementary back stroke, 50 m
• Breast stroke, 3 x 25 m (in one lesson)

• Hypothermia
• Dangers on open water
• Rescue breathing, adult and child
• Feet-first surface dive
• Stride entry

• Front crawl, 100 m
• Back crawl, 100 m
• Elementary back stroke, 50 m
• Breast stroke, 3 x 25 m (in one lesson)

• Traveling legs, only 3 min.
• Combo of stroke drills

• Wise choices – peer influence
• Complications of rescue breathing
• Boating regulations
• Self-rescue – fallen through ice
• Head-first surface dive
• Standing shallow dive

• Front crawl, 100 m
• Back crawl, 100 m
• Elementary back stroke, 50 m
• Breast stroke, 50 m

• butterfly drill, 3 x 10 m
• sidestroke

• Sun smart
• Ice rescue from safe zone
• Statistically Speaking: Drowning
• Next steps
• Head/ feet first surface dive with underwater swim 2 m