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Saturday October 18, 2025
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7:15 AM - 8:00 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Level 5 & 6
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Level 4
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Parent & Tot (Sat)
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Level 3
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Level 2
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Level 1
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Pre-school Level 1 (Sat)
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Pre-school Level 2 & 3 (Sat)
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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Tuesday October 21, 2025
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7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
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Water Aerobics - Fall Cardio Aerobics TuTh
Cardio-Aerobic: A medium paced class that can be modified for all levels. The pace can increased or slowed down depending on your comfort level. Includes strength and flexibility exercises.Light Cardio Aerobics: Class includes a short warm-up followed by a light cardio segment of standard calisthenics moves in shallow water. The toning portion uses a variety of equipment in both deep and shallow water. Stretching and cool down finish the hour leaving you feeling energized for the day. Equipment that we supply: bouyancy belt, hand bouys, and noodlesSuggested items to bring: water shoes and water bottle Instructors:Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday Mornings: Kasi KellyWednesday Mornings: TBDMonday & Wednesday Afternoons: Sue Boland
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8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
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Water Aerobics - Fall Cardio Aerobics TuTh
Cardio-Aerobic: A medium paced class that can be modified for all levels. The pace can increased or slowed down depending on your comfort level. Includes strength and flexibility exercises.Light Cardio Aerobics: Class includes a short warm-up followed by a light cardio segment of standard calisthenics moves in shallow water. The toning portion uses a variety of equipment in both deep and shallow water. Stretching and cool down finish the hour leaving you feeling energized for the day. Equipment that we supply: bouyancy belt, hand bouys, and noodlesSuggested items to bring: water shoes and water bottle Instructors:Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday Mornings: Kasi KellyWednesday Mornings: TBDMonday & Wednesday Afternoons: Sue Boland
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9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Pre-School Levels 1-3 (Tues)
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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bingo
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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Functional Exercise for Seniors - Functional Exercise for Seniors October
Functional fitness training is strength training that readies your body for daily activities, like bending, twisting, lifting, pushing, pulling, and squatting, but that's just the start.Our instructor Dawn Ennis, has several years of experience teaching fitness and nutrition all across Eastern CT. Dawn is a certified personal trainer and nutritional coach through ISSA and is a certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.This is not a drop in program, you must register for the entire month.
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5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
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Butts and Guts with Ab Blast - Butts and Guts with Ab Blast Fall 2 (6weeks)
A structured, circuit based class, which targets your abs, legs, and gluts. Butts and Guts is designed to achieve a mid to high aerobic level intensity. You will start this workout with a warm up circuit, and then move into multiple strength and cardio circuits. Using free weights, kettle bells, bands, stability balls, and your own body resistance. Finish off with a cool down and some stretches. Ab Blast - A high intense ab/core class designed to strengthen the mid-section and make you sweat. In only 30 minutes you will go through a variety of exercises that will fire you up and get you ready for anything!In the event of rain or too high or low temperatures outside the program will be moved to Plainfield Recreation's fitness room.
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6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
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Line Dancing - Intermediate 1st Session (7 weeks)
Beginners: Wednesday Have you always wanted to learn how to line dance? Now’s your chance! No experience needed! In this class you’ll learn how to coaster step, jazz box, vine, shuffle, and weave, in addition to learning basic line dancing terms all while making new friends. This is the perfect way to get your steps!Intermediate: TuesdayStep things up a bit in this fun intermediate class. In this class the pace is a bit faster and the steps a little more on point. We’ll build off of what was taught in the beginner’s class to put everything together for some new dances. Previous line dancing experience strongly recommend. Session 2 is a continuation of the 1st session.Advanced: Thursday Calling all line dancing lovers!!! Looking to get back in the swing of things after a year and a half off? Our Advanced line dancing is back! This class is for those who have recent dance or line dancing experience. Choreography will be a bit faster with less time focused on instruction and more time DANCING! Session 2 is a continuation of the 1st session.Session 1 must be completed in order to participate in Session 2. If you missed the 1st session you must wait till the next season to attend. You may only attend the class you are signed up for, if you would like to dance in more than one class you MUST be signed up for both classes.New Dancers to the program may join in the beginning of September and January.NO CLASSES ON:September 24thOctober 29thNovember 11thNovember 27thCheck out our free preview night September 3rdhttps://plainfieldct.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=30109
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Thursday October 23, 2025
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7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
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Water Aerobics - Fall Cardio Aerobics TuTh
Cardio-Aerobic: A medium paced class that can be modified for all levels. The pace can increased or slowed down depending on your comfort level. Includes strength and flexibility exercises.Light Cardio Aerobics: Class includes a short warm-up followed by a light cardio segment of standard calisthenics moves in shallow water. The toning portion uses a variety of equipment in both deep and shallow water. Stretching and cool down finish the hour leaving you feeling energized for the day. Equipment that we supply: bouyancy belt, hand bouys, and noodlesSuggested items to bring: water shoes and water bottle Instructors:Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday Mornings: Kasi KellyWednesday Mornings: TBDMonday & Wednesday Afternoons: Sue Boland
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8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
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Water Aerobics - Fall Cardio Aerobics TuTh
Cardio-Aerobic: A medium paced class that can be modified for all levels. The pace can increased or slowed down depending on your comfort level. Includes strength and flexibility exercises.Light Cardio Aerobics: Class includes a short warm-up followed by a light cardio segment of standard calisthenics moves in shallow water. The toning portion uses a variety of equipment in both deep and shallow water. Stretching and cool down finish the hour leaving you feeling energized for the day. Equipment that we supply: bouyancy belt, hand bouys, and noodlesSuggested items to bring: water shoes and water bottle Instructors:Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday Mornings: Kasi KellyWednesday Mornings: TBDMonday & Wednesday Afternoons: Sue Boland
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8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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Veterans' Coffee House
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9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
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Senior Outings - Old Sturbridge Village
Hit the Road with Plainfield Recreation and Senior Center! Let us help you make the most of the season with fun, affordable outings! Our mini bus will be rolling out to exciting local and semi-local destinations — perfect for enjoying good company and a change of scenery.Space is limited — advance registration is required! (9 seats + 1 Wheelchair accessible seat) Don't miss out on the fun — sign up today and let the adventures begin!
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9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Parent & Tot (Thurs)
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
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Chair Yoga - Chair Yoga October
What is chair yoga? Chair yoga is a gentle practice in which postures are performed while seated and/or with the aid of a chair. Please continue to join Mary in these weekly classes in hopes that the grant will pick up the classes again in the future.This program is no longer funded from the Town of Plainfield and the Title III grant program, funded by the Older Americans Act through Senior Resources - Eastern CT Area Agency on Aging. If you have any complaints in regards to service or treatment you are receiving please contact the Recreation Department Director (860) 564-1819 or Selectman’s Office (860) 230-3001 to resolve your complaint. If you feel your complaint is not resolved, you may contact Senior Resources - Eastern Connecticut Area Agency on Aging at (860) 887-3561.Instructed by Mary Sylvestri Our website is currently having complications with registration for this class. Please contact the Recreation Office or pay before you attend class. Sorry for the inconvenience
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6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
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Line Dancing - Advanced 1st Session (7 weeks)
Beginners: Wednesday Have you always wanted to learn how to line dance? Now’s your chance! No experience needed! In this class you’ll learn how to coaster step, jazz box, vine, shuffle, and weave, in addition to learning basic line dancing terms all while making new friends. This is the perfect way to get your steps!Intermediate: TuesdayStep things up a bit in this fun intermediate class. In this class the pace is a bit faster and the steps a little more on point. We’ll build off of what was taught in the beginner’s class to put everything together for some new dances. Previous line dancing experience strongly recommend. Session 2 is a continuation of the 1st session.Advanced: Thursday Calling all line dancing lovers!!! Looking to get back in the swing of things after a year and a half off? Our Advanced line dancing is back! This class is for those who have recent dance or line dancing experience. Choreography will be a bit faster with less time focused on instruction and more time DANCING! Session 2 is a continuation of the 1st session.Session 1 must be completed in order to participate in Session 2. If you missed the 1st session you must wait till the next season to attend. You may only attend the class you are signed up for, if you would like to dance in more than one class you MUST be signed up for both classes.New Dancers to the program may join in the beginning of September and January.NO CLASSES ON:September 24thOctober 29thNovember 11thNovember 27thCheck out our free preview night September 3rdhttps://plainfieldct.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=30109
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Saturday October 25, 2025
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7:15 AM - 8:00 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Level 5 & 6
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Level 4
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Parent & Tot (Sat)
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Level 3
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Level 2
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Level 1
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Pre-school Level 1 (Sat)
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Pre-school Level 2 & 3 (Sat)
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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Tuesday October 28, 2025
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7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
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Water Aerobics - Fall Cardio Aerobics TuTh
Cardio-Aerobic: A medium paced class that can be modified for all levels. The pace can increased or slowed down depending on your comfort level. Includes strength and flexibility exercises.Light Cardio Aerobics: Class includes a short warm-up followed by a light cardio segment of standard calisthenics moves in shallow water. The toning portion uses a variety of equipment in both deep and shallow water. Stretching and cool down finish the hour leaving you feeling energized for the day. Equipment that we supply: bouyancy belt, hand bouys, and noodlesSuggested items to bring: water shoes and water bottle Instructors:Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday Mornings: Kasi KellyWednesday Mornings: TBDMonday & Wednesday Afternoons: Sue Boland
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8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
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Water Aerobics - Fall Cardio Aerobics TuTh
Cardio-Aerobic: A medium paced class that can be modified for all levels. The pace can increased or slowed down depending on your comfort level. Includes strength and flexibility exercises.Light Cardio Aerobics: Class includes a short warm-up followed by a light cardio segment of standard calisthenics moves in shallow water. The toning portion uses a variety of equipment in both deep and shallow water. Stretching and cool down finish the hour leaving you feeling energized for the day. Equipment that we supply: bouyancy belt, hand bouys, and noodlesSuggested items to bring: water shoes and water bottle Instructors:Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday Mornings: Kasi KellyWednesday Mornings: TBDMonday & Wednesday Afternoons: Sue Boland
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9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Pre-School Levels 1-3 (Tues)
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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bingo
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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Functional Exercise for Seniors - Functional Exercise for Seniors October
Functional fitness training is strength training that readies your body for daily activities, like bending, twisting, lifting, pushing, pulling, and squatting, but that's just the start.Our instructor Dawn Ennis, has several years of experience teaching fitness and nutrition all across Eastern CT. Dawn is a certified personal trainer and nutritional coach through ISSA and is a certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.This is not a drop in program, you must register for the entire month.
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5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
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Butts and Guts with Ab Blast - Butts and Guts with Ab Blast Fall 2 (6weeks)
A structured, circuit based class, which targets your abs, legs, and gluts. Butts and Guts is designed to achieve a mid to high aerobic level intensity. You will start this workout with a warm up circuit, and then move into multiple strength and cardio circuits. Using free weights, kettle bells, bands, stability balls, and your own body resistance. Finish off with a cool down and some stretches. Ab Blast - A high intense ab/core class designed to strengthen the mid-section and make you sweat. In only 30 minutes you will go through a variety of exercises that will fire you up and get you ready for anything!In the event of rain or too high or low temperatures outside the program will be moved to Plainfield Recreation's fitness room.
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6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
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Line Dancing - Intermediate 2nd Session (6 weeks)
Beginners: Wednesday Have you always wanted to learn how to line dance? Now’s your chance! No experience needed! In this class you’ll learn how to coaster step, jazz box, vine, shuffle, and weave, in addition to learning basic line dancing terms all while making new friends. This is the perfect way to get your steps!Intermediate: TuesdayStep things up a bit in this fun intermediate class. In this class the pace is a bit faster and the steps a little more on point. We’ll build off of what was taught in the beginner’s class to put everything together for some new dances. Previous line dancing experience strongly recommend. Session 2 is a continuation of the 1st session.Advanced: Thursday Calling all line dancing lovers!!! Looking to get back in the swing of things after a year and a half off? Our Advanced line dancing is back! This class is for those who have recent dance or line dancing experience. Choreography will be a bit faster with less time focused on instruction and more time DANCING! Session 2 is a continuation of the 1st session.Session 1 must be completed in order to participate in Session 2. If you missed the 1st session you must wait till the next season to attend. You may only attend the class you are signed up for, if you would like to dance in more than one class you MUST be signed up for both classes.New Dancers to the program may join in the beginning of September and January.NO CLASSES ON:September 24thOctober 29thNovember 11thNovember 27thCheck out our free preview night September 3rdhttps://plainfieldct.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=30109
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Thursday October 30, 2025
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7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
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Water Aerobics - Fall Cardio Aerobics TuTh
Cardio-Aerobic: A medium paced class that can be modified for all levels. The pace can increased or slowed down depending on your comfort level. Includes strength and flexibility exercises.Light Cardio Aerobics: Class includes a short warm-up followed by a light cardio segment of standard calisthenics moves in shallow water. The toning portion uses a variety of equipment in both deep and shallow water. Stretching and cool down finish the hour leaving you feeling energized for the day. Equipment that we supply: bouyancy belt, hand bouys, and noodlesSuggested items to bring: water shoes and water bottle Instructors:Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday Mornings: Kasi KellyWednesday Mornings: TBDMonday & Wednesday Afternoons: Sue Boland
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8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
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Water Aerobics - Fall Cardio Aerobics TuTh
Cardio-Aerobic: A medium paced class that can be modified for all levels. The pace can increased or slowed down depending on your comfort level. Includes strength and flexibility exercises.Light Cardio Aerobics: Class includes a short warm-up followed by a light cardio segment of standard calisthenics moves in shallow water. The toning portion uses a variety of equipment in both deep and shallow water. Stretching and cool down finish the hour leaving you feeling energized for the day. Equipment that we supply: bouyancy belt, hand bouys, and noodlesSuggested items to bring: water shoes and water bottle Instructors:Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday Mornings: Kasi KellyWednesday Mornings: TBDMonday & Wednesday Afternoons: Sue Boland
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8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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Veterans' Coffee House
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9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Parent & Tot (Thurs)
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
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Chair Yoga - Chair Yoga October
What is chair yoga? Chair yoga is a gentle practice in which postures are performed while seated and/or with the aid of a chair. Please continue to join Mary in these weekly classes in hopes that the grant will pick up the classes again in the future.This program is no longer funded from the Town of Plainfield and the Title III grant program, funded by the Older Americans Act through Senior Resources - Eastern CT Area Agency on Aging. If you have any complaints in regards to service or treatment you are receiving please contact the Recreation Department Director (860) 564-1819 or Selectman’s Office (860) 230-3001 to resolve your complaint. If you feel your complaint is not resolved, you may contact Senior Resources - Eastern Connecticut Area Agency on Aging at (860) 887-3561.Instructed by Mary Sylvestri Our website is currently having complications with registration for this class. Please contact the Recreation Office or pay before you attend class. Sorry for the inconvenience
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6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
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Line Dancing - Advanced 2nd Session (6 weeks)
Beginners: Wednesday Have you always wanted to learn how to line dance? Now’s your chance! No experience needed! In this class you’ll learn how to coaster step, jazz box, vine, shuffle, and weave, in addition to learning basic line dancing terms all while making new friends. This is the perfect way to get your steps!Intermediate: TuesdayStep things up a bit in this fun intermediate class. In this class the pace is a bit faster and the steps a little more on point. We’ll build off of what was taught in the beginner’s class to put everything together for some new dances. Previous line dancing experience strongly recommend. Session 2 is a continuation of the 1st session.Advanced: Thursday Calling all line dancing lovers!!! Looking to get back in the swing of things after a year and a half off? Our Advanced line dancing is back! This class is for those who have recent dance or line dancing experience. Choreography will be a bit faster with less time focused on instruction and more time DANCING! Session 2 is a continuation of the 1st session.Session 1 must be completed in order to participate in Session 2. If you missed the 1st session you must wait till the next season to attend. You may only attend the class you are signed up for, if you would like to dance in more than one class you MUST be signed up for both classes.New Dancers to the program may join in the beginning of September and January.NO CLASSES ON:September 24thOctober 29thNovember 11thNovember 27thCheck out our free preview night September 3rdhttps://plainfieldct.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=30109
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Saturday November 1, 2025
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7:15 AM - 8:00 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Level 5 & 6
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Level 4
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Parent & Tot (Sat)
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Level 3
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Level 2
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Level 1
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Pre-school Level 1 (Sat)
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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American Red Cross Swim Lessons - Fall Pre-school Level 2 & 3 (Sat)
Parent & Tot (age: 6 months-2 years and 11 months): This course is to familiarize children with the water and prepare them to participate in the learn to swim courses. It is not designed to teach children to become good swimmers or to survive in the water. Children will have the opportunity to explore floating, blowing bubbles, and rolling from back to front in the water in a safe comfortable manner. Parent or other care giver must accompany each child into the water and participate in each class.Preschool Level 1 (age: 3-5): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Blowing bubbles and breath control. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the wall.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 2 (age: 3-5): Builds upon the basic skills acquired in Preschool Level 1. Works on building strength and endurance to achieve more independence while swimming. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Back float and front float, gliding on front and back, rolling from front to back and back to front, and breath control. Introduction to treading water, elementary backstroke arms, and rotary breathing.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, wearing a lifejacket and how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Preschool Level 3 (age: 3-5): Continues to build on the skill previously learned as well as an introduction to strokes and building endurance swimming independently. All skills at this level are mostly independent.Skills Taught: Independent front and back float, swimming on back and front independently and changing direction while swimming. Treading water, elementary backstroke and introduction to front crawl.Safety Topics: Danger of drains, “Look before you leap”, what to do when you get too tired.Level 1-Introduction to Water Skills (age: 6-12): Focuses on being safe around the water and having the children become comfortable and confident while being in the water.Skills Taught: Basic water safety rules. Exhaling underwater and bobbing. Submerging mouth, nose and eyes. Opening eyes underwater to retrieve an object. Floating on front and back. Swimming on front and back while using arm and leg motions. Jumping in and climbing out via the deck. Discuss and demonstrate how to use a lifejacket.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, how to recognize an emergency and call for help.Level 2-Fundamental Aquatics Skills (age: 6-12): Works on building strength and endurance while swimming and introduces students to strokes. Students must be able to submerge fully comfortably.Skills Taught: Strengthening the flutter kick on both back and front. Learning the elementary backstroke arms with the whip kick. Introduction to rotary breathing with front crawl arms. Treading water.Safety Topics: To be safe in and around the water, recognizing lifeguards and practicing sun safety.Level 3-Stroke Development (age: 6-12): Builds on the skills learned in level 2 while introducing new strokes.Skills Taught: Elementary backstroke, front crawl, back crawl, introduction to the sidestroke with the scissor kick. Dolphin kick. Treading water.Safety Topics: “Look before you leap”, perform a simple non-swimming assist and how to recognize, prevent, and respond in cold water emergencies.Level 4-Stroke Improvement (age: 6-14): Develop confidence and endurance learned in level 3 while improving other aquatic skills.Skills Taught: Swimming underwater, feet first surface dive, survival swimming, front crawl and backstroke open turns, and treading water using two different kicks. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and introduction to butterfly. Flutter and dolphin kicks on back.Safety Topics: What to do when exhausted or caught in a dangerous situation. Recreational water illness-what they are and how to prevent them.Level 5- Stroke Refinement (age: 6-14): Provides further coordination and refinement of strokes.Skills Taught: Tuck and pike surface dives, submerge completely. Front flip turn and backstroke flip turn while swimming. Front and back crawl, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke and butterfly.Safety Topics: Review above topics, how to call for help and the importance of knowing first aid and CPR.Level 6-Fitness Swimming (age: 6-14): Refines the strokes so that students swim with ease, efficiency, and power.Skills Taught: Endurance swimming in the following strokes: front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, elementary backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke. Refine open turns and flip turns for all strokes.Adult Swim-Learning the Basics (age 18+): Help participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming skills. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. There are no skill prerequisites.Goals: Increase comfort level in the water, experience breath control and buoyancy and finally working on moving through the water. Adult Swim-Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes (age 18+): Improving proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the six basic swimming strokes. Learn skills and concepts needed to stay safe around the water. Prerequisites: Must be comfortable in chest-deep water, able to put face in the water comfortably and perform stokes that can be recognized as the front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke.Goals: Improve fundamental aquatic skills, effectiveness and efficiency of swimming strokes and also improve swimming endurance.
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Wednesday November 5, 2025
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8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
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Water Aerobics - Fall Light Cardio Aerobics W
Cardio-Aerobic: A medium paced class that can be modified for all levels. The pace can increased or slowed down depending on your comfort level. Includes strength and flexibility exercises.Light Cardio Aerobics: Class includes a short warm-up followed by a light cardio segment of standard calisthenics moves in shallow water. The toning portion uses a variety of equipment in both deep and shallow water. Stretching and cool down finish the hour leaving you feeling energized for the day. Equipment that we supply: bouyancy belt, hand bouys, and noodlesSuggested items to bring: water shoes and water bottle Instructors:Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday Mornings: Kasi KellyWednesday Mornings: TBDMonday & Wednesday Afternoons: Sue Boland
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9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
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10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
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Matinee Magic - 11/5 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Looking for a fun way to spend your Wednesday morning? Matinee Magic invites you to enjoy classic films and engaging documentaries a few times each month in the Art Room, these free matinee screenings are the perfect chance to unwind, connect with others, and celebrate a shared love of cinema. Bring a friend, bring a snack, and settle in for a great film experience — all at no cost!Wednesday October 1st @ 10:30am (movie) Practical MagicSisters Sally and Gillian Owens, descended from a long line of witches. Raised by their aunts after their parents' death from a family curse, the sisters were taught the uses of practical magic as they grew up. As adults, Sally and Gillian must use their magic to destroy the evil spirit of Gillian's abusive boyfriend before it kills them.Wednesday October 15th @ 10:30am (documentary)The Real Story of Halloween: History Channel filmThis is a Halloween Documentary that covers the origins of Halloween Traditions and decorations.Wednesday November 5th @ 10:30am (movie)The Best Exotic Marigold HotelSeveral British retirees decide to move to Jaipur, India, to stay in the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, advertised as an exotic retirement home. Evelyn Greenslade, a widowed housewife, must sell her house to pay off her husband's debts; Graham Dashwood, a High Court judge who lived in Jaipur as a child, abruptly retires to return there; Jean and Douglas Ainslie hope to have an affordable retirement, after investing in their daughter's internet business; Muriel Donnelly, a former housekeeper, decides to have a hip operation in India to avoid waiting times; Madge Hardcastle, after several unsuccessful marriages, searches for new romance overseas; and Norman Cousins, an aging lothario, attempts to relive his youth.Wednesday November 19th @ 10:30am (documentary) Forgotten War, The Struggle for North AmericaThree powers clashed in an epic struggle for North America two hundred and fifty years ago. The French and Indian War determined which great European empire would control the gateway to the West and the crucial highway of rivers and lakes connecting New York and Montreal. An international panel of experts digs beneath the familiar history and sheds new light on this long-ago conflict.Wednesday December 10th @ 10:30am (movie) Christmas HeroWhen a young war vet returns home from Afghanistan, he struggles to find joy in the life he once knew. As he comes close to giving up all hope , his guardian angel pays a visit to show him there's more meaning to his life than he ever knew.
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4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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Water Aerobics - Fall Cardio Aerobics MW
Cardio-Aerobic: A medium paced class that can be modified for all levels. The pace can increased or slowed down depending on your comfort level. Includes strength and flexibility exercises.Light Cardio Aerobics: Class includes a short warm-up followed by a light cardio segment of standard calisthenics moves in shallow water. The toning portion uses a variety of equipment in both deep and shallow water. Stretching and cool down finish the hour leaving you feeling energized for the day. Equipment that we supply: bouyancy belt, hand bouys, and noodlesSuggested items to bring: water shoes and water bottle Instructors:Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday Mornings: Kasi KellyWednesday Mornings: TBDMonday & Wednesday Afternoons: Sue Boland
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5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
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Line Dancing - NEW Beginners 2nd session (6 weeks)
Beginners: Wednesday Have you always wanted to learn how to line dance? Now’s your chance! No experience needed! In this class you’ll learn how to coaster step, jazz box, vine, shuffle, and weave, in addition to learning basic line dancing terms all while making new friends. This is the perfect way to get your steps!Intermediate: TuesdayStep things up a bit in this fun intermediate class. In this class the pace is a bit faster and the steps a little more on point. We’ll build off of what was taught in the beginner’s class to put everything together for some new dances. Previous line dancing experience strongly recommend. Session 2 is a continuation of the 1st session.Advanced: Thursday Calling all line dancing lovers!!! Looking to get back in the swing of things after a year and a half off? Our Advanced line dancing is back! This class is for those who have recent dance or line dancing experience. Choreography will be a bit faster with less time focused on instruction and more time DANCING! Session 2 is a continuation of the 1st session.Session 1 must be completed in order to participate in Session 2. If you missed the 1st session you must wait till the next season to attend. You may only attend the class you are signed up for, if you would like to dance in more than one class you MUST be signed up for both classes.New Dancers to the program may join in the beginning of September and January.NO CLASSES ON:September 24thOctober 29thNovember 11thNovember 27thCheck out our free preview night September 3rdhttps://plainfieldct.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=30109
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6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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Flexiblity Fitness - Flexibilty Fitness Fall 2 (6 weeks)
What is Flexibility fitness? Fitness with bands for all levels of resistance, and all levels of fitness.
Resistance band workout is a strength training session that utilizes elastic bands to provide resistance during exercises, allowing for a full-body workout by targeting various muscle groups through movements like pulls, presses, and stretches, all while maintaining constant tension on the muscles throughout the range of motion.When the weather is nice join Dawn at the Lion's Park next to the Town Hall, if it is too hot or raining then class will be inside at Plainfield Recreation.
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6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
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Line Dancing - Beginners 2nd Session (6 weeks)
Beginners: Wednesday Have you always wanted to learn how to line dance? Now’s your chance! No experience needed! In this class you’ll learn how to coaster step, jazz box, vine, shuffle, and weave, in addition to learning basic line dancing terms all while making new friends. This is the perfect way to get your steps!Intermediate: TuesdayStep things up a bit in this fun intermediate class. In this class the pace is a bit faster and the steps a little more on point. We’ll build off of what was taught in the beginner’s class to put everything together for some new dances. Previous line dancing experience strongly recommend. Session 2 is a continuation of the 1st session.Advanced: Thursday Calling all line dancing lovers!!! Looking to get back in the swing of things after a year and a half off? Our Advanced line dancing is back! This class is for those who have recent dance or line dancing experience. Choreography will be a bit faster with less time focused on instruction and more time DANCING! Session 2 is a continuation of the 1st session.Session 1 must be completed in order to participate in Session 2. If you missed the 1st session you must wait till the next season to attend. You may only attend the class you are signed up for, if you would like to dance in more than one class you MUST be signed up for both classes.New Dancers to the program may join in the beginning of September and January.NO CLASSES ON:September 24thOctober 29thNovember 11thNovember 27thCheck out our free preview night September 3rdhttps://plainfieldct.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=30109
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