Builds on the skills in Level 2 and improves participants’ coordination of simultaneous arm and leg actions and alternating arm and leg actions.

• Enter water by jumping in

• Fully submerging and holding breath

• Bobbing

• Front, jellyfish and tuck floats

• Back float and glide

• Recover from a front and back float or glide to avertical position

• Change direction of travel while swimming on front or back

• Tread water using arm and leg actions

• Combined arm and leg actions on front and back

• Finning arm action on back

• Staying safe around aquatic environments

• Don’t just pack it, wear your jacket

• Recognizing an emergency

• How to call for help

• Too much sun is no fun

• Look before you leap

• Think so you don’t sink

• Reach or throw, don’t go

Exit Skills Assessment*

1. Step from the side into chest-deep water, push off the bottom, move into a treading or floating position for 15 seconds, swim on front and/or back for 5 body lengths, then exit the water.

2. Move into a back float for 15 seconds, roll to front, then recover to a vertical position.

3. Push off and swim using combined arm and leg actions on front for 5 body lengths, roll to back, float for 15 seconds, roll to front, then continue swimming for 5 body lengths.

* All Preschool Aquatics Level 3 skills are done INDEPENDENTLY

Please no goggles for the for the PRE-K levels.