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Grade 3


Description
The student will learn to roll into the water from a stable back float and then swim to a destination. The objective is for student to do an assisted Swim-Float-Swim, connecting all the sub-skills that they have previously learned, first through the use of Teaching Aids and Teacher Touch, followed by the ability to cooperatively do this with teaching aids only. They should be able to learn without needing to have the parent in the pool. This is a transition phase between PARENT-TOT Grade 3 grads that will prepare them for GRADE 4 privates and the option to enroll in GRADE 4 multi-student 30 minute classes.
Content
  • Assisted Swim-Float-Swim
  • SUPPLEMENT: GRADE 3 Study Guide Questions only - for print
  • GRADE 2 and 3 Prerequisite & Objective (Review)
  • Description
  • Goggles and Fins
  • Begin using Goggles and Fins
  • Toe Point w Fins on top of Kick mat - Flutter Kick Fix (Edit)
  • Motor Boat
  • Teaching Aids: MOTOR BOAT w/ 4 Rings, Crown, Shark Fin on the top step
  • SUPPLEMENT: MOTOR BOAT w/ 4 Rings, Crown, Shark Fin on the top step
  • Toe Point Stretch practice
  • SUPER POLLIWOG & SUPER DUPER POLLIWOG
  • Description
  • The two different Polliwogs (GRADE 1 VS GRADE 3)
  • "Forced" kicking for Super Polliwog + Front & Lateral Launch into it
  • SUPPLEMENT: Teaching parent to teach Polliwog skills & beyond
  • SUPER DUPER POLLIWOG - Posture Kick Fix with the Chair Launch
  • Teaching Aids: SUPER DUPER POLLIWOG w/ Mat, Waist Trimmer Belt, Wetsuit, Fins
  • SUPPLEMENT: SUPER DUPER POLLIWOG w/ Mat, Waist Trimmer Belt, Wetsuit, Fins
  • Sea Lion
  • Description
  • Teaching Aid: SUPER SEA LION, 4-Ring Back Float w/ Roll-in to a front swim
  • SUPLEMENTAL: SUPER SEA LION, 4-Ring Back Float w/ Roll-in to a front swim
  • Teaching Aid: GRADE 2 and 3: How to wear the Rectangle Foam Belt
  • SUPPLEMENT: SEA LION How to use the Foam Belt
  • GRADE 3: SEA LION using perpendicular to straight scaffolding
  • SEA LION roll in off kick mat & One-arm lift
  • WHEN THEY RESIST LEARNING FRONT SWIMS & ROLL-INS
  • Slide Launch off the castle into Seal with the arm-pit ring
  • Part 1 of 2 Chase at 2.5 years - Super Duper Polliwog
  • Sea Lion (Part 2)
  • Beginner Seal
  • Description
  • BEGINNER SEA LION & BEGINNER SEAL plus the Value of Repetition
  • "Protected Roll-Overs" using a wetsuit and "Head Spotting"
  • Teaching Aids: SEAL with two Aquam Puzzle Frames
  • BEGINNER SEAL using double puzzle frames
  • Assisted OPEN WATER SEAL
  • Reviewing Gr 2 before Gr 3 Seal, with Gloves & Low-rider wetsuit (Edit the audio
  • Teaching Aid: SEAL with Waist Trimmer Belt & Floatie Tube in the back
  • SUPPLEMENT: SEAL w/Waist Trimmer Belt & Floatie Tube in back, Video 1 of 2
  • SUPPLEMENT: SEAL w/Waist Trimmer Belt & Floatie Tube in back, Video 2 of 2
  • Head Block Front Swim
  • BEGINNER SEAL: "Zoom-Float-Zoom" w/Rectangle Belt & extra strap length
  • Variety of aids to correct posture, balance, & pedal kick
  • Teaching the Hand Signals for SEAL & Solving a Swallowing Problem
  • WHOLE METHOD
  • Description
  • SFM GRADES 1 to 3 are taught all at once - WHOLE METHOD
  • Whole Method Learning, Grade 2 Jumping instruction
  • BEGINNER SEAL: "Reach & Tug", "Release & Catch", "Swim-Float-Swim"
  • LEARN TO SWIM SKILLS CHART (includes Whole Method Roll-in)
  • Optional Description: Whole Method Learning, GRADE 2 Jumping instruction
  • BEGINNER SEAL taught with "Backward Chaining"
  • Description
  • Connecting The 7 steps of Swim-Float-Swim
  • HAPPY, ASSISTED-INDEPENDENT SWIM-FLOAT-SWIM
  • Description
  • "I LOVE 2 SWIM" Defined
  • Grade 3 Graduate
  • Defining Requirements for Transition from Grade 3 to Grade 4
  • GRADE 3 Finish - Proceed to GRADE 4
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed