Purpose
This level helps students feel comfortable in the water. Level One participants learn to:
- Enter and exit water safely
- Submerge mouth, nose, and eyes
- Exhale underwater through mouth and nose
- Open eyes underwater and pick up a submerged object
- Change direction while walking or paddling
- Roll over from front to back and back to front with support
- Explore floating on front and back with support
- Explore swimming on front and back using arm and leg actions with support
- Use a life jacket