Parkie's Starfish Swim Lessons

Swim Lesson Benefits
• Certified Instructors through a globally-recognized agency (Starfish Aquatic Institute)
• Comfortable pool temperature of 85 degrees
• Focus on safety and survival skills
• Student tracking for all students in the program.
• Swim skills tracked with the convenience of online report cards
• Progressive ratio based on swim levels

Parkie's Babies Swim Lessons
Ages 3 months-3 years with parent
Parkie’s Babies Infant/Parent class takes your child through five progressive levels of water adjustment. This class is a wonderful opportunity to spend “aqua-lity” time with your child while introducing him/her to skills, such as: kicks, floating, bubble blowing, jumps, underwater submersion and so much more! Each child needs to wear a swim diaper and a lined swimsuit per Illinois Health Department.

Parkie's Swim School
Ages 3-14 years
These lessons place an emphasis on safety and basic water skills for the beginning swimmer. Through the 5 color levels, swimmers gain confidence in the water, learn to swim and float with and without assistance. Upon completion of these levels, swimmers have the building blocks for freestyle in Stroke School and an important understanding of safety rules and topics.

Parkie's Stroke School
Ages 3-14 years
Swimmers learn and practice the four competitive strokes needed to be successful on the swim team. Through the 5 color levels of Stroke School, swimmers learn freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke, and starts and turns in preparation for swim team.

Semi-Private Lessons
Ages 3-14 years
Many children learn better in a smaller setting that allows for more practice time. With our semi-private swim lessons, each class has one teacher certified in the levels featured in our group lesson curriculum. Each class consists of 2 swimmers that are paired based on comparable swimming ability.

Swim School Transition Swim Lessons (Summer)
Ages 3-5 years
This class is designed for the swimmer who is working on his/her confidence in the water. Maybe they still like the comfort of a parent/guardian in the water. This class progressively transitions the swimmer from swimmer with their parent/guardian to independent swimmer, gaining comfort and confidence in the water. Class starts in the activity pool with the parent/guardian in the water with the swimmer and over the session, moves into deeper water and into the lap pool without the parent/guardian in the water.

Adult Swim Lessons
Ages 15 years & up
It’s never too late to learn how to swim and become more comfortable in the water! This class teaches basic water skills and swim techniques in the beginner level and improve specific strokes in the intermediate level. There is something for everyone in a class designed for all ability levels.

Questions?

Swimgen Progress Report