Classes For All Learners and Abilities
At Advantage Aquatics, our preschool lessons are designed to help young swimmers build confidence, independence, and a love for the water through play-based learning. Our experienced instructors create a fun and nurturing environment where children can safely develop key swimming and water safety skills at their own pace. Using a child-led approach, we focus on encouraging curiosity, coordination, and comfort in the water — all while celebrating every small success. With small class sizes and our quieter pool available for children with additional or sensory needs, your preschooler will feel supported as they take their first strokes toward becoming a confident swimmer. Join us and watch your child’s water confidence grow!
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FUNdamentals
FUNdamentals is the first level where children participate independently, focusing on essential water safety skills and foundational swimming techniques. With a low student-to-instructor ratio, this class prioritises personalised guidance to help children gain confidence and master key abilities.
The program emphasises critical skills such as breath control, buoyancy, and propulsion, enabling children to feel comfortable and secure in the water. By developing these core techniques, FUNdamentals lays the groundwork for a lifetime of safe and confident swimming, preparing children for more advanced levels as they progress.
Pre-School Explorers
The Explorers level focuses on strengthening and refining the foundational swimming skills children have started to develop. Emphasising key techniques such as buoyancy, floating, paddling, and kicking, this stage helps children build on their basic abilities and gain confidence in the water. Children practise floating comfortably on their backs and stomachs to improve water stability and comfort, while also refining their paddling and kicking techniques for more efficient movement.
Water safety is a key component of the program, with children practising essential safety skills both with and without goggles. This prepares them for various swimming conditions, ensuring they can stay safe and focused whether submerged underwater or swimming on the surface. Through a combination of skill development and safety practice, the Explorers level provides children with a solid foundation for more advanced swimming techniques and a greater awareness of water safety.
Pre-School Adventurers
The Adventurers level serves as a crucial transition between foundational skills and more advanced swimming techniques. Swimmers focus on refining streamlined body positioning, developing freestyle fundamentals, and improving back kicking and sculling to enhance strength, coordination, and endurance in the water. Breath control and efficient movement are emphasised to support smooth, confident swimming. Additionally, essential water safety skills are reinforced, ensuring swimmers build confidence and competence as they progress to higher levels.
Pre-school Pathfinders
In Pathfinders, swimmers refine their freestyle technique with a focus on bilateral breathing. They are also introduced to backstroke. This level emphasises consistent practice to develop correct technique while incorporating additional water safety skills. Swimmers also begin learning the fundamentals of breaststroke, working on building endurance, coordination, and body positioning to enhance efficiency in the water. With personalised feedback and a supportive small group environment, they gain confidence and proficiency in preparation for more advanced levels.
