Swim lessons are available year-round at The Water Works and during the summer at our outdoor pool facilities. Private and group lessons are available. For more information and pricing, view the program guide or contact Alex Khodan at alkhodan@parkfun.com or 847-490-2505.
Schaumburg Park District utilizes the Jeff Ellis Swimming program for lessons, designed by Ellis and Associates. Each level has a specific set of objectives that will be taught throughout the session. Your child will be placed in a level that is the closest match to their skill set. All levels will be taught in a fun and enthusiastic atmosphere.
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This level is an introduction to water safety and basic water skills for both the parent and child. This level is meant to allow the child to explore the water in a supervised and fun environment with a parent. In this level, we will go over putting the child's face in the water, getting their head wet, bubbles, front/back floats, flipping, kicking, arm movement and jumping in.
This level is an introductory level, continuing with water safety and basic water skills. In this level, the swimmers will go over submersion, floating, front crawl, front/back glides, kicking and arm exercises.
This level has similar skills to Tony Tots, but pushes the participants to be more independent. In this level, the swimmers will learn submersion of the head, front/back floats, front/back glides, backstroke, freestyle kicks and introduction to freestyle arms.
In this level, the distances increase. We will continue freestyle kicks and arms and introduce the breaststroke, treading water, elementary backstroke and sitting dives.
In this level, the distances increase and a few new strokes are introduced. Continuing backstroke, coordinating breathing with freestyle, breaststroke, sidestroke, endurance treading and kneeling dives.
In this level, the distance increases and new strokes are introduced. We will work on the elementary backstroke, 50 yard freestyle/backstroke swim and introduce the butterfly stroke, open turns and feet first surface dives.
In this level, the distance increases and we continue with the breaststroke, 100 yard freestyle/backstroke swim, butterfly stroke, sidestroke, flip turns and standing dives.
In this level, the distance increases and the focus is on endurance swimming and technique refinement.