Swim Lessons

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Group lesson information is coming soon.
​ Please fill out the private lesson form to be added to the waitlist, which will carry over into next summer.
Group lesson dates have not been set.  Please check back.
Payments due before class or session.  Pay at the club with cash, card, or check (made out to the Culpeper Recreation Club).
Non-members will have to pay a guest fee of $5 per swimmer if their lesson is during pool hours. Thanks!

Find your Level

  • ​Preschool Aquatics Level 1
  • ​Preschool Aquatics Level 2
  • Preschool Aquatics Level 3
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  • Familiarize children approximately 3 and 5 years old to the aquatic environment and help them acquire rudimentary basic aquatic skills
  • Help participants begin to develop positive attitudes and safe practices in and around water
  • Prerequisites:  Children should be approximately 3 years old or older

  • Build on and improve skills learned in Preschool Aquatics Level 1
  • Increase knowledge of water safety topics introduced in Preschool Aquatics Level 1
  • Prerequisites:  Successful demonstration of the Preschool Aquatics Level 1 exit skills
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  • Increase proficiency and build on the basic aquatic skills learned in Preschool Aquatics Levels 1 and 2
  • Reinforce water safety concepts and skills introduced in earlier levels and introduce additional water safety topics
  • Prerequisites:  Successful demonstration of the Preschool Aquatics Level 2 exit skills
  • Learn to Swim Level 1
  • Learn to Swim Level 2
  • Learn to Swim Level 3
  • Learn to Swim Level 4
  • Learn to Swim Level 5 & 6
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  • Introduction to water skills
  • Orient participants to the aquatic environment and help them gain basic aquatic skills.
  • Help participants begin to develop positive attitudes and safe practices around water
  • Prerequisites:  Participants usually start at about 5-6 years of age
  • Fundamental Aquatic Skills
  • Build on the basic aquatic skills and water safety skills and concepts learned in Level 1
  • Prerequisites:  Successful demonstration of the Learn-to-Swim Level 1 exit skills
  • Stroke Development
  • Build on the skills learned in Levels 1 and 2 to help participants achieve basic water competency in a pool environment
  • Prerequisites: Successful demonstration of the Learn-to-Swim Level 2 exit skills
  • Stroke Improvement
  • Improve participants’ proficiency in performing the swimming strokes that were introduced in Level 3
  • Prerequisites:  Successful demonstration of the Learn-to-Swim Level 3 exit skills
  • Stroke Refinement
  • Help participants refine their performance of all six swimming strokes (i.e., front crawl, back crawl, butterfly, breaststroke, elementary backstroke and sidestroke)
  • Prerequisites:  Successful demonstration of the Learn-to-Swim Level 4 exit skills assessment

    ​* Learn-to-Swim level 6 (swimming and skill proficiency: personal water safety or fitness swimmer per request)
  • Parent and Child Aquatics Level 1 (Mommy and Me)
  • Parent and Child Aquatics Level 2 (Mommy and Me)
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  • Familiarize children between the ages of 6 months and approximately 3 years with the water and teach swimming readiness skills
  • Provide safety information for parents and teach techniques parents can use to orient their children to the water
  • Prerequisites:  Child must be at least 6 months old, Parent must accompany child to each class
  • Improve skills learned in Parent and Child Aquatics Level 1 and teach more advanced skills
  • Continue to build on water safety knowledge
  • Prerequisites:  Comfort level with skills taught in Parent and Child Aquatics Level 1, Parent must accompany child to each class

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