SWIM SCHOOL: Learn-To-Swim
Parent & Child: Water Acclimation: (ages 6 months-3 years):
The perfect way to introduce young children to the water in a fun, safe, and engaging environment. With the comfort and support of a parent or guardian, children build confidence while learning essential water skills through interactive games, songs, and repetition. These classes focus on water comfort, safety awareness, and early swimming fundamentals to create a positive foundation for lifelong water enjoyment. Children build confidence in the water while developing essential skills for future swimming success.
Water Babies (Ages 6 Months - 1 Year): A playful introduction to the water, Water Babies encourages infants to explore and enjoy their aquatic surroundings with a trusted adult. This class fosters bonding through sensory water play, floating exercises, and basic safety skills, helping little ones feel comfortable and secure in the water.
Super Tots (Ages 1 - 3 Years): Super Tots is designed for active toddlers ready to explore more movement in the water! With the guidance of a parent or guardian, children will develop key swimming skills such as back floating, breath control, kicking, and arm movements. Songs, games, and repetition make learning fun while reinforcing water safety and early independence in the pool.
Objective: To help swimmers become comfortable and confident in the water with the support of a parent.
Key Skills: Water comfort and sensory play, assisted front and back floating, learning breath control and how to blow bubbles, submerging underwater comfortably, kicking and reaching arm movements.
Class Length: 30 Minutes
Focus: Building water confidence through sensory experiences and play.
Preschool: Beginner: Stroke Fundamentals: (ages 2.5-5 years):
Focus on introducing basic water safety and engaging students with fun activities while teaching swim skills like kicking, bubbles, and floating. Emphasize forward movement, submersion, basic swim skills, water safety, and independence in the water.
Objective: Build trust in water and introduce submersion.
Key Skills: Emphasize movement, submersion, and basic swim skills with support. Comfort with water on the face, bubble blowing, supported floats, front/back gliding, and basic arm/leg movement.
Class Length: 45 Minutes
Focus: Water comfort, basic skills
This is a non-parent participation class
Level 1: Beginner: Stroke Introduction (ages 5-14):
For beginners who enjoy water but lack independent swimming skills. Focus on basic swimming skills and water safety. Swim skills such as independent floating, basic stroke introduction, and swim-roll-swim technique. Emphasize independent movement, submersion, basic swim skills, and elementary backstroke and water safety.
Key Skills: Bobbing for air exchange, independent floating, basic stroke introduction, and swim-roll-swim technique.
Class Length: 45 Minutes
Focus: Skill refinement, increased independence
Objective: Introduce basic water comfort, safety, and foundational swimming skills.
This is a non-parent participation class
Level 2: Novice: Stroke Development (ages 5-14):
For swimmers who can swim 10 yards on front and back without flotation. Focus on independent forward movement on their front and back, proper body position, and flutter kick. Introduction to Freestyle & Backstroke, and Treading. Emphasize deep water safety.
Key Skills: Basic freestyle and backstroke, swim-roll-swim.
Class Length: 45 Minutes
Focus: Building confidence and basic stroke techniques for freestyle and backstroke.
Objective: Develop confidence and basic stroke techniques for freestyle and backstroke, including gliding and coordination.
This is a non-parent participation class
Level 3: Intermediate: Stroke Improvement (ages 5-14):
For swimmers who can swim 15 yards on front and back with proper body position and swim in water over their head. Focus on freestyle and backstroke stroke techniques, including rotary breathing in freestyle and straight arm recovery for backstroke. Emphasize correct body positioning and break down stroke mechanics to better understand movements while building endurance, and introduce dolphin kick and frog kick.
Key Skills: Freestyle, backstroke, intro to dolphin kick and frog kick.
Class Length: 45 Minutes
Focus: Enhancing endurance and technique
Objective: Build endurance and enhance technique for freestyle and backstroke while introducing breaststroke and butterfly.
This is a non-parent participation class
STROKE SCHOOL: Stroke Enhancement
Level 4: Proficient: Stroke Refinement (ages 5-14):
For swimmers who can swim 25 yards on front and back with proper body position and can swim in water over their head. For swimmers who can swim the length of the pool (25 yards/75 feet) Freestyle and Backstroke. Focus on building endurance for freestyle and backstroke. Emphasize timing and technique for strokes. Introduction to butterfly, breaststroke, and diving.
Key Skills: Freestyle and backstroke refinement and intro to butterfly, and breaststroke.
Class Length: 45 Minutes
Focus: Perfecting technique and introducing competitive elements.
Objective: Refine all strokes, develop competitive techniques, and introduce flip turns and starts.
Levels 5-6: Intro to Competitive Swimming: (ages 5-18):
For swimmers that can swim 25 yards of freestyle and backstroke with proper technique and body position. Focus on helping to bridge the gap between swim lessons and the swim team. For swimmers interested in competitive swimming or those who just want to improve their stroke technique and endurance. Emphasize proper technique and timing for the four Olympic strokes (Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, and Freestyle). introduce racing strategies, including pacing and underwater kicking.
Key Skills: Mastery of all four strokes, Individual Medley (IM), competitive pacing, turns, and finishes.
Class Length: 1 hour
Focus: Introduction to Competitive Swimming
Objective: Focus on all four competitive strokes, Individual Medley (IM), and competitive skills such as pacing, turns, and finishes.Perfect techniques, build endurance, and prepare for competitive swimming.
Summer 2025 Pricing:
Parent/Child: $75/session
Preschool: $115/session
Levels 1-4: $115/session
Levels 5-6 (Swim Team): $300/session
Drop-In and Swim Program:
Can't commit to a full session of swim lessons or swim team this summer? No problem! Our Drop-In and Swim Program offers a flexible, pay-as-you-go option for busy families. Swimmers can attend lessons or practices as their schedule allows—no long-term commitment is required!
Cost: $25 per lesson/practice
Ideal For: Families with unpredictable schedules, swimmers looking for extra practice, or those wanting to try out our program before committing to a full session.
For more information or to reserve a spot, please contact Caley Zannoni at Caley@discoverh2o.com.
Private Swim Lesson Program
Who Can Benefit from Private Lessons?
Has your swimmer made little to no progress in group swim lessons? Are they struggling with technique, feeling nervous in the water, or looking for more individualized attention? Private swim lessons with DiscoverH2O provide a customized learning experience that meets swimmers at their level and helps them progress in a fun, safe, and supportive environment! We use the Starfish Aquatics Institute Curriculum – A comprehensive and progressive curriculum tailored to the individual needs of each swimmer.
One-on-One Attention – Focused instruction tailored to your swimmer’s needs.
Fearful Swimmers – Gentle, patient instruction to help overcome water anxiety.
Adaptive Swim Lessons: Tailored instruction for swimmers with Autism, Down Syndrome, Sensory Disorders, or other special needs. Our inclusive swim lessons meet each swimmer’s unique needs and learning style.
Beginners – Build water confidence, learn basic strokes, and practice floating and kicking.
Intermediate Swimmers – Improve technique, breathing coordination, and endurance.Competitive Swimmers – Perfect stroke mechanics, starts, turns, and race strategies.
Looking for a more social learning experience? Our semi-private swim lessons provide high-quality instruction in a small group setting, allowing swimmers to learn alongside friends or family members while still receiving personalized feedback. Note: You must find your partner for semi-private lessons, as we do not match swimmers. (Small Group, 2-3 Swimmers)
Program Overview:
Location: Groton Country Club (Outdoor Pool, Open to the Public)
Season: June - August
Lesson Duration: 30-minute sessions
Private Lessons: $50 per lesson
Semi-Private Lessons: $35 per person, per lesson
SPECIAL DISCOUNT: Book 6 lessons and prepay in full to receive 10% off!
Customized Learning Pace – perfect for beginners, those overcoming water fears, or advanced swimmers refining their technique. more practice time, personalized skills, and individualized feedback.
Flexible Scheduling – book lessons at times that fit your family's summer plans. Pay-as-you-go or prepay in full.
Certified Instructors dedicated to water safety and skill progression. Our instructors use a combination of the SAI curriculum and the Swim Whispers methodology.
Register online & select your preferred time.
We match your swimmer with the instructor best suited to their needs.
Set goals & watch your swimmer gain confidence & skills!
Celebrate progress & continue building lifelong water safety skills.
It’s important to know that everyone learns at a different pace. All achievements should be celebrated, no matter how big or small!