What we offer
Children Swim Lessons‍
Group and/or private lessons are available for ages 6 months and up. We teach all five strokes (front crawl, back crawl, breaststroke, elementary backstroke, and sidestroke), and promote a love of water, fitness and endurance.
Adult Swim Lessons‍
We offer beginner and intermediate swim classes for adults. For those just starting out, or those already comfortable in the water, instructors adapt lessons to your pace and goals, ensuring a supportive learning experience.
Our lessons are open to everyone, not just members.
Need help choosing a level or completing registration or registering a second child? Email us at aquatics@mnjcc.org.
Prices
- ‍‍Parent + Tot - $30
- 30-min Group -$30
- 45-min Group - $45
- Semi-Private -$50 per child
- 30-min Private (all ages) -$60
Swim Levels We Offer
Our swim lesson levels have changed. If you have previously taken swim lessons at the Miles Nadal JCC, please consult our updated swim level chart or contact aquatics@mnjcc.org for help choosing the right level.
6 months - 3 years
Designed for children aged 4 to 12 months to learn to enjoy the water with their parents. Tots will float and splash, and parents will learn how to enter and exit the water safely with their baby.
Designed for children aged 12 to 24 months to learn to enjoy the water with their parents. Tots will learn to blow bubbles and get their faces wet.
Designed for children aged 2 to 3 years old to learn to enjoy the water with their parents. Tots will learn how to jump in, hold their breath, and do advanced floats.
3 - 5 years
We encourage parents to participate until their child feels comfortable on their own. Preschoolers will have fun learning to get in and out of the water. They'll learn to jump into chest-deep water, how to float and glide on their front and back, and learn to get their faces wet and blow bubbles underwater.
Preschoolers learn to jump into chest-deep water by themselves, and get in and get out wearing a lifejacket. They'll submerge and exhale underwater. They'll also glide on their front and back wearing a lifejacket.
Preschoolers will try both jumping and a sideways entry into deep water while wearing a lifejacket. They'll recover objects from the bottom in waist-deep water. They'll work on kicking and gliding through the water on their front and back.
In this more advanced class, preschoolers will learn to do solo jumps into deeper water and get out by themselves. They'll do sideways entries and open their eyes underwater. They'll master a short swim on their front, wearing a lifejacket and gliding and kicking on their side.
Preschoolers will learn how to do a forward roll entry wearing a lifejacket and treading water for 10 sec. They'll work on front and back crawl swims for 5 m, interval training, and get a giggle out of whip kick.
5+ years
Beginners will become comfortable jumping into water with and without a lifejacket. They'll learn to open their eyes, exhale and hold their breath underwater. They'll work on floats, glides, and kicking through the water on their front and back.
Advanced beginners will jump into deeper water and learn to be comfortable falling sideways into the water wearing a lifejacket. They'll be able to support themselves at the surface without aid, learn whip kick, swim 10m on their front and back, and be introduced to flutter kick interval training.
Junior swimmers will dive and do in-water front somersaults and handstands. They'll work on 15m of front crawl, back crawl, 10m of whip kick, and increased flutter kick interval training.
Intermediate swimmers will swim 5m underwater and lengths of front, back crawl, whip kick, and breaststroke arms with breathing. Their new bag of tricks includes the completion of the Canadian Swim to Survive® Standard. They'll cap it all off with front crawl sprints over 25m and 4 laps of 25m front or back crawl interval training.
More advanced swimmers will master shallow dives, cannonball entries, eggbeater kicks, and in-water backward somersaults. They'll refine their front and back crawl over 50m swims of each, and breaststroke over 25m. Then they'll pick up the pace in 25m sprints and two interval training exercises: 4 laps of 50m front or back crawl and 4 laps of 15 m breaststroke.
Advanced swimmers will rise to the challenge of sophisticated aquatic skills, including stride entries, compact jumps and lifesaving kicks like eggbeater and scissor kick. They'll develop strength and power in head-up breaststroke sprints over 25m. They'll easily swim lengths of front crawl, back crawl, and breaststroke, and they'll build strength and endurance through the 300m exercise.
Under 12 (Completed Swimmer 6)
Swim Patrol provides enriched training for those who are ready to go beyond learn-to-swim. Swim Patrol's three levels - Rookie, Ranger, and Star - continue to develop participants' swim strokes and provide the foundational skills that prepare them for success in the Lifesaving Society's Bronze medal awards.
Develops swimming proficiency, lifesaving skill and personal fitness. Candidates refine their stroke mechanics, acquire self-rescue skills, and apply fitness principles in training workouts. Bronze Star is excellent preparation for success in Bronze Medallion and provides a fun introduction to lifesaving sport.
Over 12 (Completed Swimmer 6)
Swim Patrol provides enriched training for those who are ready to go beyond learn-to-swim. Swim Patrol's three levels - Rookie, Ranger, and Star - continue to develop participants' swim strokes and provide the foundational skills that prepare them for success in the Lifesaving Society's Bronze medal awards.
Challenges the candidate both mentally and physically. Judgment, knowledge, skill, and fitness – the four components of water rescue – form the basis of Bronze Medallion training. Candidates acquire the assessment and problem-solving skills needed to make good decisions in, on, and around the water. Bronze Medallion is a prerequisite for assistant lifeguard training in Bronze Cross.
Water Babies at the MNjcc
New: Water Babies Parent + Tot Swim
We’re excited to now offer Water Babies Parent + Tot swim lessons at the MNjcc.
Designed for Parent and Tot swimmers, these lessons help little ones build comfort, confidence, and early water safety skills alongside their grown-up.
Class Times
- Wednesday 4:00 PM — 1y 6mths+
- Wednesday 4:30 PM — 2 years+
- Wednesday 5:00 PM — 2y 6mths+
- Wednesday 5:30 PM — 3 years+
- Saturday 8:30 AM — 1y 6mths+
- Saturday 9:00 AM — 2 years+
- Saturday 9:30 AM — 2y 6mths+
- Saturday 10:00 AM — 3 years+
For further information or questions please contact: ‍chasethatfishy@waterbabies.ca
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