Families interested in learning about swim lessons and water safety can attend an Aquatic Open House at 8 p.m. on March 29 at the Old Bridge YMCA, 1 Mannino Park Dr., Old Bridge.
Swim Starters develops water enrichment and aquatic readiness in children ages 6 months to 3 years, focusing on developing swim readiness skills through fun and confidence-building experiences. Parents learn how to supervise children in the water, how to prevent accidents and how to plan for emergencies.
Swim Basics develops personal water safety and basic swimming skills in students of all ages. Swimmers develop a high level of comfort in the water by practicing safe water habits, engaging in underwater exploration, and learning how to swim to safety and exit if they fall into a body of water.
Swim Strokes introduces and refines stroke technique in older students (school age, teens and adults). Having mastered the fundamentals, students learn additional water safety skills and build stroke technique, developing skills that prevent chronic disease, increase social-emotional and cognitive well-being and foster a lifetime of physical activity.
For more information, visit www.ymcanj.org/swim.
