About Lessons
What Children 6-12 Months Will Learn
Generally speaking, children ages 6 months to 1 year learn the ISR Self-Rescue® skill of rolling onto their backs to float, rest and breathe. They learn to maintain this position until help arrives. This usually takes about 6 weeks for them to master. Lessons are 5 days a week for 10 minuets a day. Consistency is key for young children when learning a new skill.
Here is a video of a fully ISR skilled 6-12 month old!
What Children 1-6 Years Will Learn
Older, more mobile children will learn the full ISR Self-Rescue® sequence of swimming until they need air, rotating onto their back to float, breath and rest, then rolling back over to continue swimming. ISR students are taught to repeat this sequence until they reach the safety of the steps, side of the pool, or the shoreline. Children age 1-2 typically require 6 weeks of lessons to master the swim-float-swim sequence. Children age 3-6 typically require 4-5 weeks of lessons to master the swim-float-swim sequence. Lessons are 5 days a week for 10 minuets a day. Consistency is key for young children when learning a new skill.
Here is a video of a fully ISR skilled 1-6 year old!
Refresher and Maintenance Lessons
Refresher lessons are extremely important in continuing and maintaining your child’s Self-Rescue skill development. Children grow and develop rapidly from infants to young children. This development process represents improved strength, coordination, and a more finely tuned cognitive ability. In accordance with this growth, children enrolled in ISR lessons return periodically to participate in Refresher Lessons. These lessons are designed to fine tune your child’s existing Self-Rescue skills to meet the demands of their growing bodies. It will allow them to make adjustments in their float and strengthen their swim. ISR recommends refresher lessons every 6 months to a year.
Refresher lessons for previous Swim-Float-Swim students will take approximately 2 weeks to complete. For previous Rollback-to-Float students, refresher lessons to learn the swim-float-swim sequence will likely take approximately 3-4 weeks.
Maintenance can be done weekly, monthly, etc. and left to the parents discretion. Maintenance lessons are VERY necessary if your child has had an unexpected fall into the water, will not float or perform the rollback to float, or is showing any sort of hesitation or lack of confidence in performing the skills they recently mastered in ISR lessons.