At-Home Aquatics

Water Safety | Creative Water-Based Activities | Swim Lessons from Home

The videos being produced by THPRD are intended to be used for instructional and educational tools. Use these videos when you are unable to access a pool, or when you would like additional practice. Adult supervision is recommended when your child is in or around water.

Water Safety

• National Water Safety Month Website
• Safe Swimmer Pledge: Take the Safe Swimmer Pledge.

• Backyard Pool Safety:
  
  • Safety tips for portable pools
  • Home swimming pool safety tips all parents should know.
  • 10 tips to keep your swimming pool safe this summer.
• Water Safety Activities: Enjoy these water safety games.
• Life Jacket Fitting How To: Make sure your life jacket fits properly before jumping in the water.
• Long Fellow’s Whale Tales: Watch these American Red Cross safety videos with your swimmers.
• Open Water Safety Checklist: Use this checklist when visiting oceans, lakes and rivers.
• Boater Safety Checklist: Use this checklist when visiting oceans, lakes and rivers.

• Water Activities for Toddlers
• Pool Noodle Crafts: Create fun obstacles with your family.
• Sponge Bombs: DIY water fun.

• Water Acclimation: These at-home tips will help your child acclimate to being in the water.
• Bubble Progression: These basic techniques help your child learn to breath while swimming.
• Floating and Kicking: Here are examples of the right and wrong way to float and kick.
• Streamline and Arm Strokes: Use these drills to practice your streamline position and arm stroke techniques.
• Rhythmic Breathing and Front Crawl: Learn how to control your breathing while swimming.
• Back Crawl and Elementary Backstroke: Use these drills to practice swimming on your back.
• Breaststroke: Navigate the waters with help from these at-home tips on the breaststroke swimming technique.