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About Portsmouth Outdoor Pool in Portsmouth, NH
Children of all ages and abilities can learn to swim at Peirce Island Outdoor Pool! The pool is divided into sections by depth, allowing all swimmers to access water that is appropriate to their skill level. The shallow end of the pool is eighteen inches deep, and the deep end is six and one-half feet deep. Lessons are offered two days per week for four weeks, as well as Saturdays for eight weeks. Each lesson is one-half hour long, with five time slots available each morning from 9:30am to 12:00pm. With this flexible schedule, children of all ages can learn to swim in a safe and supportive environment.
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- Coed
- Infants
- Toddlers
- Preschool
- Tweens
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Programs at Portsmouth Outdoor Pool in Portsmouth, NH
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Parent and Child Aquatics
Parents and children learn together to increase a child's comfort level in the water and build a foundation of basic skills, such as arm and leg movements and breath control. Parent and Child helps introduce water safety concepts, encouraging a healthy recreational habit that your entire family can enjoy.
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BASIC PRESCHOOL
For swimmers three or four years old who have never taken a lesson and need to become acclimated to the water. Orients children to the aquatic environment and helps them gain basic aquatic skills Help participants begin to develop positive attitudes and safe practices in and around water. Swimmers will submerge and do basic bobbing drills, experience bubble blowing, experience buoyancy, and learn to enter and exit shallow or deep water safely and independently. Swimmers will learn to float on their backs and fronts as well as practice kicking on their front and back.
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ADVANCED PRESCHOOL
For swimmers three or four years old who are comfortable in the water and are ready to learn to swim. Swimmers will begin to learn breath control and floating on their front and back. Also, kicking on the front and back will be a major emphasis on Advanced Preschool. Swimmer will be introduced to the arm action of the front crawl and back crawl to begin coordination of these strokes, treading water, and safety skills. The goal of Advanced Preschool is to prepare swimmers to start in Level Two of the Learn to Swim Program. In some instances, swimmers can move to Level Three of the LTS program upon turning five years old.
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Location and contact information
99 Peirce Island Road, Portsmouth, NH, 03801
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