One of the most important qualities to have in order to learn something new is a growth mindset. If you have a growth mindset, you believe that hard work is important and that you can do anything you put your mind [...]

We have now reached the final level of our program here at the Farnsworth Swim School- Level 7! Students who are at this level are very close to being able to complete all their pre-lifeguarding, so that they will be prepared to [...]

By now, I hope you have a deeper understanding on what swimming levels that the Farnsworth Swim School offers and that we offer lessons from absolute beginner to advanced (age 1-adult). As we go over the last 2 levels in our [...]

Over the past 6 weeks, we have gone through and explained what can be learned at each of the levels that we teach at the Farnsworth Swim School, so that you have a deeper understanding on what our program consists of. We [...]

By this time, our level 4 swimmers are considered strong intermediate swimmers starting to learn advanced skills. Usually they are between 9-11 yrs old if they have been coming to the Farnsworth Swim School since they were between 1-3 [...]

When a swimmer reaches Level 3, they begin to work on their stroke development. These students will refine their freestyle and backstroke technique, as well as continue to work on elementary backstroke. They will also be introduced to breaststroke, [...]

When a swimmer reaches level 2, they are no longer considered a beginner. They are considered an intermediate swimmer. This level focuses on fundamental aquatic skills, continuing to move towards freestyle and backstroke mastery. These swimmers will also begin [...]

Goldfish/strong beginner is the level before level one. Once a student has graduated from the tadpole and goldfish levels, they begin to work through the American Red Cross levels. Level 1/ advanced beginner focuses on an introduction to water skills, continuing [...]

There are 9 levels that make up the swim program at Farnsworth Swim School. Once a student has graduated from the beginning tadpole level, they are then considered a “goldfish.” The goldfish level continues to focus on water safety and [...]

At Farnsworth Swim School, our program consists of 9 levels, ranging from absolute beginner to advanced. Our beginning level is the tadpole level and refers to swimmers who are not water safe and are often taking lessons for the very [...]