Parks & Recreation

Parents and Tots

This course is designed to help children, ages 2 to 5, become comfortable in and around the water. This class provides parents with information and techniques to help orient their children to the water and to supervise water activities in a safe manner. A parent or guardian is required in the water with each child. Basic skills are learned first. Once learned, the instructor will build on them to increase the child's endurance and teach new aquatic skills appropriate for the child's age and readiness.

Adult Swimming Lessons

This class is designed for the beginner adults as well as adult who want to increase their skill coordination and endurance. All levels of skill and rescue techniques will be taught.

Adapted Aquatics

This class is designed for the beginner adults as well as adult who want to increase their skill coordination and endurance. All levels of skill and rescue techniques will be taught.For information on Adaptive Aquatics programs for children with disabilities, call Miami-Dade Parks Disability Services at 305.755.7848 (V/TDD).

Summer Learn-to-Swim Scholarships Available

The Parks Foundation has launched the Swim for Jenny Memorial Fund, and through the support of generous donors is offering a limited number of swimming scholarships for eligible children in Miami-Dade.

Registration begins on Saturday, May 18, 2013. Scholarships will pay, in whole or in-part, for one, two-week session per child in beginner Learn-to-Swim programs.

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