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Youth Swim Lessons
Learn to swim for fun, for health, and for safety
Swimming is an indispensable life skill that opens up opportunities for recreation, health—and most importantly—safety. Beginning lessons at a young age helps to promote physical activity and coordination while contributing to overall health and fitness. Children build confidence and social skills as they take direction from instructors and learn to overcome new challenges.
Most importantly, learning to swim significantly enhances safety by teaching essential water survival skills that can prevent drowning—a leading cause of accidental death in children.
DID YOU KNOW?
The Ridgewood YMCA has been teaching people to swim for over 100 years!
Today it continues to be one of our most popular programs.
GENERAL INFO
Our instruction starts at 6 months old with an intro to the water and progresses to learning how to lap swim for exercise and competition.
Classes are offered seven days a week throughout the year with convenient after-school, evening, and weekend sessions. Our small class sizes mean your child will receive individualized attention from their designated instructors.
We also offer private adaptive lessons that consider the unique needs of children with disabilities.
Our facility has two heated indoor pools as well as changing stalls, day lockers, a family locker room, gender-neutral bathrooms, and showers.
Class levels are divided by both ability and age.
CLASS LEVELS
Baby + Me (ages 6mo-3yo)
Focuses on water acclimation, submersion, and safety skills.
Level 1 (ages 3+)
Children who are new to the water and will not submerge their head.
Level 2 (ages 3+)
Children who will submerge their heads and are comfortable in water, but not swimming.
Level 3 (ages 3+)
Children who can swim ten feet unassisted and float on their back for ten seconds.
Level 4 (ages 3+)
Children who can swim basic freestyle (without side breathing) and backstroke working towards 25 yards.
Level 5 (ages 5+)
Children who have who can swim 25 yards of freestyle and backstroke and are working on perfecting their strokes.
Level 6 (ages 5+)
Children who have mastered freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and are beginning butterfly and diving technique work 50 yards.
Level 7+8 (ages 5+)
Intro to lap swimming. Children will work on endurance and drills to prepare for swim team (Please note: this is a separate, lesson-only swim team. For information about our competitive team, the Breakers, please click here.)
PRICING + INFO
Baby and Me
Ages 6 months through 3 years | 1:5 ratio | 30 minutes
Members $35/class | Non-members $40/class
Youth Lessons
Ages 3-5 | 1:2 ratio | 30 minutes
Members $44/class | Non-members $50/class
Ages 5-17 | 1:3 ratio | 30 minutes
Members $35/class | Non-members $40/class
Adaptive Lessons
All ages | 1:1 ratio | 30 minutes
Members $74/class | Non-members $85/class
To register for adaptive lessons, please call the swim desk at 201-444-5600 x302
Sessions run and are billed monthly. To avoid skill interruption, students are automatically enrolled for the next session on the 15th of each month.
30 days written notice must be given to cancel permanently. No refunds.
Same day and time are reserved for entire session. Any changes must be confirmed prior to the start of the next session. One makeup class is allowed per each eight-week period of enrollment.
Financial Aid
We believe the opportunity to gain personal growth from our programming should be accessible to everyone regardless of financial situation or socioeconomic status. Our Membership for All program ensures that nobody is turned away because of inability to pay.
Download our application here.
For more information and scheduling, please contact the Ridgewood Y Swim Desk: 201-444-5600 x302
Swim lessons at the Ridgewood Y are powered by Take Me to the Water© Swim School.