Jellyfish to Octopus

Wes graduated from a Jellyfish to an Octopus at swim class today! He's such a great swimmer, we can't wait to put his skills to use this summer. In order to graduate from the Jellyfish level he had to master the following skills:

Streamline off wall 10 feet with kick

Jellyfish float 10 seconds

Two widths kicking with board

Swim, rollover, float and swim

One width rhythmic scoops/rollover breaths

FUNdamental big arm recovery

One width on back with kickboard

Elementary backstroke arms

Comfortably swim width of pool on back

FUNdamental butterfly kick

Retrieve object from bottom

We couldn't be more proud of our little fishy. Now that he is an Octopus, he will focus on big-arm freestyle with side breathing and backstroke. We hope he will be ready to join the rec swim team next summer, when he is 5.