Class Levels

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Level 1 – Mom & Me Littles

Minimum Age: 4 Months

Working on: Learning to blow bubbles, being comfortable in the water, getting used to being with an instructor

Needed to level up: Must be 14 months

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Level 1 – Mom & Me Bigs

Minimum Age: 14 months

Working on: Blowing bubbles, getting used to being with an instructor, getting used to being on a platform, & introduction to assisted safety skills

Needed to level up:  Must be 2 years old

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Level 2

Minimum Age: 2 years

Working on: Breath control with face in the water & eyes looking down; Kicking on barbells/intro to nemos (side breathing); Establishing a productive kick to move through the water; Independent safety jumps from the platform and the wall; Working on back floating.

Needed to level up: Good kicks on top of the water; Come off the platform with face in the water; Independent platform safety jumps; Back Floating for at least 10 seconds; Independent Safety jump from the wall.

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Level 3

Minimum Age: 2 years

Working on: Glides/Streamline; Improving kicks and nemos (side breathing); Reinforcing safety skills from level 2; Big arms; Independent flip flops; Getting rings from the bottom of the pool.

Needed to level up: Big arms- all the way out of the water consistently; Consistent, Confident Flip Flops (one pool length).

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Level 4

Minimum Age: 2 years

Working on: Glides with streamline; Barbells with perfect nemos; Standing dives; Side breathing; 4 big arms with a side breath; Backstroke kicks; Backstroke arms.

Needed to level up: Independent standing dives; 4 big arms with side breathing (half the pool); Independent backstroke kicks (half the pool); Independent backstroke (half the pool)

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Level 5

Minimum Age: 2 years

Working on: Intro to kicking on a kick board; Improving on freestyle; Improving on backstroke; Improving on standing dives.

Needed to level up: Efficient freestyle (one pool length); Efficient backstroke kick (one pool length); Efficient backstroke (one pool length); Getting rings from 4 feet independently.

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Level 6

Minimum Age: 2 years

Working on: Kicking on kickboard with proper and productive kicks; Intro to racing dives; Freestyle with dive starts; Improving backstroke kicks (streamline if ready); Perfecting freestyle and backstroke; Breaststroke.

Needed to level up: Strong freestyle (1 lap); Strong backstroke kick (1 lap); Strong backstroke (1 lap); Efficient breaststroke kick; Foundation of breaststroke

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Level 7

Minimum Age: 2 years

Working on: Breaststroke with breathing, intro to fly, intro to turns & pullouts, racing dives

Needed to level up: Perfect free & fly, strong breaststroke, fly kick and arms, concept of turns and pull outs, strong racing dive

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Level 8

Minimum Age: 2 years

Working on: Perfect freestyle, backstroke & breaststroke, butterfly, strong turns and pull-outs

Needed to level up: Perfect freestyle, backstroke & breaststroke, strong butterfly, strong turns and breaststroke pull-outs

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Level 9

Minimum Age: 2 years

Working on: Maintaining technique on all strokes, turns and pull-outs, working on endurance

Needed to level up: Perfect freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, turns, breaststroke pull-outs & dives

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Level 10

Minimum Age: 2 years

Working on: Perfect freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, turns, breaststroke pull-outs & dives

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Wolfies is a family-owned, Houston-based business whose commitment to our clients inspires everything we do in and out of the water. Our small classes allow us to build relationships with our students, creating a learning environment catered to your child’s unique needs. When you swim with Wolfies, you become part of our family!

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Testimonials

My children have both been with Wolfies since they were babies. Mr. Juwan is the best, he pays attention to each of my children's personalities and has have given them the confidence in the pool and the tools to swim and participate safely. We are so happy to see Mr. Juwan's smiling face each week.

Mollie Pappas
Mr. Juwan/Bellaire

My kids have always hated swim classes, until we brought them to Wolfie's. They LOVE it! Not sure what they do that is so different, but I've never seen my kids so excited about swim class. We are very happy to have found it.

Marcella
Houston

We can’t say enough good things about Wolfies and Mr. Juwan. His teaching really “clicked” with our daughter and helped her learn to love swim lessons and gain confidence in her ability to swim all while learning pool safety.

Hays McAllister
Mr. Juwan / Bellaire

We started with Wolfies in the baby Mom and Me class and 4 years later we still love the skills be taught and reinforced. These skills have allowed him to swim competitively and we have Wolfies to thank! We have loved all our instructors at each level. We love Wolfies!

Nina
Houston

We have been enrolled in the Mom and Me Bigs class for one month and are loving it! Mr. Chris is our instructor, and he is great with the little ones. We have greatly enjoyed our time at Wolfies!

Mallory Richardson
Wolfies Swim Lessons - Mom and Me Bigs

We decided to enroll Baby V in swimming classes because we wanted to give her the survival skills any kid should have when it comes to water and pool. However, we also wanted her to be around people and kids. Her first month was hard. She was soon known as the crying, but she soon felt happy in the water and with her instructors. She now smiles and has so much fun. She has learned how to climb the wall and that it's just one of many other things I'm sure she will learn with Wolfies. I am really happy for finding Wolfies and having Baby V with you. We love Miss Victoria. She is an amazing teacher!

Mrs. Horten
Houston, TX

Mr. Ju'Wan took over my daughter's swim lessons a few months ago. He has done a fantastic job getting her ready for summer and her confidence in the pool has soared! She loves swimming weekly with Mr. Ju'wan and looks forward to each session.

Heather Thestrup
Swim lessons

Miss B was a wonderful teacher. She is thorough and attentive and helpful with many different types of children. The Wolfies program overall is excellent. The staff constantly communicates well with and gives specific feedback so you know how your child is doing. I've been at several schools with my four children and I really think Wolfies does an amazing job.

Sonu Mathew
Ms B's class

The instructors are just wonderful. The group classes are so much fun. I highly recommend it for ages 2 - 7.

Jenny Moore
Bellaire Tx

Our two sons have taken semi-private swim lessons from Miss Amy over the past two summers, starting at ages three and seven, both at the Rec Center and at our home. Amy is truly gifted at teaching children to swim. Our boys respect her very much and have become much more confident in the water since starting lessons with her. They both love to swim now, and it is undoubtedly because of Amy's expert coaching. We can't wait to start lessons again this summer!

Leila Feldman
Houston, TX

My daughter started swim classes at Wolfies around 22 months. She continued for about 3 and a half months. We started with the mommy and me classes then moved up to the group toddler classes. I could see noticeable improvement in her comfort and skill level in the water, and she adored her instructors, especially Mr. Zach! They were all very patient and encouraging with her. Administrative staff was friendly and great with communication (phone and email). I would highly recommend this program and plan to enroll her again next summer!

Sharlie Velasco
Houston, TX / Swim lessons

Wolfies Swim School is an outstanding program with patient, caring, and qualified instructors. Our daughter spent the most time with Zach and Lyle, who were both outstanding. We were delighted to see how much strength and confidence our daughter gained from learning to swim. We would highly recommend Wolfies to any family looking for a fun, safe environment for learning swimming.

Kenneth Tsai
West U Rec Center

My son and daughter have taken from Wolfies for the last 8 years, moving from the older one to the younger one. Both have beautiful strokes now and love swimming. My 8 yr old now loves swimming so much she wants to do a team year round. Ms Brenell has been an outstanding teacher, so encouraging and helpful. She helped her to meet her time requirement to be on a team and has really helped her to become more proficient in her swimming while keeping her loving it. Thank you!

Kathryn Agarwal
Houston

My daughter started swimming at Wolfies 2 years ago and is doing amazing in our pool at home. The teachers have been encouraging and consistent and have taught my daughter to be a confidant safe swimmer.

Nicole
Bellaire

My 8 year old son was literally TERRIFIED of the water only two months ago. I signed him up for twice weekly private at home swim lessons with Ms. Lauren. We are literally stunned at the difference. Luca went from being afraid of the water to swimming like a fish. He proudly showed me how he can do a double flip under water last weekend! Not only has he learned how to swim but he loves it so much that he wants to spend all day in the pool!! With both parents working, having the luxury of having at home private lessons was amazing. I can not believe how much of a difference two months can make. Not only is Luca now physically safe around water, but his self confidence has increased as well. This past weekend he was able to participate in his first ever "pool party" and had a blast!!! We will definitely be using Ms Lauren and Wolfies next summer!

Tena Matta
Houston, TX / Private Swimming Lessons

Amy was my daughters swim teacher last summer. She was patient and loving during every class. Amy had the right mix of pushing her to her potential and hugging when she felt scared. Our overall experience was really wonderful. My daughter learned so much and her confidence grew a tremendous amount. We will definitely continue our lessons with Amy next summer!

Abby
Houston, TX

My kids started Wolfies about 3 years ago and I have seen great improvement in their abilities to swim! They loved their instructors Ms Becca and Ms Tara. They were both really sweet and gave my kids the confidence they needed to do many things in the water! Cindy has also been amazing !!!!!! AnytimeI had a conflict w a day or time she would take the time and help me figure out something that would work for us. We love Wolfies and would def recommend this place to anyone.

Dessiree Filis
Bellaire, Tx

Amy was my children's swim teacher last summer. Amy was amazing at knowing how and when to push my kids to their fullest potential. She was loving and patient with my son who had some fear at the beginning of the summer. And she was so good at realizing my daughters true swimming potential and pushing her to be the best swimmer she can be! We love Amy and can't wait for lessons to start again this summer!!!!!!!

Alissa Frenzel
Houston, Texas

Cindy has been working with my 3 1/2 yo daughter for almost a year now. Our daughter started off not wanting to put her face in the water and has made amazing progress. She now jumps into the pool, goes underwater, and swims back to the side by herself (among other great skills). My 2 yo son has joined her for lessons and he is getting more comfortable in the water each time. I think Cindy has a great balance of being calm and patient with children, while at the same time challenging them to reach the next level. What speaks most to me is that my kids are both happy to go in the water and proud of what they are accomplishing. Sticking with lessons year round has been one of the best decisions that I have made.

Jessica
Houston, TX

Cindy Wolf provided swimming instruction this past summer for my 14-year-old son and 6-year-old stepson. Both boys enjoyed her instruction and I saw a marked improvement in their swimming skills. My 14-year-old said, ‘She’s a good motivator and she knows what she’s doing.’ I would highly recommend Cindy to anyone needing a great swim instructor.

Kevin
Houston, TX