Ready to take your preschool swimmers beyond the basics?

Get Your Young Swimmers Ready For Their Next Big Step In Swimming

Our Intermediate Swim Lesson Plans (ages 3-5) are the perfect next step after beginners. Designed for swimmers who are now comfortable in the water and eager to learn more, these 2 downloadable lesson plans introduce foundational swimming skills for all four strokes while continuing to build water confidence and safety.

👉 This stage is all about preparing swimmers for advanced lessons — not yet swimming full strokes, but mastering the essential body positions, arm and leg movements, and breath control they’ll need to put everything together later.

Why Choose These Lesson Plans?

✔ Step-Up From Beginner Level – Moves children from water confidence into skill development.

✔ Stroke Foundations – Introduces elements of freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly in bite-sized, age-appropriate drills.

✔ Structured & Fun – Keeps preschoolers engaged with fun activities while layering technical accuracy.

✔ Confidence + Safety – Reinforces safe entries, floating and kicking

✔ Adaptable – Great for swim schools, private teachers, or parents leading pool practice.

✔ Flexible Progression – Progress at your swimmer’s pace — repeat favorites or adjust challenges as needed.

What’s Included?

📌 2 Intermediate Lesson Plans with structured activities designed to:

💦 Teach streamlined body positions & stronger kicks

💦 Introduce breathing and rhythm for strokes

💦 Develop arm actions for freestyle & backstroke

💦 Playfully explore breaststroke and butterfly skills

💦 Reinforce safe submersion, floating, and propulsion

💦 Build confidence for the Advanced Level later

📌 Printable PDF lesson plan – Instant download for easy use.

📌 Step-by-step instructions for swim instructors and parents.

📌 Fast-paced or self-paced approach to match each swimmer’s learning speed.

Who Is This For?

✔ Swim teachers looking for a structured preschool swim curriculum.

✔ Parents who want to teach water confidence and safety at home.

✔ Toddler and preschool swim schools needing engaging, play-based activities.

✔ Instructors working with nervous or fearful swimmers needing extra reassurance.

Give little swimmers the best start in the water with this engaging and supportive lesson plan!

💪 4 Reasons why these are the BEST swimming lesson plans for you:

1. We don't just tell you what to teach, we tell you how to teach each activity,

2. They are fun and easy to use,

3. We made learning and teaching quality learn to swim affordable and accessible for everyone, and

4. We focus on skill building and accelerated learning...great for classes stuck on the 'water familiarization' treadmill!!

All swimming lesson plans come from my 25+ years experience as a qualified Australian (AustSwim) Swim Instructor; I have successfully used these swim plans to teach children of all ages and abilities. All our lesson plans include water safety and drowning prevention skills.