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Introducing the New Water N’ Kids Youth Course from the Public Education Directorate!

We are pleased to announce the launch of an exciting youth water safety class, called Water N’ Kids, designed to enhance safety, skills, and knowledge for students ages 8 to 10 years (third and fourth grade). Developed by the Public Education Directorate, this course includes many support templates to help instructors contact schools, teachers, parent information, a general lesson plan, and more for those instructors who want to expand their flotilla’s course offerings.
Water N’ Kids is designed to teach basic water safety topics to young students. There are 12 items in the tool kit, including:

• Sample Elementary School Letter
• Sample Elementary School Thank You Letter
• Sample High School Letter
• Sample High School Class Flyer (Boat America)
• Sample High School Thank You Letter
• Sample Youth Course Water N' Kids Flyer
• Student Course Completion Certificate (Fillable)
• Classroom Course Completion Certificate (Fillable)
• Water N' Kids Certificate Letter to Parents
• Summary Lesson Plan for Instructors
• Water N' Kids Instructor Notes (PDF)
• Water N' Kids PowerPoint Presentation 

• Swimming safely
• Rip currents
• Wearing life jackets
• Basic boating safety
• Clean environment