Learn to Swim Skill Breakdown - Back Floats

Learn to swim with Sunshine...

Teach your child or students to swim with our “Learn to Swim with Sunshine” skill breakdowns and lesson plans.

This a breakdown of the skill "Unassisted Back Floats" and includes a lesson plan using the skill in a toddler swim class. The breakdown and lesson plan include a step-by-step guide to teaching or learning the skill with full color pictures.

Sunshine offers many skill breakdowns. Pick and choose the skills you need. Use as your own pace. You can speed through each level or continually repeat skills or lesson plans while providing fun, safe and engaging life skills for your little ones. We have over 10 years’ experience running a successful swim school and 25 plus years’ experience in swim instruction.

Each of our skills and levels build on each other. With skills focusing on swim fundamentals, water comfortability and most importantly water safety.

This tool is perfect for parents, swim instructors, homeschool students, childcare givers or anyone with a love of teaching children how to swim.


We look forward to helping your kiddos learn how to swim with Sunshine!