Whether you're splashing at the pool, playing at the beach, or boating with family, knowing how to stay safe around water is essential for both kids and grown-ups. That’s where Swim by the American Red Cross comes in!

Learning to enjoy the water safely should be the first step for anyone who will be around water. Have fun learning water safety in an engaging way with video and activities for kids and families. Track your kids’ progress with this FREE app as they learn to swim. The free Red Cross Swim App allows students and parents to track swim skill progress, and to share accomplishments across social media. The app can also be used to reinforce skills and safety information learned during swim lessons. .

Red Cross Swim App Icon — **Help Your Family Be Safer in and Around Water.**

If summer is packed with camps, travel, and family fun, and you don’t have time for swim lessons, the **Red Cross Swim App** is a great tool to keep water safety top of mind. Kids can track their swimming progress, celebrate milestones, and reinforce what they've learned—whether or not they're in lessons this season. You can even share their achievements with family and friends!

App Allows You to:

Create individual student profiles.
Share achievements and earned "badges" across social media.
Track swim goals from Level 1 Beginner through Level 6 Advanced Swimmer.
View demonstration videos for safety strokes (elementary backstroke and sidestroke) and all four racing strokes (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly).
Engage children with kid-friendly activities, videos and quizzes that reinforce water skills and safety lessons.
Learn water safety and drowning prevention tips for many aquatic environments such as a home pool, the beach, lakes and rivers.
Link to additional Red Cross Apps for Pet Safety, First Aid and more.

The Swim App is not a substitute for learning how to swim.
Additional water safety tips are available at redcross.org/watersafety.

Download the free app in the Apple App Store, Google Play Store for Android or Amazon Kindle Store by searching for American Red Cross or by going to redcross.org/mobileapps

Or text: "SWIM" to 90999