AUBURN — The Auburn-Lewiston YMCA has announced open registration for the next session of the 2009-2010 swim lesson program. Lessons will start the week of March 8 and will run for eight weeks.

The YMCA will offer the following 30-minute swim lesson classes for children 6 months to age 5: Parent and Tot, 6 months to 3 years; Water Babies, 18 to 36 months; Tiny Tot classes, 2 to 5 years, including Tiny Tot beginners for children who cannot swim and Tiny Tot advanced for children who can swim the length of the pool on their front and back without assistance; Parent and Pike, 2 to 5 years, which involves a parent in the water for the first three lessons. The remaining lessons will prepare children for the Pike Class; Pike, 2 to 5 years; Ray, 3 to 5 years; and Starfish, 3 to 5 years.

Youth Progressive Lessons is a National YMCA swim lesson program designed to improve children’s swimming skills, teach new skills, work on endurance and stroke techniques, as well as survival skills. Polliwog, Guppy, Minnow and Fish are 45-minute classes for children ages 6 to 12. Shark swim class introduces competitive swimming to the highly skilled swimmer 10 to 18 years of age.

Adult swim lessons are offered for both beginner and advanced swimmers.

A lifeguard certification course will be offered in mid-April. Call the YMCA for more information.

All YMCA aquatic programs are designed to instill confidence in participants and make learning new skills fun and challenging in a positive way. The YMCA also offers adult lap swim, open swim, water exercise classes, family swim and birthday party swim and gym rentals.

For swim lesson day and time, to register or for more information, stop by the YMCA at 62 Turner St., call 795-4095 or visit www.alymca.org.