Y programs are extremely family-oriented. Kids and adults alike can learn to swim in the 25-yard indoor pool, dribble on the basketball half-court, take lessons in Shotokan karate, and more.

Swimming lessons are available for children as young as six months (with parent) and continue through adulthood. This branch also offers classes and clinics in basketball, karate, yoga, and dance.

Afterschool care for kids in grades K-7 is available, as well as babysitting for children six months through five years of age while parents are using the Y facilities. Spring and Summer Camp programs at this branch are offered in weekly increments.

The City of Takoma Park Recreation Department offers a wide variety of classes and programs for children of all ages, including dance, arts, fitness, yoga, martial arts, language, computers, and music. Before and afterschool care, school vacation day field trips, spring and summer break camps, and various youth/teen clubs round out the offerings.

Most programs are held at the department's headquarters in the Takoma Park Community Center. A link to the current season's program guide can be found on the homepage of its website.

The Culinary Kids Cooking School offers classes and parties to elementary and middle school age children in schools, community centers, churches, and homes in Baltimore and the surrounding area. Parties include set up and clean up, apron decorating, and of course preparing and eating a meal and dessert.

The DC Department of Parks and Recreation operates parks, community and recreation centers, pools, and fitness centers throughout the city. A vast array of classes are available, ranging from swimming to hip hop to reading clubs, with choices for everyone from preschool age through seniors. Before and afterschool care and camps are available at many community centers as well.

The DCJCC, as it's better known, offers a plethora of family activities. Family swim and gym times, playgroups, and special holiday activities make this a great place to be and belong.

Programs for children include infant and toddler classes, chess club, private swimming lessons, soccer, basketball, gymnastics, birthday parties, and after-school care.

The Preschool, for children ages two to five, is open year-round from 7:30am-6pm. The school begins accepting applications one year in advance of the desired start date.

The Parenting Center offers networking opportunities, resources and programming for pregnant couples and for babies, toddlers, young children, and their parents.

Summer camp programs are available for children in grades Pre-K through 12.

DMB Sports Camp offers multi-sport summer and school break camps, providing kids with a broad exposure to many sports at a young age. It's philosophy is that campers will have a much better chance of finding a sport they love for life (and keeping an athletic lifestyle) if they are not limited to what they learn early on.

Kids ages six to ten can try Sports Camp, Eco Quest Camp, Art Camp, Cheerleading Camp, or Field Hockey Camp. Kids 11 to 15 can sign up for the Sport-Trek Challenge, which merges the sports and eco camps for teens and pre-teens.

Before- and aftercare are offered for the summer camps. Kids ages 13-15 (rising 9th graders and above) can also apply to be Junior Counselors.

DMB Sports Camp offers multi-sport summer and school break camps, providing kids with a broad exposure to many sports at a young age. It's philosophy is that campers will have a much better chance of finding a sport they love for life (and keeping an athletic lifestyle) if they are not limited to what they learn early on.

Kids ages six to ten can try Sports Camp, Eco Quest Camp, Art Camp, Cheerleading Camp, or Field Hockey Camp. Kids 11 to 15 can sign up for the Sport-Trek Challenge, which merges the sports and eco camps for teens and pre-teens.

Before- and aftercare are offered for the summer camps. Kids ages 13-15 (rising 9th graders and above) can also apply to be Junior Counselors.

Frying Pan Farm Park preserves a piece of Fairfax County's rural heritage with a working demonstration farm. The park's Kidwell Farm recreates the era of 1920 to 1950, when family dairy farms blanketed the landscape. Frying Pan also offers classes for scouts, a preschool program, regular equestrian events, and summer camps.

Seasonal wagon rides last for 20-minutes, winding through the woods and fields of Frying Pan Farm Park, and are complete with a lesson about the plants and animals living at the park.

Please call for equestrian hours; horses are not available nor are riding lessons.

Headfirst provides summer camps, winter and spring break camps, year-round sports clinics, and after school programs.

Summer Day Camps for children ages three to 14 include Arts & Crafts, Dance, Swimming, Magic, Cooking, and Scientific Discovery. Sports Summer Camps for children ages four to 14 include Basketball, Baseball, Lacrosse, Dance, and Soccer. Headfirst also offers overnight summer camps for kids ages nine to 18. Its well-known, national college recruiting showcase camps are unparalleled.

Baseball, soccer, lacrosse, and basketball clinics are offered, as well as coaching for individual and team instruction, and year-round recreational and travel sports leagues for both young athletes and adults.

Founded in 1979, Imagination Stage is the region's leading theater arts organization dedicated to children, serving 100,000 children and their families per year through professional theater productions, diverse classes, and camps. Plays and musicals are staged year-round in the 400-seat Lerner Family Theatre, and the StoryTheatre Series for pre-schoolers is presented in the smaller Reeve Studio Theatre.

Classes in acting, creative drama, dance, musical theater, and filmmaking are offered for children for ages one through 18 of all abilities. Just Imagine Classes (ages 12 months to 36 months) are multi-sensory classes for child and parent/caregiver. Classes are offered during a fall semester and winter/spring semester. Special workshops are always on the schedule. For teens, training becomes more focused with audition-only, pre-professional conservatory and ensemble programs in acting, musical theater, dance, or filmmaking.

Summer camps and flex weeks offer fun in one to five week programs (half or full day). Longer, full-day camps culminate in a production of a musical or play that campers perform for family and friends. Programs include musical theater, acting, dance, filmmaking, and filmmaking.

Imagination Stage is dedicated to inclusion and offers programs for those with special needs and those in the deaf community.

Imagination Stage also has a Café and Gift Shop. The Just Imagine Cafe serves pre- and post-show snacks and meals, so it's easy to grab lunch or a snack before one of the shows! The Just Imagine Gift Shop has an imaginative range of gifts, large and small, including dress up, toys, books, and more.

The Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia (JCCNV) offers tons of family activities from birth on up.
Programs for children include mommy and me classes, swimming, dance, music lessons, soccer, sports performance training, basketball, kickball, and beore- and after-school care.

Preschool, for children ages two to five, is offered from 9am-1pm. You must have a family membership in the JCCNV for your child to attend preschool.

Summer camp programs are available for children in grades Pre-K through 10, and a Mommy and Me camp is also offered.

Facilities at the Kettering/Largo Community Center include a gymnasium, multi-purpose room, exercise/fitness room, preschool area, dance room, arts and crafts room, game room, offices, storage areas, and restrooms with showers. Recreation programs and classes in the areas of sports, arts, fitness, dance, crafts, cooking, self-improvement, drama, games, hobbies, martial arts, music, and do-it-yourself instruction are among the activities offered at the center. The facility also hosts tournaments, clubs, camps, special events, workshops, drop-in programs, afterschool programs, and cultural activities.

The Kettler Capitals Iceplex offers lessons, public skates, adult leagues, and ringside seats for Washington Capitals practice sessions on two NHL-sized rinks.

Lessons include Learn to Skate for children ages three to five (with a parent), four to six, six to 13, and 13 and up; Figure Skating and Freestyle; and Learn to Play Hockey. Drop-in activities include fitness skate, pick up hockey, and broomball. Spring and summer camps are also offered.

A birthday party package includes a host/hostess, private party room for one hour, admission to a public skate session, skate rental, two large pizzas, and two pitchers of soda.

Y programs are extremely family-oriented. Kids and adults alike can learn to swim in the 25-Meter Indoor Pool, work out on the dual basketball courts, test strength and wiles on the climbing wall, and more.

Family swim time is Saturday from 1:30pm-6:30pm, and Sunday from 1pm-5:30pm.

Swimming lessons are available for children as young as six months (with parent) and continue through adulthood. Teen swim lessons, for kids ages 13-17, are available for older kids who have somehow managed to avoid learning to swim throughout their childhood! Private lessons are also available.

This branch also features the Kids' PhD Program (Physical, Healthy, Driven), for kids ages five to twelve, which is designed to increase strength, speed, endurance, flexibility, cardiovascular capability, and self-esteem. These classes generally meet on Saturdays. Kids ages 13 to 17 can try their 8-week PhD Teen Weight Training Program.

Summer Camp programs at this branch are available in bi-weekly increments, beginning in June and ending in September. Camp hours are 9am-4pm, with before- and after-care options for an additional fee.

Traditional camps themes include: Sports Fan-tastic; Lights, Camera, Action!; Space Invaders; Imagination to Creation; All About Me. In additional to each theme, all campers experience other fun, enriching activities, such as swimming, sports, singing, arts and crafts, field trips, science, and more.

Teenagers can also try the YMCA Summer of Services, an opportunity for teens to make a difference in their communities while creating peer relationships, developing leadership skills, and learning more about the needs of their neighborhoods.

This branch also offers youth classes and clinics in Tae Kwon Do, basketball, cheerleading, weight training, fitness camp, Hip-Hop, ballet, and birthday parties.

For more information on Youth Programs please contact the Youth Wellness Coordinator, 202.862.9622 ext. 3184.

The mission of OlivosARTstudio, a small private art studio, is to provide individuals of all ages with the opportunity to have art in their lives. To increase their skills and knowledge of various art mediums, learn art history/culture, and the value of art to society and the individual. Of course all of this while having fun!

Classes are small (they average six to eight students) and taught by two working artists/educators. Spring and Summer camps are also available, each with a maximum of 12 students.

Facilities at the Rollingcrest-Chillum Community Center include a gymnasium, craft room, pre-school room, game room, fitness room, and a cardio-vascular fitness wing connected to the indoor splash pool. Recreation programs and classes in the areas of sports, arts, fitness, dance, crafts, cooking, drama, games, self-improvement, computers, hobbies, martial arts, music, and do-it-yourself instruction are among the activities offered. The center also hosts clubs, camps, special events, workshops, drop-in programs, after-school programs, and cultural activities at different times.

The Rollingcrest-Chillum Splash Pool features a heated, 20-yard lap pool with a drop slide and lily pad walk; a heated family pool with beach grade entry, a tube slide, otter slide, and water play features; a heated whirlpool; a heated children's pool with beach grade entry, water play features, an island play area, an otter slide and a tube slide; a lobby observation area; locker rooms with coin-operated lockers; and a family changing room. Swimming lessons, recreational swims, lap swims, water aerobics classes, senior aquatics exercise programs, and deep water exercise classes are also offered.

The Little Gym's core program is Developmental Gymnastics, a non-competitive, motor skill development program focusing on creating fun, positive experiences. Classes are designed for children ages four months through 12 years. In addition to gymnastics, The Little Gym offers parent/child classes, dance classes (ages 3-12), sports skill development classes (ages 3-6), and karate classes (ages 4-12). Although hours vary, The Little Gym classes are typically held on weekdays with morning and evening classes and on Saturday mornings.

Three hour "camps" are held during the summer and school holidays. Birthday parties, featuring music, movement, and games (they even mail the invitations!) are also available on Saturday afternoons and Sundays.

The Little Gym's core program is Developmental Gymnastics, a non-competitive, motor skill development program focusing on creating fun, positive experiences. Classes are designed for children ages four months through 12 years. In addition to gymnastics, The Little Gym offers parent/child classes, dance classes (ages 3-12), sports skill development classes (ages 3-6), and karate classes (ages 4-12). Although hours vary, The Little Gym classes are typically held on weekdays with morning and evening classes and on Saturday mornings.

Three hour "camps" are held during the summer and school holidays. Birthday parties, featuring music, movement, and games (they even mail the invitations!) are also available on Saturday afternoons and Sundays.

The Little Gym's core program is Developmental Gymnastics, a non-competitive, motor skill development program focusing on creating fun, positive experiences. Classes are designed for children ages four months through 12 years. In addition to gymnastics, The Little Gym offers parent/child classes, dance classes (ages 3-12), sports skill development classes (ages 3-6), and karate classes (ages 4-12). Although hours vary, The Little Gym classes are typically held on weekdays with morning and evening classes and on Saturday mornings.

Three hour "camps" are held during the summer and school holidays. Birthday parties, featuring music, movement, and games (they even mail the invitations!) are also available on Saturday afternoons and Sundays.

The Little Gym's core program is Developmental Gymnastics, a non-competitive, motor skill development program focusing on creating fun, positive experiences. Classes are designed for children ages four months through 12 years. In addition to gymnastics, The Little Gym offers parent/child classes, dance classes (ages 3-12), sports skill development classes (ages 3-6), and karate classes (ages 4-12). Although hours vary, The Little Gym classes are typically held on weekdays with morning and evening classes and on Saturday mornings.

Three hour "camps" are held during the summer and school holidays. Birthday parties, featuring music, movement, and games (they even mail the invitations!) are also available on Saturday afternoons and Sundays.

The Little Gym's core program is Developmental Gymnastics, a non-competitive, motor skill development program focusing on creating fun, positive experiences. Classes are designed for children ages four months through 12 years. In addition to gymnastics, The Little Gym offers parent/child classes, dance classes (ages 3-12), sports skill development classes (ages 3-6), and karate classes (ages 4-12). Although hours vary, The Little Gym classes are typically held on weekdays with morning and evening classes and on Saturday mornings.

Three hour "camps" are held during the summer and school holidays. Birthday parties, featuring music, movement, and games (they even mail the invitations!) are also available on Saturday afternoons and Sundays.

The Little Gym's core program is Developmental Gymnastics, a non-competitive, motor skill development program focusing on creating fun, positive experiences. Classes are designed for children ages four months through 12 years. In addition to gymnastics, The Little Gym offers parent/child classes, dance classes (ages 3-12), sports skill development classes (ages 3-6), and karate classes (ages 4-12). Although hours vary, The Little Gym classes are typically held on weekdays with morning and evening classes and on Saturday mornings.

Three hour "camps" are held during the summer and school holidays. Birthday parties, featuring music, movement, and games (they even mail the invitations!) are also available on Saturday afternoons and Sundays.

The Little Gym's core program is Developmental Gymnastics, a non-competitive, motor skill development program focusing on creating fun, positive experiences. Classes are designed for children ages four months through 12 years. In addition to gymnastics, The Little Gym offers parent/child classes, dance classes (ages 3-12), sports skill development classes (ages 3-6), and karate classes (ages 4-12). Although hours vary, The Little Gym classes are typically held on weekdays with morning and evening classes and on Saturday mornings.

Three hour "camps" are held during the summer and school holidays. Birthday parties, featuring music, movement, and games (they even mail the invitations!) are also available on Saturday afternoons and Sundays.

The Little Gym's core program is Developmental Gymnastics, a non-competitive, motor skill development program focusing on creating fun, positive experiences. Classes are designed for children ages four months through 12 years. In addition to gymnastics, The Little Gym offers parent/child classes, dance classes (ages 3-12), sports skill development classes (ages 3-6), and karate classes (ages 4-12). Although hours vary, The Little Gym classes are typically held on weekdays with morning and evening classes and on Saturday mornings.

Three hour "camps" are held during the summer and school holidays. Birthday parties, featuring music, movement, and games (they even mail the invitations!) are also available on Saturday afternoons and Sundays.

The Little Gym's core program is Developmental Gymnastics, a non-competitive, motor skill development program focusing on creating fun, positive experiences. Classes are designed for children ages four months through 12 years. In addition to gymnastics, The Little Gym offers parent/child classes, dance classes (ages 3-12), sports skill development classes (ages 3-6), and karate classes (ages 4-12). Although hours vary, The Little Gym classes are typically held on weekdays with morning and evening classes and on Saturday mornings.

Three hour "camps" are held during the summer and school holidays. Birthday parties, featuring music, movement, and games (they even mail the invitations!) are also available on Saturday afternoons and Sundays.

The Little Gym's core program is Developmental Gymnastics, a non-competitive, motor skill development program focusing on creating fun, positive experiences. Classes are designed for children ages four months through 12 years. In addition to gymnastics, The Little Gym offers parent/child classes, dance classes (ages 3-12), sports skill development classes (ages 3-6), and karate classes (ages 4-12). Although hours vary, The Little Gym classes are typically held on weekdays with morning and evening classes and on Saturday mornings.

Three hour "camps" are held during the summer and school holidays. Birthday parties, featuring music, movement, and games (they even mail the invitations!) are also available on Saturday afternoons and Sundays.

The Little Gym's core program is Developmental Gymnastics, a non-competitive, motor skill development program focusing on creating fun, positive experiences. Classes are designed for children ages four months through 12 years. In addition to gymnastics, The Little Gym offers parent/child classes, dance classes (ages 3-12), sports skill development classes (ages 3-6), and karate classes (ages 4-12). Although hours vary, The Little Gym classes are typically held on weekdays with morning and evening classes and on Saturday mornings.

Three hour "camps" are held during the summer and school holidays. Birthday parties, featuring music, movement, and games (they even mail the invitations!) are also available on Saturday afternoons and Sundays.

The Town Hall Education Arts & Recreation Campus - THEARC - is a $27 million, 110,000 square foot, state-of-the art campus located in southeast DC. Nine cultural and social service agencies are based at THEARC - including Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, Children's National Medical Center, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Covenant House Washington, the Levine School of Music, Parklands Community Center, The Washington Ballet, Trinity University, and Washington Middle School for Girls - all of which share the goal of helping children and families reach their full potential.

In addition to the nine partner agencies based here, THEARC also features a 365-seat theater - the only theater east of the Anacostia River - where children can expand their horizons through drama, music, and dance, and the Washington, DC community can come together for events, performances, and town hall meetings.

The Tucker Road Ice Rink is open year round. The facility includes the rink, a warming room, a party room, and a spectator viewing room. Rental skates are available for all general skating sessions. Ice skating and hockey lessons (from walking on up!), day camps, birthday parties, and rental of the facility are also available.

Y programs are extremely family-oriented. Kids and adults alike can play soccer or micro-soccer, take lessons in karate and jujitsu, and more.

The outdoor pool is open from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Swimming lessons are available for children between the ages of five and 12, but are offered during the summer months only.

This branch also offers classes and clinics in basketball, dance, gymnastics, and preschool-oriented topics, and provides Before- and Afterschool care for kids in grades K-5 at local elementary schools.

Birthday party options include gymnastics, sports, "ooey gooey" science, ballet, and more.

The YMCA Arlington offers a variety summer camp programs including traditional camps, specialty camps (like art and science), sports camps (like basketball and soccer), travel/trip camps, swim camp and more. The scheduled dates of camp follow the Arlington County Public Schools calander, and the hours are from 9am-4pm, with extended hours available from 7:30am-6:30pm for an additional fee. Camp programs are available for campers entering Kindergarten through 9th grade.

Yoga Tales classes are just a bit different from the usual children's yoga program because they combine an educational curriculum with Hatha Yoga, using stories, music, movement, art, toys, and play to teach yoga poses. Classes are available at all age levels, from Post Natal on up, and are broken into age-appropriate groupings. There are also themed classes, such as Family Yoga, Sports Yoga, Wellness Yoga, and Mother/Daughter Yoga.

Birthday parties include a one hour yoga class, at the location of your choice. Each party has a theme, created by the studio teacher with input from you and your child, and ends with a relaxing meditation and foot massages.

Summer camp is for little ones (ages three to six), and is a half-day camp featuring yoga, games, stories, arts and crafts, playground trips, and a snack. Camp is held in several different neighborhood locations, or can be brought to you.

Young Chefs Academy is a cooking school created just for kids! Children learn cooking and baking techniques, proper food handling, food preparation, and presentation, kitchen safety, table setting, manners, and more. The Academy offers a variety of hands-on cooking classes, including mini-camps and field trips.

The atmosphere is kid-friendly, with colorful cabinets, counters, cutting boards, and bathrooms (to encourage