Recommended: Local Summer Camps

Our companion email list, the Cleveland Park Listserv, is a treasure trove of recommendations. We want to share on All Life Is Local, on a periodic basis, the best recommendations that have been posted on the Cleveland Park Listserv. You'll be able to search All Life Is Local for "contractor," "plumber," "computer tech," "auto body shop" -- whatever you need.

A great old-fashioned, fun day camp for kids from ages 5 to 9 is Cleveland Park Club Camp. It's a small, homey camp, with games like spud, kickball, and tag. Each week has a different theme, such a Mythology, Weather, or Theater Games. (These are three of the weeks this summer.) My kids loved it and went for many summers when they were small, and returned to be CITs when they were older. The camp has a pool, too.

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My boys absolutely loved two local camps when they were that age, both right here in Cleveland Park.

Headfirst Camps are all great - and located at St. Albans School (playing fields are on Garfield Street, just west of 34th).  Their sports camps start at age 6, but they have a really fun day camp for kids 3.5-6 with a mix of activities (everything from science projects to martial arts, rock climbing, cooking, and moon bounce) and a different fun theme each week.

My boys also really enjoyed Beauvoir summer camp (Woodley Road at 35th Street), whose great attraction for me was their outdoor pool:

Recommended: Performing Arts Camps for Kids

Our companion email list, the Cleveland Park Listserv, is a treasure trove of recommendations. We want to share on All Life Is Local, on a periodic basis, the best recommendations that have been posted on the Cleveland Park Listserv. You'll be able to search All Life Is Local for "contractor," "plumber," "doctor," "computer tech," "auto body shop" -- whatever you need.


I received over 30 responses (suggestions) to my inquiry about Performing Arts Camps. Is this Listserv spectacular or what! Have a great summer!

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Camp Arena Stage (10 recommendations) http://www.arenastage.org/education/camp-arena-stage

“I highly recommend Arena Stage camp. ...2 sessions – 4 weeks and 2 weeks...held on the campus of Georgetown Visitation in Georgetown.” “...by far the best day camp my children have attended in DC ...focused on performing arts.” “My 11-year-old daughter went last year and loved it...going back this summer.” “It’s great...very well run.”

Send Your Kids on a Snow Safari at the Zoo over Winter Break

This year Friends of the National Zoo (FONZ) is offering parents of kids in grades K-5 a brilliant solution to the down-time between Christmas and New Year: a day camp called "Snow Safari" from Monday, Dec. 27 through Friday, Dec. 31.

Snow Safari campers at the Zoo will explore the lives, habitats, and conservation of animals around the world. Each five-day session includes exciting hands-on activities, craft projects, and science experiments. Participants will also meet Zoo experts, go on exclusive tours, and experience private animal encounters. (Please note: There is never direct contact with the animals.)

Camp sessions are grouped into two grade levels: K-1 and 2-5.  Hours each day are from 9am to 3pm; after-camp care is offered in the Visitor Center classrooms from 3 to 6 p.m.  Families must be members of FONZ to participate.  To learn more or to register for the camp, click here.