Summer Resources for Young Children
Camps and Day Care


(Compiled by the Montgomery County Infants & Toddlers Program)

Call Betty Whitney 301-649-8075

Ballet Petite Magical Morning Bethesda; (301) 229-6882 ages 3 through 6 years.

Ballerina Camp Maryland locations; (301) 229-6882; ages 3 through 6 years.

Barrie Day Camp Silver Spring; (301) 871-6200; ages 3 ½ years through 6 years.

Bel Pre Children’s Center Silver Spring; (301) 598-4640; Preschool 2-4 years old.

Beth El Nursery School Bethesda; (301) 652-8569 x 309;age 3-5; Tuesday, through Friday, 9:30 am to 1pm, 6/22-7/9 and 7/13-7/30; counselors are nursery school teachers.

Beth Tikva Early Childhood Center Summer

Camp Rockville; (301) 251-0455 coed, water play, arts & crafts, Nature, games, creative movement, music, puppetry, drama, cooking; three 3-week Sessions.

Bopa-S Imagination Stage

Washington, Bethesda, Rockville; (301) 320- 2550; ages 3 to 18.

Bethesda Country Day Camp Bethesda; (301) 530 6999; ages 2 ½ through 6 years; general day camp; preschool, coed, water play, outdoor art, games, science, cooking and music.

Bethesda/Lynnbrook Children’s Center

Bethesda; (301) 656-4891; arts & crafts, field trips, music, sports.

 

Bright Horizons Children’s Centers

Germantown, Rockville, Siver Spring: (800) 324-4386; age’s 6 weeks through preschool; enrichment activities, outdoor experiences, community field trips.

Broadman-Kaplan Early Childhood Center

Of Tikva Israel Rockville; (301) 251- 0455; ages 2 to 5; water play, nature, drama.

Butler Camp Germantown; (301) 977-6600; ages 3 through 13 years.

Camp CLC Rockville; (301) 871-6600; ages 2 through 6 years; general day camp.

Heritage Academy Metropolitan Area; (703) 922-6600 21/2 potty trained through 12 years; arts & crafts, science, swimming.

*Camp Littlefoot Rockville; (301) 738-9691; ages 3 through 12 years; therapeutic Speech/language, learning enrichment.

Camp Olympia Rockville; (301) 926-9281; ages 3 to 15 years; sports, horseback riding; transportation.

Camp Ruach (at Shaare Tefila) Silver Spring; (301) 681-8694; ages 2 to 5 Extended hours.

Childway Burtonsville; (301) 384-5753 for ages 4 weeks through toddler; (301) 937-7988 for ages 2 through 12; general day camp.

Clara Barton Center for Children Summer

Camp Cabin John; (301) 320-4565; ages 2 to 5; three 3-week sessions, swimming, fieldtrips playgrounds.

Create Arts Center Camp Bethesda; (301) 652-2787; ages 3 to 5; 6 to 13; art drama, storytelling, painting, music, outdoor activities.

Create-A-Story Summer Camp Art Classes Bethesda; (301) 365-7907; ages 18 months through 4 years; 4, 6, 8, or 12 week sessions; Outdoor play, creative movement, drama, music, arts & crafts, storytelling.

Crossway Community Arts Adventure Camp Kensington; (301) 949-0512; ages 2 to 6 years old.

Early Childhood Center Rockville; (301) 424-8065; ages 3 through 4; general day camp.

The Enrichment Centers Bethesda; (301) 229-1744; ages 3 to 18. 8 Centers throughout county.

Jefferson School Gaithersburg; (301) 840-8448; ages 2 years through 5th grade; arts & crafts, music, indoor and outdoor play; theme: Exploring Colonial Times in America.

Franklin Summer Days Rockville; (301) 279-2799; ages 2 through 6 years; Montessori ortraditional creative expressions.

 

Gaithersburg Dept. of Recreation Gaithersburg; (301) 258-6350; ages 3 years and up; mainstream opportunities in recreation, classes, camps, swimming. Creative tot time; (301) 258-6366

Gallaudet University Washington; (202) 651-5130; coed; ages 2 through 9 years; both hearing and deaf programs; general day camp; all day

Geneva Camp Potomac; (301) 340 –7704; ages 2 through 6 years; general day camp; arts & crafts, field trips, science, creative movement puppet shows.

Germantown Children’s Center Germantown; 301-353-1202; ages 2 through 8 years; sports, fitness club,computers, swimming, field trips, arts, drama.

Grace Episcopal Day School Silver Spring; (301) 949-3513; ages 3 to 6th grade; weekly thematic program.

Holden Montessori Theme Camp Bethesda; (301) 229-4024; ages 3 years through 6 years.

*Jewish Community Center Rockville; (301) 881-0100; mainstreaming and special needs camps.

*Karasik Child Care Center Silver Spring; (301) 593-0444; full day, year round child care for children needing specialized care; ages 2-9 years.

 

 

Kentlands Children’s Center Gaithersburg; (301) 590-7355; ages 2 through 8; sports fitness club, computers, swimming, field trips, arts and drama.

Kids Moving Co. Summer Camp Bethesda: (301) 656-1543; ages 3-5 years; obstacle course, story time, arts.

La Petite Childcare Camp Imagination Germantown; (301) 428-1709, ages 6 weeks 2 years; Gaithersburg; (301) 963-0986; ages 2 through 11 years; general summer activities including swimming and field trips.

*Lourie Center Rockville; (301) 984-4444 Contact Rony Richter; ages 2 through 9 years; for children with multiple disabilities; indoor and outdoor play, drama, art, music, science, gym, language arts.

The Manor Montessori School Potomac; (301) 299-7400; age 18 months to 7 years; Montessori program with swimming, computers, soccer, music, art, field trips.

Tots Rockville; (301) 468-9181; ages 4- 11 years; gymnastics and movement; 45 minute classes, eight-week sessions.

Montgomery Child Care Association, Inc.

Summer Adventure Camps; 8 locations: Bel Pre/Strathmore (301) 598-4640 ages 2-5 years old; Bethesda (301) 656-4891; Bethesda / River Road (301)229-0474; Garret Park (301)946-6192; Olney (301) 570-4525; Potomac (301) 299-6442;Rockville (301) 424- 8952; Silver Spring (301) 593-9641. Infants through 12 years; swimming, sports, arts & crafts and more.

Montgomery County Public Schools (301) 929-2025; adult education and summer classes.

*Montgomery County Recreation Dept. 240-777-6900; begin at three years; mainstreaming in recreation classes, camps, swimming.

*Montgomery CountyTherapeutic Recreation Dept.

240-777-6960

National Child Research Center (NCRC) Washington; (202) 363-8777; ages 2 ½ through 5 ½ years; general day camp, movement, drama, music, arts & crafts; one 6- week session.

The Newport School Silver Spring; (301) 942-4550; ages 3 through 8 years old; Summer camp June 17- July 27 with extended care.

Norbeck Montessori Center Aspen Hill; (301) 924-4233; ages 2 ½ through 5 years; just for their students.

Olney Children’s Center Olney; (301) 924- 5919;ages 2 through 8 years; sports, fitness club, computers, swimming, field trips, arts, drama.

*Over the Rainbow Suburban Maryland (301) 384-5081; ages 3 through 13; sensory integration; motor, attention problems; occupational therapy; drama; Tai Kwan Do; small groups.

Park Street Children’s Center Rockville; (301) 424-8952; ages 3 months through 12 years; soccer, swimming, arts & crafts, field trips, science, nature bikes.

Potomac Village School Summer Fun Camp Potomac; (301) 263-0337; ages 2 through 6 years.

The Rockville Day Care Association

9 program locations throughout Montgomery County; (301) 762-7420; ages 2 through 12 years; theme weeks, arts & crafts, swimming, sports, cooking, language arts, nature study, field trips, music, science.

Rockville Parks & Recreation (301) 309-3340 3 through 5 years.

Rustic Woods Summer Day Camp Bowie; (301) 262-3566; ages 3 through 12 years; general day camp, swimming, horseback riding; 2-week sessions.

*Sense-A-Tional PlayTime Potomac; (301) 424-4831; ages 3 to 5; therapeutic mini-camp for children with special needs.

Shady Grove Early Learning Center Gaithersburg; (301) 738-6424; ages 1 ½ months through 5 years; open all year.

Shady Grove Kidstop Rockville; (301) 548- 8899; ages infant through 2nd grade.

Shady Grove Child Care Center Rockville; (301) 251-1369; ages 8 weeks through 5 years.

* Speech and Language Summer Camp Bethesda; (301) 493-0023; ages 3 and up; Intensive half –day program; nationalspeech.com.

Spring Bilingual Montessori Academy Silver Spring; (301) 587-3511; ages 2 ½ up to 6 Years; arts & crafts, Italian, French, Spanish, swimming, field trips.

St. Camillus Child Care Center Silver Spring; (301) 439-1640; ages 3 to 5 years; field trips, arts & crafts, swimming, general day camp.

Summer Journey at St. Francis Episcopal Day School Potomac; (301) 365-0388; ages 3 to 11; arts, science, computers, swimming, Spanish.

Walden Montessori Academy Bethesda; (301) 469-8123; ages 2 through 6 years. 2 through 4 in the Summer only.

Westmoreland Children’s Centers Bethesda (301) 299-7161; preschool to grade 6; arts & crafts, science exploration; field trips.

The Winchester School Silver Spring; (301) 598-2266; ages 3 to 7; art, music, stories, science, outdoor water play.

Wintergreen Child Development Center Rockville; (301) 424-7522; ages 2 ½ through 6 years; general day camp.

YMCA kindergym: 1 and 2 year olds with parents: swimming: 6 through 36 months with parents; Bethesda (301) 530-3725; Montgomery Village (301) 948-9622; Silver Spring (301) 585-2120

Summer Activities

-Library-story times at all county libraries

-Local parks: Cabin John, Black Hills,

Seneca Creek, Wheaton Regional,

Brookside Nature Center and Gardens, Great Falls, Meadowside Nature Center, Candy Cane City & Rock Creek Stables, Hadley Park, Martin Luther King Park and pool, other county pools

-Folk Life Festival -Wash. D.C. mall

-Wolf Trap Theater, Va.

-Glen Echo-carousel and Adventure Theater

-Museums: Natural History (insect room); Children's Museum, Wash DC

-National Colonial Farm

-Oxon Hill Farm

-Aquarium-Wash D.C. and Baltimore

-Butler's Orchard

-Reston Petting Zoo, Va.

-National Zoo

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