school days off -- what to do in Montgomery County

[Anonymous]

I'm writing a blog post about single day child care activities/camps in Montgomery County for working parents. If you've found things you like or have thoughts on either Park Play Days or CREATE Arts Center camps, please e-mail me at [e-mail].

Thanks.

Stacey Garfinkle
http://www.mocomoms.com

[Anonymous]

I don't know anything about it but I saw an ad the other day for something at Adventure Theater (at Glen Echo).

[Anonymous]

*Visiting local fire stations (a big hit with the preschool set)
*In the fall they have a corn maze at Homestead farm
*Rec Swim at one of the indoor pools
*going to DC via metro and visiting the museums during the week is great, especially if it is a professional day and only public schools are closed
*Hill's gymnastics in gaithersburg has an open play time
*Painting pottery (Rio, Cabin John have places)
*Nature walk at great falls and take the easier trail down to see the water rapids
*Do one of those food prep deals (dream dinners or let's dish) and have the kids help make the dinners

[Anonymous]

Are you looking for activities where the kids can be supervised or for things to do with the kids?

[Anonymous]

She's looking for "single day child care activities/camps in Montgomery County for working parents". Although maybe some just take off all those ridiculous inservice and random days off throughout the year that schools have, I think the author's looking to focus on what working parents do when they can't just take those days off, but it's not winter break or something where it's a long block of time that there are lots of organized activities in place for.

I have a 2 year old, so no suggestions. But I'm up for lobbying to get rid of these crazy 1 day here and 1/2 day there policies that I know will drive me nuts once DD's in school!!! Looking at preschool schedules I'm already boggled at how un-friendly they are to working parents. yeah, I get it - it's a school, not babysitting. But when most families have 2 adults that work (or just 1 parent period), seems to make sense to organized the school schedule in a way that recognizes the common work schedule.

[Anonymous]

I was just trying to kindly point out that the pp who listed activities to do with your child had misunderstood the question. I understand the problem and am affected by it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you looking for activities where the kids can be supervised or for things to do with the kids?

For this particular blog, I'm looking for things where the kids are supervised (hence parents don't need to take the day off of work).

[Anonymous]

I am a teacher & I can tell you, we need our inservice days! We work hard all day & need to stay current with best practices in teaching & having a 1/2 day or full day to attend meetings & seminars is extremely helpful. Plus parent conferences are held on these days. We also have families to consider & can't be doing all of these things in the evening...especially with what we are paid. My DS is in daycare & they have days off that I do not have & while it can be frustrating, I totally understand. Look into SAHMs in your neighborhood or other working families that you can take turns watching the kids. It would also be wonderful if there were 1 day options for the kids...even if the schools ran recreational activities or showed movies on the days we have our inservices.