Best DC Spanish language summer camp for 4 year old?

[Anonymous]

We have done easyspanish123 classes and Communikids. My child really loved the UDC Communikids camp especially the early summer weeks when there was a lower teacher/student ratio and they had lots of opportunities to listen to Spanish and lots of teacher interaction. I think this might be the first year easyspanish123 is doing a camp so cant comment on the camp as much as the program overall which has a really nice space and shaded playground. Many of the Easyspanish123 teachers are familiar with the DCPS curriculum so for any child making the transition to a DCPS bilingual Spanish program this is great option.

[Anonymous]

I don't think Casa Lala or Brillando is a good fit for a child that gets easily overwhelmed in unstructured settings. Both can have a pretty chaotic feel, which works completely well for some kids and is disastrous for others. We also had safety concerns at Brillando, and DC has asked to go back to Casa Lala. Salsa with Silvia also has some Spanish, though it's very light exposure and not an "immersion" camp.

[Anonymous]

Found this post in a Google search and wanted to chime in. Our son did Communikids summer (Cathedral Commons location) the past two years at 4 and 5 years old and loved it. The program seems to have hit on a "travel the latino world" curriculum where they learn about a different country in Latin America each week. I was a little concerned about it feeling like more of a "daycare" environment after 2 years in the DC prek-3 and prek-4 program, but he loved both the structured activities and the unstructured play time. They went to the park each day, sometimes twice a day if not too hot. "Water day" was once a week (just splashing in a kiddie pool, but hey just add water, right?). I think he could have been a little more stimulated in other programs or camps, but we were happy he enjoyed it and the commute was easy for us.

[Anonymous]

Have heard good things about Communikids camp-- only thing to mention is that the Cathedral Commons building is a converted office building, and it definitely felt that way when we visited, so would probably be worth seeing firsthand before signing up. But the teachers and program seemed great.

Another Spanish immersion camp option is Sacred Heart in Mount Pleasant, affiliated with the PreK-8 school. We're enrolled in the school (and are not Catholic ourselves) and love it; haven't experienced the summer camp yet but will try it this summer. The playground isn't huge, which seems like a drawback for camp, but they get into the woods in Rock Creek a lot.