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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for starting this thread--I'd like to see reviews and recommendations of the places I have not been.  Here are my experiences.

We've been to Scramble several times in the past year.  My son is 4.  I think it has something to offer for babies at about 9 months up to kids of about 7 years, but I think the optimal age is probably 4-5.  I say this because some of the spaces are small and it is nice when kids are big enough you don't feel like you need to follow them through.  We spend about 2 to 2.5 hours there and my son is exhausted and takes a great nap.

Hidden Oaks, we went a couple of times when my son was 2 and early 3 and liked it.  I think that is probably the best age for it.  We could spend about an hour in there.  He loves to look at the animals and play with the puppets and do the puzzles.

We have done the soft playroom in Alexandria recently, so my son was 4.  Somehow I missed the fact that you can only stay for 1/2 an hour.  It really was not worth the drive for us, and I think it was for a slightly younger age, maybe 9 months or so to 2 or maybe 3 years old.

Building Museum we went to once when he was newly 3 and I think he was too young.  For one thing, the ticketing system was sort of a pain in the neck with a kid who could not wait well, and then a lot (but not all) of the stuff was for older kids.  I think it would be great for an older 4 year old to 6 year old.  We will definitely go again--they had some cool stuff in there.

This was not in the link, but people had recommended Wegman's Wonderplace at Museum of American History and we went recently.  At 4, my son was too old for it.  He liked playing with the things there, but we got a ton of stink eye from parents of babies who clearly thought he should not have been there, though the stated age is up to 6, and it was pretty uncomfortable for me.  [/quote]

For your 4 year old, take him to the area right across from Wonderplace, Spark Lab(?), for 6-12 year olds. My 4 year old still tolerates Wonderplace to play with her 2 year old brother, who loves it, but she loves loves loves Spark Lab.[/quote]

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