Lowell School is an independent, progressive PK-8th school in Washington, DC. We honor the individuality of each child, give them time and space to grow, and nurture their strengths. A fundamental understanding of the developmental stages of cognitive, social, emotional, and physical growth informs all we do with children. This approach provides the foundation for children to be highly motivated learners with a strong sense of self-worth and efficacy.
We promote active, collaborative learning, emphasizing building conceptual understanding and developing strong creative, critical, and analytical thinking. Carefully designed learning experiences and curricula are integrated across subjects, draw on powerful, relevant content and student interests, and support the development of internal motivation and a strong voice. Learning at Lowell is rigorous: thinking is emphasized over rote learning, and students are expected to use their knowledge and skills creatively and practically.
Lowell also offers a robust and exciting summer camp to members of the broader DMV that encourages children ages 3 to 15 to grow self-awareness and confidence while learning to play and work well with others. Campers participate in various activities, make new friends, and explore their interests in deliberately small groups. This low counselor-to-camper ratio, and our dedication to having a range of backgrounds within our camp community, create a relaxed and informal environment where campers can expand their horizons purposefully and safely.
Our eight-acre campus is in the Shepherd Park/Colonial Village neighborhood and borders Rock Creek Park.
The Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center (SEEC), founded in 1988, is a model early childhood program that utilizes the Smithsonian’s vast collections as the foundation for its curriculum. In addition to its school, SEEC serves the broader community through family programs and educator workshops.
Change your life with an au pair
Flexible and reliable childcare
An au pair is a form of childcare you can trust like family. When your family hosts an au pair, you receive extra support from someone who lives in your home, gets to know your family routines, and forms a loving relationship with your children. This can not only make family life easier but also more enjoyable.
Work-life balance
Juggling your career and your family can be exhausting—especially when you have little ones running around! An au pair can make things easier by helping with meal prep, before- and after-school transportation and even child-related chores around the house. Whether you need childcare on a typical 9-5 schedule, morning and evening care, or a schedule that changes week to week, au pairs can work up to 45 hours per week and up to 10 hours per day on a schedule you decide.
Cultural exchange
There’s no better way to foster a sense of cultural curiosity in your children than by hosting an au pair! Your au pair will introduce your family to the recipes, language, traditions and customs from their home country and in exchange, you’ll help your au pair experience the American way of life.
Tunes 4 Tots® was established in March of 2014 to provide private in home music lessons for small groups of infants and toddlers. Since opening, Tunes 4 Tots has developed a number of enrichment programs for a wider age range. In addition to expanding their curriculum, Tunes 4 Tots® has expanded their reach by offering classes to the public at multiple locations, as well as serving preschools, elementary schools, and pop-up locations. Tunes 4 Tots® obtained the Registered Trademark in February of 2019. Our 2020 pivot included adding Covid-safe outdoor small group classes and we have been able to serve even more families during a difficult time. Since opening, thousands of children have participated in Tunes 4 Tots® music classes throughout the Washington, DC area and beyond.
House Managers Network is committed to providing the best domestic staffing available, worldwide. Our roster of domestic professionals ranges from nannies and housekeepers to estate pros and personal assistant staff. Our multilingual consultants have a passion for domestic staffing and are eager to help you in your search.
HMN’s staff understands clients require personalized, direct, one-on-one service and they respond accordingly. It’s worth noting, HMN does not operate from an automated database. House Managers Network team makes the effort to know each of their clients personally. Our proud tradition of providing personalized household and domestic services has resulted in making House Managers Network one of the best-reviewed staffing agencies.
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Brighterly is an online learning platform that provides math lessons for kids. We focus on innovative teaching strategies, learning through play, and illustrative math examples.
Our math tutors develop independence and logical thinking and promote mathematical discussions. Our goal is to make math engaging, easy to learn, and entertaining.
GTM Payroll Services offers nanny tax and payroll services without the hassles and worries of doing it yourself and the risks of not getting it right. Our household employment experts help you every step of the way to keep you compliant with tax and wage laws. We provide everything you need to pay your nanny including simple payroll setup, free direct deposit to make payday easy, and automated withholdings so your nanny is paid accurately. We’ll remit your taxes on time, every time. With GTM, you can also add workers’ compensation insurance, which is a requirement for household employers in Washington, DC and Maryland, as well as employee health benefits. It’s all done in-house with our licensed insurance brokers. It’s truly one call for all your household employment needs. Get a complimentary, no-obligation consultation by calling (800) 929-9213.
Potomac Music is Northern Virginia’s home for all things music! We offer an award winning Kindermusik program for children ages birth – 7. Join us for one of our weekly classes or playdates! Potomac Music also offers one-on-one lessons on ALL instruments for children ages 5+ and adults, plus lots of small group classes, seasonal camps, bi-weekly Open Mic Nights, FREE outdoor live music during the summer, and best of all we have a wonderful community. We invite you to be a part of it!
Seeking Child Participants for Studies at Georgetown University!
Dear DC Area Moms,
We are the Learning and Development Lab at Georgetown University: a group of researchers studying language learning and child development. We need your help to understand how children learn!
At our lab, we use simple games and activities to understand how children learn languages and other patterns. Our research is made possible through the support of families like yours. We are looking for children between the ages of 4 and 9 to participate in our research studies.
Participating is easy! Right now, all of our studies are conducted online. In the study that we are running right now, your child will learn a made-up language (we call it Silly Speak) by playing a computer game online (with our help). The study consists of two parts, each 20-30 minutes long, which take place on different days. We offer $20 compensation per child.
If you’d like your child to participate in our studies, or if you’d like us to contact you about future opportunities to participate, please sign up at this link: https://bit.ly/3wZORTl
If you could please share this message with parents in your group, we would really appreciate it. We look forward to hearing from you!
Best,
The Research Team at the Learning and Development Lab, Georgetown University
Posh Nanny & Premier Educators is a full-service Nanny & Teacher Recruitment and Placement Agency with a unique approach. We’ve been helping our clients living in the Washington, DC Metro area and throughout the U.S to find a job best suited for their skills and interests, and helping families and businesses locate perfect employees. There really is no need to go through the hiring process on your own.
We are a LIVE virtual program working to meet the needs of families with children ages 0-5 years. You can explore our classes with our VESS Curriculum – approved by the Florida School Readiness Program and recognized worldwide for its evidence-based approach to the development of the whole child. Our online program provides children 0-5 years old with the richest and most wholesome early learning experience at home.
Our professional educators have developed a complete experience-based program that targets all academic areas to get children feeling ready and excited about kindergarten, while having in mind that life goes way beyond academics and should also nurture life-long love for learning, independence and an array of Thinking Skills. Literacy, math and science, are all targeted. We are confident that children learn best through fun, hands-on, minds-on exploration, novelty, collaboration, bonding and connection to real life. These concepts are core to any of our classes. Concept Maps, Graphs, Visible Thinking and other brain-based teaching strategies are utilized to help children truly learn and develop their young minds.
Our virtual preschool program fits any family’s schedule, needs and interests. The goal of our program is to promote literacy, mathematical and scientific skills in an engaging hands-on, minds-on format that excites children about learning, getting them ready to thrive in kindergarten and beyond. Children 3-5 years explore academic concepts hands-on and minds-on through cooking, engineering, performing science experiments and exploring books together, allowing them to experience how these concepts work in real life.
Our teachers provide a wholesome learning experience that prepares children academically while also developing critical Thinking Skills: a problem solving mindset, creativity and innovation, analytical skills, a love for learning, social skills, and independence.
Our complete program provides approximately 2 daily hours of live class time in small groups of 11 children divided by age. All classes are offered in 3 different schedules daily. Younger children are offered shorter class times to fit their levels of readiness and interest, all the while including all of these concepts. We currently offer a 2 week free trial.
Nurturing, overnight care to newborns and evidence-based education to their parents since 2010.
We provide night nurses and nannies as well as baby basics classes in home and for family or group.
Hello DC Area Moms! My name is Claudia Smistek and I am a research assistant at BL2. We are doing a research project on how children learn over time. Here is more information listed below if you are interested:
Are you interested in how children learn? We at the Brain and Language Center for Neuroimaging (BL2) are too! We are part of the National Science Foundation and Gallaudet University’s Science of Learning Center, Visual Language and Visual Learning (VL2). In our BL2 Center, we are conducting a study on how [deaf and hearing children] learn, particularly in the areas of language, reading, and other higher cognitive functions (attention and emotion).
We are recruiting children [that have no hearing loss, use hearing aids, or use cochlear implants]. [Both monolingual (English) or bilingual (English/ASL) who will soon enter the 1st grade are invited to participate]. We will test them before and after their first year of primary schooling. Our studies are designed to be a fun opportunity for both parents and children.
Children will play science games while we measure their brain activity using harmless light (safe with hearing aids and cochlear implants) and their temperature using a thermal camera (touchless). This study has been reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board at Gallaudet University. Participation is entirely voluntary.
We will pay $20 per hour for your participation and travel to/from our BL2 Center. Children will also receive a small toy!
Thank you for your time and consideration. Please feel free to call our lab at (202) 618-6808 or email us at [email protected] if you have any questions or would like to schedule an appointment.
EdCoSpace uses a family-centered coaching process to support the development of your youngest family members, ages birth through five years old. We take the guesswork out of supporting your child’s emotional, social and academic development so you can spend your time enjoying your family instead of researching the ‘how-tos’ of parenting; think of us as your curating parenting fairies!
Teach your child to read with an easy and fun online reading phonics program that you and your kids can work together at your own pace.
Nounou Nanny is a nanny placement and virtual sitter service committed to finding your family’s perfect childcare fit. Our in-depth, step-by-step process is led by experienced consultants who can assist with the important task of hiring a childcare provider. Whether full-time or part-time, seasonal or virtual, you can expect quality care and experience with our sitters and nannies.
As a boutique placement agency, Nounou Nanny provides personalized service as unique as your family. Nannies and parents alike have access to continued support, advice, tips, and training.
Naptown Nannies is a boutique nanny agency, focusing on the specific & unique needs of your family! We offer full-time, part-time, and summer nannies, and pride ourselves on our industry knowledge, connections, and attention to detail.
Tiny Treasures Nanny agency is a boutique domestic staffing firm that matches families with developmentally focused childcare providers. Whether you seek an educated full/part-time nanny, a private educator, household manager, personal assistant, or private chef, we understand our client’s needs and are here to deliver professional candidates.
Our candidates are vetted, screened, and experienced. We understand that when it comes down to quality help, one size does not it all. That is why each search is personalized to the client’s needs. Our goal is to help you find the right fit for your family.
We’re a child care center and preschool that serves children 6 weeks to 5 years old. Our carefully crafted education programs are individualized to encourage curious, happy, and confident children at every age and stage.