Frederick's Child Magazine

New Motherhood: After 35 Our writer discovers a helpful book from Maryland authors About 11 years ago, after having had two great kids, resulting from smooth-sailing pregnancies at ages 29 and 31, my husband and I realized we wanted a third child. Pregnancy at age 37 actually came easily again …

Cutting Costs For our Little Competitors: Sports are expensive. Over the course of their childhoods, my two kids participated in soccer, ice hockey, snowboarding, baseball and cheerleading. My youngest is a real jock who currently takes two gym classes (living his dream) and has a weekend job coaching. And he’s …

My 9-year-old daughter usually gets dressed for school about 10 minutes before we have to leave the house. Sometimes she leaves herself even less time to get ready. Luckily, getting dressed requires little effort on her part. My daughter has a few favorites she’ll wear once or twice a week, …

Inspire your kid’s creativity and confidence with our new Camp Invention® program! Children in grades K-6 will collaborate in fun, hands-on STEM adventures. They’ll adopt a robotic fish, develop inventions for space exploration and more! This year’s all-new program is designed to inspire confidence and persistence, build essential STEM (science, …

At overnight camp at YMCA Camp West Mar, kids get to discover all the wonders of the outdoors while making friends and forming memories that will last a lifetime. YMCA Camp West Mar gives campers an amazing opportunity to both experience the rugged beauty of the Catoctin Mountains and has …

Frederick Community College’s Kids & Teens on Campus summer programs offer weeklong morning and afternoon classes with adventures in science, technology, culinary and creative arts, music, fitness, and so much more. Kids & Teens on Campus summer programs feature supervised, hands-on activities to encourage students to think independently in a …

Social Beginnings Summer Program by Verbal Beginnings offers a unique opportunity for children with autism to have a learning experience that immerses them into a social group of similar-aged peers. Here they will learn how to develop and utilize valuable social skills such as communicating with peers, cooperative play, perspective …

The All-Things Music & Dance Company vision is to offer a venue for all to join and experience the arts. We are devoted to providing students with comprehensive artistic education that fosters excellence in all forms of dance and music. We strongly believe in making the Arts accessible to everyone. …

I have spent the last 28 summers at summer camp and 6 years as the director at YMCA Camp Conrad Weiser. As a camper I learned a great deal about nature, as well as bunch of cool skills like archery, fire building, and sailing. I also made a lot of …

Some of the most dramatic brain development occurs during the first three years of a child’s life. During this critical time children are acquiring their ability to think, speak, learn, and reason. According to the US Department of Education, the best way to nurture these young minds is to read …