City Kids Visits a 911 Call Center.
One of our City Kids' aunts invited our group to visit the 911 call center where she works. She explained to our kids what the call...
City Kids Stories: Diversity in Origin Stories.
City Kids Stories, our writing program, is starting off the year with a unit on origin stories. Teaching origin stories is a fantastic...
Capoeira!
City Kids has offered Capoeira for several years now, and we have come to love it so much. Capoeira is a martial art, dance, music,...
City Kids' Natural Sciences Program
This year, City Kids has a full and exciting Natural Sciences program. We will be visiting and working with organizations all over the...
City Kids' Summer Culture Swap!
This summer, some of our City Kids' families traveled together to show each other their favorite ice cream shops, meet the grandparents,...
Just go outside!
A lot has been said about kids needing to be in nature and that schools are cutting too much recess. There is a plethora of research...
Beyond the Comma: City Kids Stories as a Vehicle for Something More
Our kids had so much fun this year sharing their creative writings with one another. Our workshops are a relaxed way to explore...
City Kids Visits Do Ho Suh: Almost Home
Architecture dominated our Exploring Arts program this year; led by Phaedra Siebert, an Art Historian and City Kids parent, our kids have...
City Kids on the Anacostia!
City Kids spends a lot of time learning about the environment, including our rivers. We took a two hour boat ride on the Anacostia so...
Geography and Tea--Why Not?
For our unit on Asia in our World Cultures and Geography program, one of our parents led an engaging lesson on the origins of tea and how...
