Classes & Camps

How we handle tough times leaves an impression on our kids
 Welcome to 2023.If you've been keeping score, this decade we've endured a pandemic, parts and labor shortages, an incredible seller’s…

There’s a lot to love about October. If you’re a sports parent, your kids are likely running track or playing field hockey, football and fall baseball. My 15-year-old wanted to try something new…

Sponsored by Rappahannock Area Community Service BoardSports betting became legal in Virginia at the start of 2021, and since then, Virginians have been exposed to an increased amount of…

Could orofacial myofunctional therapy help you with problems your child struggles with?
 When she had her first child, Angela Richwine struggled with difficult nursing, mastitis, colic and her…

In June, local teens and their dads traveled to a galaxy far, far, away, also known as Las Vegas, Nevada, to compete in the national Lightspeed Saber Tournament—there, laser sword swinging…

July 27, 2022—Holding tight to a video camera aimed at his face, high school junior Simon Young became a blur of motion earlier this month, whirling on a whimsical stool in the University of Mary…

Music is an important part of a child’s development. Dancing and playing instruments work their fine and gross motor functions. Listening to and making music builds pathways in the brain that…

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Imagine summer camp—but for demigods. At Camp Half-Blood, the children of Greek gods and goddesses train to use the powers their immortal…

The Rappahannock Area YMCA is pulling out all the stops to make sure the summer of 2022 is about being active, making friends and learning new things for Fredericksburg-area children. 
Summer Camp…

We’ve been taking our 4-year-old son Benny to art classes at Art Time 4 Kids for over a year now, and we love it! Art Time 4 Kids is a kids art studio in downtown Fredericksburg. It’s owned and…