CommuniKids Summer Camp
CommuniKids Cathedral Commons, 3400 Idaho Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016
About
CommuniKids Summer Camp offers themed weeks that include outdoor play, art, music, movement, and guided play activities. Campers take part in soccer, sand play, beach games, shell exploration, sink-and-float activities, ocean art, digging for fossils, sorting dinosaurs, gross-motor dino movements, imaginative play, space-themed art, and other hands-on activities. Additional activities include going on a hike, exploring forest animals, creating a campsite, pretending to sleep under the stars, exploring flowers, plants, and bugs through hands-on nature activities and simple planting, creating masks and capes, going on superhero missions, dribbling, kicking, and cheering while learning soccer words, exploring world cultures, and practicing teamwork through active games and movement.
• Ages: 18 months–8 years old (varies by location and language)
• Schedule: Seven or nine weeks of summer camp with the option to register for one week or multiple weeks
• Price: DC Summer Camp Rates 2026: Full Day $539 early bird, $579 regular; Half Day $370 early bird, $385 regular; Full Day June 30–July 3 (Week 2 only) $433 early bird, $465 regular; Half Day June 30–July 3 (Week 2 only) $275 early bird, $290 regular; Before Care (7:00–8:30 am) $56; Afternoon Extended Care (3:00–6:00 pm) $132; Deposit $100.00 per child per session applied toward camp rate.
CommuniKids Summer Camp is part of a play-based, language immersion preschool that offers full language immersion in Spanish, French, or Mandarin, with summer camps that are fully immersed in these languages and include refreshed themed weeks for 2026 where every week brings a new adventure from superheroes to space. Programs serve children from toddlers through Pre-K, with programs for ages 18 months–8 years that vary by location and language, and the camp is peanut and tree nut free. The preschool program is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), is one of only 8% of preschools in the United States with this accreditation, and holds accreditation or approval from NAEYC, DC OSSE, and PKEEP.
The program’s mission is to prepare young children to become the global citizens of tomorrow by creating a joyful, playful, and nurturing environment that immerses students in a second language, and it strives to instill the disposition, knowledge, and skills required to succeed in a highly interconnected world. CommuniKids language immersion school began in 2003, was founded in 2005, expanded to Falls Church and added languages in 2007, established two full-time preschool programs in 2009, and received NAEYC accreditation for both schools in 2012, and it has celebrated 15 years. Founders are Jeannine Piacenza and Raúl Echevarría.
The preschool program is accredited by NAEYC, the day is conducted entirely in Spanish, there are two teachers in each classroom, teachers are native speakers with years of experience working with young children, class size is no larger than 16 students with two teachers in each classroom, and highly trained, experienced educators establish clear routines and expectations. CommuniKids Preschool partners with the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) to provide Free Pre-K at its DC centers for 3- and 4-year-old residents of the District of Columbia.
A non-refundable, non-transferable deposit of $100.00 per child per session is due upon registration, and the remaining balance is due by May 1, 2026. CommuniKids does not offer refunds for canceled sessions after registration is completed and does not offer refunds or make-ups for missed days. Families may request session changes before May 1, 2026, depending on space availability, and after May 4 no session changes will be accepted. Parents must submit current DC school entrance health forms and other required forms by June 7, 2026, and children cannot attend camp unless forms have been submitted in advance. Young children ages 18 months–5½ attending full-time summer camp have a 45-minute Quiet Time period, and children must bring their own lunch from home.
Testimonials from parents describe teachers as kind, patient, and skilled at teaching young children, with regular communication with parents and availability by email or in person. Parents describe CommuniKids as a school with cultural diversity, different languages, and a focus on learning through play, and they report that their children have become completely fluent in Spanish and have thrived in an environment where they are nurtured and encouraged through play-based learning. Families also note a supportive, kind, caring environment and mention that their children are happy at pickup.
Last updated June 14, 2026.
• Ages: 18 months–8 years old (varies by location and language)
• Schedule: Seven or nine weeks of summer camp with the option to register for one week or multiple weeks
• Price: DC Summer Camp Rates 2026: Full Day $539 early bird, $579 regular; Half Day $370 early bird, $385 regular; Full Day June 30–July 3 (Week 2 only) $433 early bird, $465 regular; Half Day June 30–July 3 (Week 2 only) $275 early bird, $290 regular; Before Care (7:00–8:30 am) $56; Afternoon Extended Care (3:00–6:00 pm) $132; Deposit $100.00 per child per session applied toward camp rate.
CommuniKids Summer Camp is part of a play-based, language immersion preschool that offers full language immersion in Spanish, French, or Mandarin, with summer camps that are fully immersed in these languages and include refreshed themed weeks for 2026 where every week brings a new adventure from superheroes to space. Programs serve children from toddlers through Pre-K, with programs for ages 18 months–8 years that vary by location and language, and the camp is peanut and tree nut free. The preschool program is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), is one of only 8% of preschools in the United States with this accreditation, and holds accreditation or approval from NAEYC, DC OSSE, and PKEEP.
The program’s mission is to prepare young children to become the global citizens of tomorrow by creating a joyful, playful, and nurturing environment that immerses students in a second language, and it strives to instill the disposition, knowledge, and skills required to succeed in a highly interconnected world. CommuniKids language immersion school began in 2003, was founded in 2005, expanded to Falls Church and added languages in 2007, established two full-time preschool programs in 2009, and received NAEYC accreditation for both schools in 2012, and it has celebrated 15 years. Founders are Jeannine Piacenza and Raúl Echevarría.
The preschool program is accredited by NAEYC, the day is conducted entirely in Spanish, there are two teachers in each classroom, teachers are native speakers with years of experience working with young children, class size is no larger than 16 students with two teachers in each classroom, and highly trained, experienced educators establish clear routines and expectations. CommuniKids Preschool partners with the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) to provide Free Pre-K at its DC centers for 3- and 4-year-old residents of the District of Columbia.
A non-refundable, non-transferable deposit of $100.00 per child per session is due upon registration, and the remaining balance is due by May 1, 2026. CommuniKids does not offer refunds for canceled sessions after registration is completed and does not offer refunds or make-ups for missed days. Families may request session changes before May 1, 2026, depending on space availability, and after May 4 no session changes will be accepted. Parents must submit current DC school entrance health forms and other required forms by June 7, 2026, and children cannot attend camp unless forms have been submitted in advance. Young children ages 18 months–5½ attending full-time summer camp have a 45-minute Quiet Time period, and children must bring their own lunch from home.
Testimonials from parents describe teachers as kind, patient, and skilled at teaching young children, with regular communication with parents and availability by email or in person. Parents describe CommuniKids as a school with cultural diversity, different languages, and a focus on learning through play, and they report that their children have become completely fluent in Spanish and have thrived in an environment where they are nurtured and encouraged through play-based learning. Families also note a supportive, kind, caring environment and mention that their children are happy at pickup.
Last updated June 14, 2026.
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