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Top Mommy & Me Classes in DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia

Mommy & Me swimming classes are a great way to get babies used to the water while having fun. Photo by Fat Camera courtesy of Canva.
Mommy & Me swimming classes are a great way to get babies used to the water while having fun. Photo by Fat Camera courtesy of Canva.
10/1/23 - By Jennifer Marino Walters

Once our kids reach a certain age, it can often feel like we are spectators in their lives. That's why it's important to bond with children while they're still little by taking one of many great Mommy & Me classes throughout the DC area. These Mommy & Me classes in DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia are not only fun, they also teach kids (and their grown-ups) new and interesting things.

Check out our list of great Mommy & Me classes near DC, from dance classes and music classes to swimming lessons and yoga. For more great classes for children, check out our Guide to Classes for Kids Near DC.

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Parents get to dance alongside their little ballerinas in Wiggletoes class. Photo courtesy of Tiny Dancers
Parents get to dance alongside their little ballerinas in Wiggletoes class. Photo courtesy of Tiny Dancers

Mommy & Me Dance Classes Near DC

Tiny Dancers

Alexandria & Fairfax, VA
Tiny Dancers' three Northern Virginia locations—Alexandria, Fairfax City, and Mosaic District—offer ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, and musical theater classes for ages 3 and up. Little ones ages 2 and 3 can take the school's Wiggletoes classes with a parent or caregiver. READ MORE

Perfect Pointe Music & Dance

Arlington & Springfield, VA
Perfect Pointe offers a Creative Movers class that introduces children ages 18 months to 2.5 years to basic concepts of movement and music. These Parent and Me classes incorporate creative movement activities, song and dance routines, basic tumbling, and pre ballet. "Me Moments" sprinkled throughout the class allow the grown-ups to get in some exercise of their own with quick conditioning exercises using the toddlers as weights. READ MORE

CityDance

Washington, DC
CityDance offers a well-rounded curriculum of ballet training and contemporary dance techniques rounded out by jazz, tap, hip-hop, and world dance forms taught by renowned faculty. Students ages 4 and older are welcome, with creative movement classes for dancers ages 3-5 and parent & me classes for ages 18 months - 2 years. READ MORE

Dance Place

Washington, DC
Dance Place in University Heights offers ballet classes for kids ages 4 and older, as well as tap, hip-hop, and other classes for ages 6 and up. There are also creative movement classes for little ones ages 3-5 and Move with Me classes for ages 1.5-3 with a caregiver. READ MORE
Music classes are great first classes for babies and their caregivers. Photo courtesy of Bigstock
Music classes are great first classes for babies and their caregivers. Photo courtesy of Bigstock

Mommy & Me Music and Movement Classes Near DC

Gymboree Play & Music - DC

Washington, DC
Gymboree Play & Music in northwest DC offers music and movement classes for newborns through 3-year-olds and their caregivers. Each 45-minute class includes singing, dancing, climbing, and exploring the space using a variety of props and equipment. There are also family art classes and music classes for kids up to age 5.  READ MORE

Little Steps Music

Washington, DC
Arlington, Falls Church, & McLean, VA
Little Steps Music follows the Music Together program, designed to introduce newborns through 5-year-olds to song, movement, and musical instruments alongside their caregivers. The 45-minute classes optimize the mixed ages to foster "family learning". They are offered at more than 25 locations in DC and in Arlington, Falls Church, and McLean, Virginia. READ MORE

Meadowlark Music

Washington, DC
Bethesda & Chevy Chase, MD
Meadowlark Music provides creative music classes for babies and toddlers and their caregivers, taught by performing musicians at several locations throughout DC as well as Bethesda and Chevy Chase, MD. The classes include instruments, singing, parachute games, sign language, dancing and movement, puppets, and creative props. READ MORE

Mommy & Me Swim Classes Near DC

British Swim School

Falls Church, Vienna, & Fairfax, VA
Rockville, Gaithersburg, & Germantown, MD
British Swim School's survival-first swimming lessons have helped to develop safer swimmers for over 40 years, from babies as young as 3 months old (with a caregiver). Through fun-filled and goal-oriented programs, students become comfortable and confident in the water while learning to stay safe.  READ MORE

KIDS FIRST Swim Schools

Springfield, VA
Bowie, Frederick, Rockville, & Waldorf, MD
KIDS FIRST has five DC-area locations that offer group and semi-private swimming lessons for ages 3 and up using its trademarked KIDS FIRST/Kick First® Learn to Swim System. Private lessons are available for ages 2 and up, as well as Mommy (or Daddy!) and Me classes for babies and toddlers 3 months and older. READ MORE

Safe Splash Swim School

Washington, DC
Chantilly, McLean, & Sterling, VA
Columbia, Laurel, & Rockville, MD
This family-run swim school owned by a local former Olympian focuses on teaching swimming as a life skill so that children can be safe, strong, and confident in the water. Its eight locations in DC, Maryland, and Virginia offer group lessons as well as private and semi-private lessons. Baby swimming lessons start at 6 months old with a parent in the water. Classes have a student-to-teacher ratio of up to six parent/student combos to one instructor.  READ MORE

Goldfish Swim School

Alexandria, Ashburn, Falls Church, & Reston, VA
Gaithersburg, Rockville, & Silver Spring, MD
This popular local swim school, with nine locations in Northern Virginia and Maryland, offers swimming lessons to kids ages 4 months to 12 years. Goldfish's mini lessons for babies are parent-child classes designed to introduce kids to the water. The pools are all kept at a balmy 90 degrees. READ MORE
Find your zen together in a yoga class. Photo courtesy of the Breathing Space Facebook page
Find your zen together in a yoga class. Photo courtesy of the Breathing Space Facebook page

Mommy & Me Yoga and Workout Classes Near DC

Breathing Space

Washington, DC
College Park, MD
Breathing Space offers yoga classes for parents and their kids up to age 9 at two DC locations and one in College Park, MD. Classes incorporate games, breathing exercises, and meditation in addition to yoga. Baby Yoga & Play mixes yoga movements with music, play, and fun for pre-crawlers, while Family Yoga emphasizes movements that kids and their caregivers can do together. Infant massage classes are also offered.  READ MORE

Fit4Mom - DC

Various locations in DC, Maryland, & NOVA
Fit4Mom specializes in prenatal to postnatal exercise programming, creating a community so that moms feel supported on their fitness journey before and after baby. Offerings such as Stroller Strides, Stroller Barre, and Run Club all get moms outside with their kiddos during the nice weather. There are also indoor Mommy & Me classes during the colder months. And with dozens of locations in the DC metro area as well as virtual classes, you're sure to find one that works for you READ MORE

Circle Yoga Cooperative

Washington, DC
This Northwest DC yoga studio offers yoga, relaxation, and mindfulness classes for ages 5 and up. There's also Family Yoga, which incorporates interactive and partner poses for toddlers ages 2-4 and their caregiver to enjoy together. Babies 6 weeks old to pre-crawling can enjoy Baby and Me Yoga with a parent or other grown-up.   READ MORE
Bring out your little one's inner Picasso in a Twoosy Doodlers class. Photo courtesy of Abrakadoodle.
Bring out your little one's inner Picasso in a Twoosy Doodlers class. Photo courtesy of Abrakadoodle.

Mommy & Me Art Classes Near DC

Abrakadoodle

Various locations in DC, Maryland, & NOVA
Abrakadoodle provides creative art classes for kids ages 20 months through elementary school at various locations throughout the DC area. While the general art classes explore a variety of mediums and themes, there are also classes that specialize in drawing, canvas, and art using found and recycled objects. The Twoosy Doodlers class for ages 20 months to 3 years is a parent/child class.  READ MORE

VisArts

Rockville, MD
VisArts offers age-appropriate instruction in drawing, painting, illustration, and multimedia for children and teens ages 2-17. Classes for ages 2-5 or 3-5 require a caregiver to assist the child. Class sizes are kept small to allow for individualized attention.  READ MORE

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