Please Note:
Classes held in the mornings between 9:30 a.m. and noon will be held at the Old Firehouse Teen Center (OFTC), located at 1440 Chain Bridge Road (next to the Giant Shopping Center).
Classes held in the late afternoon, between 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., will be held at the Center (MCC), 1234 Ingleside Avenue.

New! Pre-K Computer Basics—Mommy & Me
For ages 2.5-4. This class introduces children to the world of computers.With Mommy (or Daddy) by their sides, students work on handeye coordination with software specially designed for young children. Students will work on mastering mouse and keyboard skills. Instructor:
Digital Kidz Staff
6 30-min. lessons
$64/$47 McLean district residents
1831.280 W, 9/17-10/22 9:30-10 a.m.,OFTC

New! Pre-K ABCs–Mommy & Me
For ages 2.5-4. In this class, students gain fundamental computer skills like using the mouse, improving hand-eye coordination and learning keyboard basics using computer programs that help them learn their ABCs and expand pre-reading skills. Colors, games and puzzles help develop the skills required to spell and read.
Instructor: Digital Kidz Staff
6 30-min. lessons
$64/$47 McLean district residents
1832.280 F, 9/19-10/24 9:30-10 a.m.,OFTC

New! Pre-K Living Books—Mommy & Me
For ages 2.5-4.With Mommy (or Daddy) by their sides, children learn about the world of living books. Children experience a fun and fantastic learning environment where characters and objects come alive and bring a new dimension to storytelling. Through the magic of technology, these stories provide interactive fun and skill-building activities.
Instructor: Digital Kidz Staff
6 30-min. lessons
$64/$47 McLean district residents
1833.280 W, 11/5-12/17 9:30-10 a.m.,OFTC
No lesson on 11/26.

New! Pre-K 123s–Mommy & Me
For ages 2.5-4. In this class, students gain fundamental computer skills like using the mouse, developing hand-eye coordination and learning keyboard basics using a computer programs that help them learn number recognition and counting skills.
Instructor: Digital Kidz Staff
6 30-min. lessons
$64/$47 McLean district residents
1834.280 F, 11/7-12/19 9:30-10 a.m.,OFTC
No lesson on 11/28.

Mind Blowing Science
For ages 4-6. This class complements handson science activities with computer-based learning instruction. Young scientists make snow in April, grow colored crystals and mix safe powders to create solutions that foam and fizz. Students learn what makes soda pop pop and what causes bread to rise. They’ll also learn how to be a meteorologist by monitoring weather patterns with an actual weather station.
Instructor: Digital Kidz Staff
6 45-min. lessons
$107/$79 McLean district residents
1835.280 M, 9/22-11/3 10:15-11 a.m.,OFTC
No lesson on 10/13.

In Search of Dinosaurs
For ages 4-6. Students travel back in time to the era of dinosaurs to discover theories and dino-facts. Explorers travel to different sites around the world, using tools to dig up fossils, putting bones together to build their own dinosaurs and viewing actual dinosaur fossils through a microscope. With their new dinoknowledge, students design and print out their own dino-masterpieces!
Instructor: Digital Kidz Staff
6 45-min. lessons
$107/$79 McLean district residents
1836.280 W, 9/17-10/22 10:15-11 a.m.,OFTC

Alphabet Express
For ages 4-6. In this class, students hop aboard the alphabet train for an adventure through a wonderland of letters. Students work on ABCs and pre-reading skills. Colors, games and puzzles introduce them to the ABCs and develop skills required to spell and read.
Instructor: Digital Kidz Staff
6 45-min. lessons
$107/$79 McLean district residents
1837.280 F, 9/19-10/24 10:15-11 a.m.,OFTC

Bugs in a Box & Other Fun Things to Count on Your Computer
For ages 4-6. This class is filled with bugs! But, these aren’t just any bugs—these bugs dance, sing and turn the computer in to a multimedia “bug fest” of games, puzzles and music. Students develop skills in number recognition counting, sequencing, greater than, less than, visual discrimination, number matching, charting, listening skills and handeye coordination.
Instructor: Digital Kidz Staff
6 45-min. lessons
$107/$79 McLean district residents
1838.280 M, 11/10-12/1510:15-11 a.m.,OFTC

Living Books
For ages 4-6. Children experience a fun learning environment where characters and objects come alive and bring a new dimension to storytelling. Through the magic of technology, these stories provide interactive fun and skill-building activities. Students develop word recognition, vocabulary, reading comprehension, computer familiarity, creativity skills and shape recognition. Students even develop their foreign-language skills, interacting with stories in Spanish and French. Students will create and print out their own stories to share with family and friends.
Instructor: Digital Kidz Staff
6 45-min. lessons
$107/$79 McLean district residents
1839.280 W, 11/5-12/17 10:15-11 a.m.,OFTC
No lesson on 11/26.

Bugs in a Box & Other Fun Things to Count on Your Computer
For ages 4-6. This class is filled with bugs! But, these aren’t just any bugs—these bugs dance, sing and turn the computer into a multimedia “bug fest” of games, puzzles and music. Students develop skills in number recognition counting, sequencing, greater than, less than, visual discrimination, number matching, charting, listening skills and handeye coordination.
Instructor: Digital Kidz Staff
6 45-min. lessons
$107/$79 McLean district residents
1840.280 W, 9/17-10/22 3:30-4:15 p.m.,MCC

My Own Pet Shop
For ages 4-6. Children express their love for animals and develop entrepreneurial skills as they open their own pet shops. Students choose the animals to sell in their pet shops and feed, groom and maintain their pets. Actual exotic pet shop animals—an umbrella cockatoo from the rainforest, a desert lizard and red-legged, walking tree frogs from South Africa—visit the students.
Instructor: Digital Kidz Staff
6 45-min. lessons
$107/$79 McLean district residents
1841.280 W, 9/17-10/22 4:30-5:15 p.m.,MCC

Digital Art
For ages 4-6. Students use creative design skills to make digital works of art. Young artists use paints that smear, crayons that look waxy, markers that create different textures and computer tools to decorate using confetti, whipped cream and bubbles. Students alter digital photos with computer effects to morph them into wild works of art to share with family and friends.
Instructor: Digital Kidz Staff
6 45-min. lessons
$107/$79 McLean district residents
1842.280 W, 11/5-12/17 3:30-4:15 p.m.,MCC
No lesson on 11/26.

All Aboard the Alphabet Express
For ages 4-6. In this class, students hop aboard the alphabet train for an adventure through a wonderland of letters. Students work on ABCs and pre-reading skills. Colors, games and puzzles introduce the ABCs and develop skills required to spell and read.
Instructor: Digital Kidz Staff
6 45-min. lessons
$107/$79 McLean district residents
1843.280 W, 11/5-12/17 4:30-5:15 p.m.,MCC
No lesson on 11/26.

Young Rocket Scientists
For ages 4–6. This class complements handson science activities with computer-based learning instruction. Young scientists blast off an actual flying rocket, make snow, grow colored crystals and mix safe powders to create solutions that foam and fizz. Students learn what makes soda pop pop and what makes bread rise. Most exciting of all, scientists help build a robot and use a computer to teach the robot to move, react and make sounds.
Instructor: Digital Kidz Staff
6 45-min. lessons
$107/$79 McLean district residents
1844.280 F, 11/7-12/19 10:15-11 a.m.,OFTC
No lesson on 11/28.

After School Keyboarding
For ages 7-9. Learning how to use the keyboard marks one of the first steps to computer literacy and ease with the computer. Students learn correct finger placement and proper use of computer keys to strengthen their typing skills.
Instructor: Digital Kidz Staff
6 1-hr. lessons
$128/$95 McLean district residents
1845.280 Th, 9/18-10/23 4:15-5:15 p.m.,MCC

PowerPoint
For ages 10-12. Students take their Power- Point skills to the next level, by learning how to create slide transitions, use background themes, format text, insert and use graphic images, draw, make slide animations and apply sound effects. Other topics include technical writing, hyperlinking slides and rehearsing timing. From creating virtual resumes and college tours to reality TV show reviews, students become experts at using PowerPoint and delivering presentations.
Instructor: Digital Kidz Staff
6 1-hr. lessons
$128/$95 McLean district residents
1846.280 Th, 9/18-10/23 5:30-6:30 p.m.,MCC

Intermediate Keyboarding/Word Processing
For ages 7-9. Students work to increase their keyboarding speed and accuracy while learning basic word-processing skills for creating letters, documents and school reports. Topics covered including text styles, alignment, bulleted and numbered lists, drawing tools, headers, footers, spell check, columns, paragraph formatting, tables and tabs.
Instructor: Digital Kidz Staff
6 1-hr. lessons
$128/$95 McLean district residents
1847.280 Th, 11/6-12/18 4:15-5:15 p.m.,MCC
No lesson on 11/27.

Desktop Publishing with Microsoft Publisher
For ages 10-12. Students take their desktop publishing skills on stage as they create and design a series of documents for their own bands. Students develop their own band names, logos and marketing documents. From concert t-shirts and event posters to CD covers and promotional Frisbees, students hone their creativity and design skills.
Instructor: Digital Kidz Staff
6 1-hr. lessons
$128/$95 McLean district residents
1848.280 Th, 11/6-12/18 5:30-6:30 p.m.,MCC
No lesson on 11/27.

Register Now!


The McLean Project for the Arts also is offering Creative Arts Studio and Camp Abrakadoodle this summer.