Daycares
Bean Sprout Learning Center, 600 West North Avenue
Creative Minds Early Learning Center, 410-467-5550, 105. E 25th Street
Preschools
Bolton Hill Nursery School (Baltimore City/Bolton Hill)
Central Presbyterian Preschool (Towson)
Community Play School (Hamilton)
Church of the Redeemer Parish Day School
First English Lutheran Church Preschool (Baltimore City/Guilford)
Govans Presbyterian Preschool (Baltimore City/Govans)
St. David’s Church on Roland Avenue
YMCA – Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Center Preschool (Baltimore City/Ednor Gardens)
Nannies
Please email our listserv (if you are a subscriber) for recommendations.
Babysitters
Please email our listserv (if you are a subscriber) for recommendations.
Pediatric dentists
Chesapeake Pediatric Dental Group, 5009 Honeygo Center Drive Suite 228, Perry Hall 21128, 410-248-3384
Dr. Neel at Greenspring Pediatric Dentistry, 2700 Quarry Lake Drive Suite 190, 410-484-4401
Baltimore Children’s Dentist at 8831 Satyr Hill Road, Baltimore 21234, 410-661-0777
Cross Keys Dental Associates at 2 Hamill Rd., Suite 266, South Quadrangle
Baltimore, MD 21210, 410-435-8400
Kids’ haircuts
Gennuso’s, 6803 York Road, Stoneleigh, 410-377-4610
Beatnik Barber, 241 West Read Street, 410-669-3033
Salon Kids, 1496 Reisterstown Rd., 410-580-KIDS, http://www.salon36kids.com
Bill the Barber, 4321 Harford Rd., 410-444-1110, http://bluesparkbarbershop.com/
Free entertainment in Charles Village
Village Learning Place Tots Tuesdays
29th St. Community Center (beside Barclay school)
Waverly Library’s Mother Goose on the Loose
Barnes and Noble Story Hour (10:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Saturdays, 3330 St. Paul Street)
Charles Village Summer Festival
Abell Street Fair (September)
Parent workshops at Barclay Elementary School
Baltimore Museum of Art Family Sundays
Learning opportunities
Local enrichment opportunities
Baltimore Neighborhood Basketball League (B.N.B.L.) for ages 6-18. Contact Sherron Bogues, (410) 396-0848
Girl Scouts of Central Maryland
MICA MACA Summer Art Camps, Contact Kristina Berdan, (410) 952-7003
Muse 360 art programming and events.
Charles Village Recreation League
Free entertainment in Baltimore City
Maryland Science Center family activities*
Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory and Botanic Gardens of Baltimore Plants and People Sundays
Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory Pre-K Story Hour
Walters Art Museum kids’ activities
Mother Goose on the Loose at Enoch Pratt
Calendar of Downtown Kids’ Activities
*Membership required
Instructional programs
Coppermine (dance, gymnastics, swimming, and more)
Creative Alliance’s Open Minds Art Club
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (academics)*
YMCA Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Family Center (swim) *
Sports leagues
Charles Village Recreation League
St. Francis of Assisi (soccer)
YMCA Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Family Center (variety) *
Consignment and toy shops
Pine Valley Swim kids’ clothing exchange
Tried but True (Cockeysville)
Tot Spot (Owings Mills)
Kid to Kid (Cockeysville)
Wee-cycle Mart (various dates and locations)
Charles Village Organizations
Charles Village Civic Association
Charles Village Community Benefits District
Greater Homewood Community Corporation
Johns Hopkins University Student/Community Liaison contact info
Family organizations
(Charles) Village Parents list serve
Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance
Formal maternitywear
CSAs
Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative
Research
Johns Hopkins Child Development Lab
Johns Hopkins Language and Cognition Lab
The Village Parents 