August 5, 2024 • 10 mins
Join us as we explore Montgomery County, Maryland, with the enthusiastic students at Geneva Day School in Potomac. We'll uncover the top 10 summer activities for kids, from attending the exciting Geneva Summer Camp to exploring butterfly gardens, enjoying nature walks, and getting creative with outdoor art. Hear firsthand from the kids about their favorite summer activities, and you'll soon be inspired to plan an extraordinary summer for your family.
In this episode, we also delve into the importance of early childhood education with insights from Geneva Day School's instructors. Learn about the school's philosophy of fostering a lifelong love of learning and understand why these formative years are crucial for future success. Tune in for valuable tips on enriching your child's summer.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good day and welcome to what's Happening, moco, a
podcast from your award-winninggovernment television station,
county, cable Montgomery.
Now here's your host, derekKelly.
Good day and welcome to what'sHappening, moco.
This episode is rated TC forToo Cute.
We're at the Geneva Day School,potomac, maryland, and we're
(00:21):
asking kids what are the bestthings to do this summer.
And I'm here with number 10 onour top things for kids to do
with Oliver.
Oliver, what's number 10?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Go to Geneva Summer Camp.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Wow, go to Geneva Summer Camp.
It is located here in Potomac,Maryland.
Check them out Easy Google find.
We'll come back later and findout more about the Geneva Day
School.
And now we're going to askHenry about what's number nine.
What's the number nine?
Best thing for kids to do inthe summer.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Visit a butterfly garden.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Visit a butterfly garden and there's butterfly
gardens throughout MontgomeryCounty, maryland.
You can definitely visitBrookside Gardens, which is one
of the premier locations inMaryland to visit butterflies,
and we know one thing aboutbutterflies they're beautiful to
look at.
And now we're back with thenumber eight and number seven in
the top 10 list of things forkids to do this summer Camden.
(01:18):
What is number eight?
Speaker 4 (01:21):
Try new things.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Try new things.
All right, and now for numberseven.
We're going to talk to Miss EvaEva.
What is number seven?
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Make new friends Wow.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
What's great about making new friends?
Speaker 2 (01:37):
In a summer it's just really nice to do All right,
and is Camden your friend?
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Yes, all right.
You guys have a lot of funtogether.
Yes, all right.
And is Camden your friend?
Yes, all right.
You guys have a lot of funtogether.
Yes, fantastic, thank you.
Thank you so much, and we'reback with number six and number
five on our countdown of the topthings for kids to do this
summer in Montgomery County,maryland.
And we're here with Lily andAria.
Lily, what is one of the greatthings to do this summer for
kids?
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Lily, what is one of the great things to do this
summer for kids?
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Go on a nature walk.
Go on a nature walk, andMontgomery County is home to
many, many parks andrecreational areas where you can
go with your family and takenature walks.
So many good things to see, somany great places to go.
And now we're going to talk toAria about what's number five.
Aria, what's number five on ourlist?
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Go to the playground.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Go to the playground.
Oh wow, what's one of yourfavorite things to do on the
playground?
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Going to swings.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Oh, the swings All right.
And what about you, Lily?
Speaker 4 (02:40):
Monkey bars.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Monkey bars.
You guys must be strong.
All right, Thank you so much.
High fives and we're back withnumber four and number three in
our top ten list of what kidscan do this summer for fun.
And we're here yet again withCamden and Henry Camden.
What is one of the favoritethings for kids to do this
(03:03):
summer?
Speaker 3 (03:04):
Go to the pool.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Go to the pool.
Do you like the pool?
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
What do you like doing in the pool?
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Swimming laps.
Swimming laps.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Wow.
Now Henry, what is one of thefavorite things for kids to do
this summer in your opinion?
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Go camping in your backyard.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
And now we're down to two, the top two.
We're here with Oliver and Ariaand we're going to ask them
what are the top two things todo this summer for kids?
Aria, what's number two ofthings to do this summer for
kids?
Speaker 4 (03:36):
Make art outside.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Wow, what kind of art can you make outside?
Paint rocks, paint rocks.
Wow, that's great.
I think we have a Picasso inthe making over here.
And now, oliver, what's the topthing to do this summer in
Montgomery County, maryland?
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Go to the fair.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Go to the fair, and that's right.
The nine best days of summerare coming at the Montgomery
County Agricultural Fairgrounds,august 9th through the 17th.
Be sure to get out there withyour family and friends.
Oliver, what's your favoritefood at a fair?
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Hot dogs.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
And Aria, what's your favorite animal farm animal.
What's your favorite type offarm animal?
There's chickens, there's pigs,there's ducks.
What's your favorite?
Ducks All right, oliver.
What about you?
Ducks All right, ducks.
So there you have it.
Ten best things to do thissummer with the what's Happening
MoCo podcast At Geneva DaySchool.
(04:30):
Thank you so much, guys, forhelping out.
What?
Speaker 4 (04:37):
And when you want to know what's happening in
Montgomery County, Maryland, youask the question what's?
Speaker 1 (04:39):
happening in Montgomery, and that's right.
We're here at the Geneva DaySchool, potomac, maryland.
We just learned the top 10things for kids to do this
summer, and now we're going tolearn a bit more about the
Geneva Day School.
At the end of every episode, weoften ask us the question and
we'll give you the answers, andone question that we were given
recently was hey, would you liketo come out to the Geneva Day
(05:00):
School and talk to us about whatwe do and where we are?
And I said, why not?
Sounds like a great idea.
And it turned out to be awonderful idea.
We just learned the top 10things for kids to do this
summer, and then we're going tolearn a little bit about a
hidden gem in Potomac, maryland,montgomery County, maryland the
Geneva Day School.
And we're here with Anna,deborah and Jake.
(05:20):
Anna, what is it that you dohere for the day school?
Speaker 2 (05:24):
I am the director of the summer camp Wow.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
And we always like to know what certain jobs do.
So what does the director ofthe summer camp do?
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Plan all the activities for every day of the
week.
Manage the kids if you know.
Make sure all the classes arerunning smoothly.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
diapers are being changed.
That leads me to my nextquestion what age range Debra do
we have here at the GenevaState School, if parents want to
have their kids attend theschool?
Speaker 4 (05:53):
So we're two-year-olds through
kindergarten, all right, theschool.
So we're two-year-olds throughkindergarten.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
All right, all right, and so two-year-olds through
kindergarten, and kindergartengoes up to seven years old, six
years old, six years old.
Okay, and what is it that youdo, what's your title and what
do you do?
Speaker 4 (06:05):
I am one of the co-teachers of kindergarten.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Oh, wow, Wow.
And what's that During thesummer?
What is the curriculum like?
Is it a little bit differentfrom what you would see during
the regular school year?
Speaker 4 (06:16):
So during the summer I'm one of the lead counselors.
So kindergarten wrapped up atthe end of May and summer camp
I'm with three-year-olds,four-year-olds and
five-year-olds and it isdifferent.
It's more open-ended with thefree play we have.
Art that we do every day, wecook every day.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
We have some specials .
We had Anna and Olaf come thisyear to read stories and we're
tie-dyeing this week, so we'vebeen busy, cool.
So that's Anna and Olaf fromFrozen right, correct?
I got my Disney card.
Okay, there we go, all right.
And then you also mentionedthat you tie-dye.
Are you tie-dyeing things thatthey could take home and wear?
Yes, okay, and what istie-dyeing for people that may
have forgotten what that lostart is?
Speaker 4 (06:57):
So tie-dyeing?
We ask all the children, thecampers, to bring something
white.
It can be from a shirt, shorts,to socks, to pillowcases, and
they get to pick what colorsthey want, if they want to do
one color and dye it, or if theywant to do multiple colors and
use a rubber band.
And when you take the rubberbands off, you have part white
and part color.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
Wonderful, wonderful, and it's usually a very
dazzling artistic display andit's kind of random, right?
Yes, it's kind of random in theway it displays.
All right, all right.
Now for Jake.
Jake, what do you do here atthe day school?
Speaker 3 (07:26):
I am a lead teacher for the 3 and 4-year-olds and
I'm also a this year All right,all right.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
Now.
What is it, in particular, thatthree and four-year-olds need
when you're teaching them andwhen you're managing them as a
counselor?
Speaker 3 (07:38):
As a teacher, you know you got to keep it fun, you
got to keep it creative, yougot to keep them busy.
You can't have any slow time init.
You got to be fast.
You got to be quick.
The kids are funny.
They're hilarious.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
And you know they're like little sponges, they absorb
everything.
So so what you're saying isit's quite important where you
have your kids and what they'redoing during the summer, because
they are sponges and they areat the prime opportunity to
learn, and I'm not.
I can't recommend the genevaday school, but I can say that
from what I've seen so far, it'sdefinitely a great place, uh,
for learning.
I would say it's a jewel forlearning in the county.
What is Geneva's philosophywhen it comes to educating young
(08:17):
people?
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Geneva's philosophy is to help foster a lifelong
love of learning throughage-appropriate and
developmentally appropriateeducation and play.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Oh, wow, that's significant.
Okay, what are some of the wayspeople can learn more about
your institution?
Speaker 2 (08:36):
You can find us online on our website, you can
find us on Instagram, you canfind us on Facebook and you can
always give us a call.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
Our website is genevadayschoolorg.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
All right, genevadayschoolorg Couldn't get
simpler than that.
And Geneva, how do you spellGeneva?
Speaker 4 (08:53):
You can look at our shirts G-E-N-E-V-A.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
There you are.
There you are All right.
And my last thing, because weasked the kids for top 10 lists
so we could do no less withtheir instructors, so now we
need a top three list of reasonswhy early childhood education
is important.
All right, starting with you,number three.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Early childhood education is important because
those are the most formativelearning years.
All right, number three Earlychildhood education is important
because those are the mostformative learning years.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
All right, number two .
Speaker 4 (09:19):
We give them the foundation so they will be
successful later on in theirschooling and adult life.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
And no pressure.
Number one, jake.
Number one, one, one one.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
Well, these are the kids that will be, you know,
working with us later down inlife While we are, you know,
growing older.
The kids that we're teachingnow.
They're going to eventually bein charge of everything.
We're going to be looking up tothem.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
And that's what's happening at MoCo.
We've learned so much today.
We've learned the top things todo with your kids this summer.
We've learned places to go totake your kids to learn more
this summer.
We've also learned the topthree reasons why early
childhood education, as young astwo years old, is very
important.
And we also learned that if youask the question what's
happening, moco, you will getthe answers.
So thank you, geneva Day School, for having us here today.
(10:04):
Thank you to all the littlekiddies for their great
responses of us standing up loudand proud and saying what's
happening, moco?
Good day and welcome to what's Happening, moco, a
podcast from your award-winninggovernment television station,
county, cable Montgomery.
Now here's your host, derekKelly.
Good day and welcome to what'sHappening, moco.
This episode is rated TC forToo Cute.
We're at the Geneva Day School,potomac, maryland, and we're
(00:21):
asking kids what are the bestthings to do this summer.
And I'm here with number 10 onour top things for kids to do
with Oliver.
Oliver, what's number 10?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Go to Geneva Summer Camp.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Wow, go to Geneva Summer Camp.
It is located here in Potomac,Maryland.
Check them out Easy Google find.
We'll come back later and findout more about the Geneva Day
School.
And now we're going to askHenry about what's number nine.
What's the number nine?
Best thing for kids to do inthe summer.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Visit a butterfly garden.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Visit a butterfly garden and there's butterfly
gardens throughout MontgomeryCounty, maryland.
You can definitely visitBrookside Gardens, which is one
of the premier locations inMaryland to visit butterflies,
and we know one thing aboutbutterflies they're beautiful to
look at.
And now we're back with thenumber eight and number seven in
the top 10 list of things forkids to do this summer Camden.
(01:18):
What is number eight?
Speaker 4 (01:21):
Try new things.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Try new things.
All right, and now for numberseven.
We're going to talk to Miss EvaEva.
What is number seven?
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Make new friends Wow.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
What's great about making new friends?
Speaker 2 (01:37):
In a summer it's just really nice to do All right,
and is Camden your friend?
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Yes, all right.
You guys have a lot of funtogether.
Yes, all right.
And is Camden your friend?
Yes, all right.
You guys have a lot of funtogether.
Yes, fantastic, thank you.
Thank you so much, and we'reback with number six and number
five on our countdown of the topthings for kids to do this
summer in Montgomery County,maryland.
And we're here with Lily andAria.
Lily, what is one of the greatthings to do this summer for
kids?
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Lily, what is one of the great things to do this
summer for kids?
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Go on a nature walk.
Go on a nature walk, andMontgomery County is home to
many, many parks andrecreational areas where you can
go with your family and takenature walks.
So many good things to see, somany great places to go.
And now we're going to talk toAria about what's number five.
Aria, what's number five on ourlist?
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Go to the playground.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Go to the playground.
Oh wow, what's one of yourfavorite things to do on the
playground?
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Going to swings.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Oh, the swings All right.
And what about you, Lily?
Speaker 4 (02:40):
Monkey bars.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Monkey bars.
You guys must be strong.
All right, Thank you so much.
High fives and we're back withnumber four and number three in
our top ten list of what kidscan do this summer for fun.
And we're here yet again withCamden and Henry Camden.
What is one of the favoritethings for kids to do this
(03:03):
summer?
Speaker 3 (03:04):
Go to the pool.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Go to the pool.
Do you like the pool?
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
What do you like doing in the pool?
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Swimming laps.
Swimming laps.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Wow.
Now Henry, what is one of thefavorite things for kids to do
this summer in your opinion?
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Go camping in your backyard.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
And now we're down to two, the top two.
We're here with Oliver and Ariaand we're going to ask them
what are the top two things todo this summer for kids?
Aria, what's number two ofthings to do this summer for
kids?
Speaker 4 (03:36):
Make art outside.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Wow, what kind of art can you make outside?
Paint rocks, paint rocks.
Wow, that's great.
I think we have a Picasso inthe making over here.
And now, oliver, what's the topthing to do this summer in
Montgomery County, maryland?
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Go to the fair.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Go to the fair, and that's right.
The nine best days of summerare coming at the Montgomery
County Agricultural Fairgrounds,august 9th through the 17th.
Be sure to get out there withyour family and friends.
Oliver, what's your favoritefood at a fair?
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Hot dogs.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
And Aria, what's your favorite animal farm animal.
What's your favorite type offarm animal?
There's chickens, there's pigs,there's ducks.
What's your favorite?
Ducks All right, oliver.
What about you?
Ducks All right, ducks.
So there you have it.
Ten best things to do thissummer with the what's Happening
MoCo podcast At Geneva DaySchool.
(04:30):
Thank you so much, guys, forhelping out.
What?
Speaker 4 (04:37):
And when you want to know what's happening in
Montgomery County, Maryland, youask the question what's?
Speaker 1 (04:39):
happening in Montgomery, and that's right.
We're here at the Geneva DaySchool, potomac, maryland.
We just learned the top 10things for kids to do this
summer, and now we're going tolearn a bit more about the
Geneva Day School.
At the end of every episode, weoften ask us the question and
we'll give you the answers, andone question that we were given
recently was hey, would you liketo come out to the Geneva Day
(05:00):
School and talk to us about whatwe do and where we are?
And I said, why not?
Sounds like a great idea.
And it turned out to be awonderful idea.
We just learned the top 10things for kids to do this
summer, and then we're going tolearn a little bit about a
hidden gem in Potomac, maryland,montgomery County, maryland the
Geneva Day School.
And we're here with Anna,deborah and Jake.
(05:20):
Anna, what is it that you dohere for the day school?
Speaker 2 (05:24):
I am the director of the summer camp Wow.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
And we always like to know what certain jobs do.
So what does the director ofthe summer camp do?
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Plan all the activities for every day of the
week.
Manage the kids if you know.
Make sure all the classes arerunning smoothly.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
diapers are being changed.
That leads me to my nextquestion what age range Debra do
we have here at the GenevaState School, if parents want to
have their kids attend theschool?
Speaker 4 (05:53):
So we're two-year-olds through
kindergarten, all right, theschool.
So we're two-year-olds throughkindergarten.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
All right, all right, and so two-year-olds through
kindergarten, and kindergartengoes up to seven years old, six
years old, six years old.
Okay, and what is it that youdo, what's your title and what
do you do?
Speaker 4 (06:05):
I am one of the co-teachers of kindergarten.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Oh, wow, Wow.
And what's that During thesummer?
What is the curriculum like?
Is it a little bit differentfrom what you would see during
the regular school year?
Speaker 4 (06:16):
So during the summer I'm one of the lead counselors.
So kindergarten wrapped up atthe end of May and summer camp
I'm with three-year-olds,four-year-olds and
five-year-olds and it isdifferent.
It's more open-ended with thefree play we have.
Art that we do every day, wecook every day.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
We have some specials .
We had Anna and Olaf come thisyear to read stories and we're
tie-dyeing this week, so we'vebeen busy, cool.
So that's Anna and Olaf fromFrozen right, correct?
I got my Disney card.
Okay, there we go, all right.
And then you also mentionedthat you tie-dye.
Are you tie-dyeing things thatthey could take home and wear?
Yes, okay, and what istie-dyeing for people that may
have forgotten what that lostart is?
Speaker 4 (06:57):
So tie-dyeing?
We ask all the children, thecampers, to bring something
white.
It can be from a shirt, shorts,to socks, to pillowcases, and
they get to pick what colorsthey want, if they want to do
one color and dye it, or if theywant to do multiple colors and
use a rubber band.
And when you take the rubberbands off, you have part white
and part color.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
Wonderful, wonderful, and it's usually a very
dazzling artistic display andit's kind of random, right?
Yes, it's kind of random in theway it displays.
All right, all right.
Now for Jake.
Jake, what do you do here atthe day school?
Speaker 3 (07:26):
I am a lead teacher for the 3 and 4-year-olds and
I'm also a this year All right,all right.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
Now.
What is it, in particular, thatthree and four-year-olds need
when you're teaching them andwhen you're managing them as a
counselor?
Speaker 3 (07:38):
As a teacher, you know you got to keep it fun, you
got to keep it creative, yougot to keep them busy.
You can't have any slow time init.
You got to be fast.
You got to be quick.
The kids are funny.
They're hilarious.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
And you know they're like little sponges, they absorb
everything.
So so what you're saying isit's quite important where you
have your kids and what they'redoing during the summer, because
they are sponges and they areat the prime opportunity to
learn, and I'm not.
I can't recommend the genevaday school, but I can say that
from what I've seen so far, it'sdefinitely a great place, uh,
for learning.
I would say it's a jewel forlearning in the county.
What is Geneva's philosophywhen it comes to educating young
(08:17):
people?
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Geneva's philosophy is to help foster a lifelong
love of learning throughage-appropriate and
developmentally appropriateeducation and play.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Oh, wow, that's significant.
Okay, what are some of the wayspeople can learn more about
your institution?
Speaker 2 (08:36):
You can find us online on our website, you can
find us on Instagram, you canfind us on Facebook and you can
always give us a call.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
Our website is genevadayschoolorg.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
All right, genevadayschoolorg Couldn't get
simpler than that.
And Geneva, how do you spellGeneva?
Speaker 4 (08:53):
You can look at our shirts G-E-N-E-V-A.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
There you are.
There you are All right.
And my last thing, because weasked the kids for top 10 lists
so we could do no less withtheir instructors, so now we
need a top three list of reasonswhy early childhood education
is important.
All right, starting with you,number three.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Early childhood education is important because
those are the most formativelearning years.
All right, number three Earlychildhood education is important
because those are the mostformative learning years.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
All right, number two .
Speaker 4 (09:19):
We give them the foundation so they will be
successful later on in theirschooling and adult life.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
And no pressure.
Number one, jake.
Number one, one, one one.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
Well, these are the kids that will be, you know,
working with us later down inlife While we are, you know,
growing older.
The kids that we're teachingnow.
They're going to eventually bein charge of everything.
We're going to be looking up tothem.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
And that's what's happening at MoCo.
We've learned so much today.
We've learned the top things todo with your kids this summer.
We've learned places to go totake your kids to learn more
this summer.
We've also learned the topthree reasons why early
childhood education, as young astwo years old, is very
important.
And we also learned that if youask the question what's
happening, moco, you will getthe answers.
So thank you, geneva Day School, for having us here today.
(10:04):
Thank you to all the littlekiddies for their great
responses of us standing up loudand proud and saying what's
happening, moco?
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