Bethesda Summer Camp

January 5, 2025 1 Comment

Hello Panda Programmer,

I am wondering if you will be offering a Bethesda summer camp this summer? (Summer of 2025)

Ellen in Bethesda

One of the BEST camps in Maryland

Panda Programmer is one of the best camps in Maryland. Since 2014 we have offered fun-filled, educational summer camps for students in elementary and middle school grades. The focus for our camps is computer programming (coding). And, of course we have fun!

The theoretical foundation of our camps and classes is Scratch. Scratch is the basic building block of our curriculum. Once campers have mastered the topic of Scratch, we encourage them to try additional topics such as robots, Python, and JavaScript/HTML. Our guiding motto has always been “We don’t just play computer games, we create them!” And this motto continues to be our guiding principle today. We all know, kids in the grades of 1 though 8 are fascinated by video games. The tend to play them a lot! At Panda Programmer we do our best to take the energy from this fascination with these computer games, and translate it into motivation to learn computer science to create games and educational projects. This thinking is critical to kids’ future academic pursuits. The kids love learning, and creating their projects.

Options for camps

Camps in Maryland come in different varieties. Some camps specialize in sports, some in music, and some in art. Traditionally our Panda Programmer summer camp focuses on computer programming. However we like to take breaks and run around outside. We also try to “develop the whole child” by also offering music and foreign language classes as part of our Maryland summer camps.

Our camps in Maryland are offered in full-day and half-day options. Full-day campers arrive at 9 am and leave by 4 pm. Half-day campers have the option of arriving at 9 am and staying until noon, or arriving at 1 pm and staying until 4 pm. Full-day campers bring their own packed lunch from home, and optimally a snack for breaks in the middle of the day as well.

Sign your child up today for a wonderful experience with summer camp coding!

Rockville Summer Camp 2021

May 29, 2021 No Comments

Panda Programmer is excited to offer its in-person summer camp in Rockville for the summer of 2021! Our experienced teachers will be guiding campers between grades 1 and 8 as they learn the wonders of computer programming.

Our curriculum focuses on Scratch, a platform designed for kids by the MIT media lab in Boston. Campers are grouped in cohorts, wear masks, and have plenty of space to play outside in the fresh air. For more information on our 2021 summer camp in Rockville, click on Summer Camps.

Panda Programmer has been offering summer camp coding since 2015. We cater primarily to elementary and middle school students from grades 1 to 8. Because our classes and camps are fun, kids love to come! And as we deal with the challenges of the pandemic and 2021 camp, we are keeping the campers excited. Therefore they remain engaged with our curriculum- and we constantly update it. We are teaching not only Scratch, but also Scratch JR, Python, HTML, and JavaScript. Our advanced Scratch curriculum provides challenges to our students who have mastered the programming fundamentals in their online and in-person classes during the school year. Maryland summer camps rock!

For more information on our curriculum please click on our curriculum page.

For more information on our online classes, in-person classes, virtual mini-camps, or in-person summer camps, contact us anytime at: Outreach@PandaProgrammer.com or 443-26-PANDA. We love doing Camps in Maryland!