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The Little Loop by Clovie|Kids Activities in Montgomery County, MD and Northwest DC

Clovie is simplifying the search for kids activities, and The Little Loop is my top 5 picks for the kids each week. I'm a Maryland girl who spent 12 years of my career in NYC. Now I'm back in MD, raising my kids in Montgomery County. I'm a Type A person, yet Type B mom. The Little Loop is a bit of both.

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5 Kids Activities in MoCo and DC This Weekend: Oct 6, 2026

The Little Loop Newsletter by Clovie Every Tuesday, Clovie's founder shares her top 5 picks for kids activities in Montgomery County and DC Northwest (plus the preamble you didn't ask for). Hello! Welcome to the 15th edition of The Little Loop Newsletter by Clovie, your weekly shortlist of the best kids activities across Montgomery County, MD and DC Northwest. Today's newsletter is dedicated to Brooke Eby, who passed away a few days ago from ALS. She and I went to the same high school in...

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The Little Loop Newsletter by Clovie Every Tuesday, Clovie's founder shares her top 5 picks for kids activities in Montgomery County and DC Northwest (plus the preamble you didn't ask for). Hello! Welcome to the 14th edition of The Little Loop Newsletter by Clovie, your weekly shortlist of the best kids activities across Montgomery County, MD and DC Northwest. Thank you for being here! Who watched the premiere of Taylor Swift's Patient Zero music video? I forced my husband to watch the VMAs...

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The Little Loop Newsletter by Clovie Every Tuesday, Clovie's founder shares her top 5 picks for kids activities in Montgomery County and DC Northwest (plus the preamble you didn't ask for). Hello! It's the 13th edition of The Little Loop Newsletter by Clovie. This community is growing bigger each week, thank you! I'm writing this Monday night, and of course the Giants are playing (not well, if I may add). A fellow Giants wife messaged me after last week's Little Loop that kickoff means she...

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The Little Loop Newsletter by Clovie Every Tuesday, Clovie's founder shares her top 5 picks for kids activities in Montgomery County and DC Northwest (plus the preamble you didn't ask for). Hello! It's the 12th edition of The Little Loop Newsletter by Clovie. Thank you for being part of the Little Loop. Let's find your weekend. My husband told me that I "share a lot" on here. Speaking of him, football season has begun. I found this weekend to be a glimpse into my next not so favorite 5-ish...

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The Little Loop Newsletter by Clovie Every Tuesday, the Clovie founder's top 5 picks for kids activities in Montgomery County and DC Northwest (plus the preamble you didn't ask for) Hello! It's the 11th edition of The Little Loop Newsletter by Clovie. Hope everyone survived the three-day weekend and got some last pool hours in. As always, send me a note on what you like, don't like, or need more of from Clovie. I love growing this community and hearing from you. Uneventful weekend on this...

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Hello! It's the 10th edition of The Little Loop Newsletter by Clovie. We made it to double digits, woohoo! There are a lot of new faces this week, welcome welcome. I love hearing from you, so please send me a note on what you're looking for that would make your kids' activity search easier. We are two weeks into the toddler bed. Still only positive things since the move (knock on wood). He came into our room last night at 3:00 AM but got him back to his room pretty quickly. So I guess no news...

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Hello! It's the 9th edition of The Little Loop Newsletter by Clovie. Happy Back-to-School in Montgomery County and DC Northwest. Here is your first weekend of the school year, as we desperately hold on to the pool still being opened. We intended to celebrate Back-to-School, but our little guy was sick and missed the first day of his new 3's classroom. Shoutout to his grandparents for covering for us (hi Mom!). He already told us he'd be sick again so he can go back to his grandparents' house...

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Hi there! It's the 8th edition of The Little Loop Newsletter by Clovie, and the Tuesday send continues to be my favorite day of the week. The Little Loop has been gaining new subscribers each week, and I love hearing from you via email, Instagram and texts on how you're loving TLL. Keep on forwarding this your friends who need help making kids plans! I'm still recovering from a week away in Long Beach Island, New Jersey in a jam packed house of 17 family members. The little cousins had the...

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Hi there! It's the 7th edition of The Little Loop Newsletter by Clovie. I look forward to writing this every week, and its become a form of journaling for me now. So thank you for that! I'm writing this newsletter while in Long Beach Island, New Jersey for my husband's side of the family's annual beach vacation. Think 17 people packed into one house, kids/screaming/crying/laughing/playing, lots of wine, very little sleep, sunblock, sandy donuts, and memories that carry us through the entire...

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Hi there! It's the sixth edition of The Little Loop by Clovie! The subscriber count keeps growing each week, thank you for being here. We are in the last stretch of summer, and my whole house is trying to wring every drop out of it. So this week I went looking for a weekend that still feels like summer: a sunflower field, a fountain to run through, a puppet show, and a craft table for when the heat wins. TLDR: Five picks this weekend, two to just show up to and three to plan around, across...