Kidville

Our 2015 3^rd birthday party cost double what we were told when we booked, buyer beware! We signed up for the $ 800 party, which ended up costing around $ 2,000. They told us the cake wouldn’t be big enough for all our kids so we bought a second cake for additional charge. They never even cut the second cake, we took the whole cake home, it was a waste. Additional children are extra plus they also require additional party supervisors, adult food or drinks are extras, activities are extras. The party was very fun, just make sure you’re aware of the additional expenses.
We also signed up for classes. I cancelled my older sons class before they started and it took 3 months plus half a dozen calls and emails to get my refund. Every excuse was given. If you’re not vigilant, you won’t receive a refund. My second sons class got cancelled halfway through the semester. I showed up to find this out. I hadn’t received an email or anything telling me not to show up. On top of that, they would only refund the remaining classes. I get the impression Kidville Fallsgrove is all about money and not creating a happy, memorable experience for the children.

I took my daughter here for a couple years, and for the most part she enjoyed it. There are interesting course options, and the facility is very clean and new looking (which makes sense, as I think they’ve only been open for a few years).
The classes are expensive (about $ 20 — $ 25 each), and although my daughter enjoyed them, I don’t know if she really enjoyed them any more than the classes she took at similar, slightly less expensive kids places in the Rockville/​Germantown/​Gaithersburg area. But the classes are well-​structured and thought-​out. And there are specials offered sometimes to score much lower prices if you’re willing to commit to a full year.
The staff was very nice and professional, albeit a little uptight with regards to their rules for open gym and makeup classes. Myself and other parents really felt like we were always «being watched». And the owner, while generally pleasant, definitely prioritized her interaction by whichever families spent the most money. I didn’t really care, as I was there for my child, and not to become pals with the staff. But I know another parent who was really put off by this.
Overall, it was a fun experience and I’m glad I signed my daughter up. But after about 18 months, it felt like we had run through all the classes, and it got to the point where she oftentimes didn’t want to go. Couple that with the fact that their absolute best instructor (Mr. Dan) left, and it was clear that it was time to move on from Kidville Fallsgrove.
PS, we never tried a birthday party at Kidville, as I would have had to practically sell body parts to afford a party for 20+ kids there. But if you do have a lot of money to throw on your preschooler’s party, I heard from a few parents they do a great job.

We had our son’s 4^th birthday party at Kidville and it was AMAZING! He’s obsessed with dinosaurs and the Dino-​Mite party was more than he could have imagined. I’ll admit I was a bit apprehensive about spending so much for a kids birthday party, but it was worth every penny. The friendly and accomodating staff took care of everything and all we had to do was show up and have fun! And did we ever! They took care of the food, cake, balloons, decorations, activities and even the goodie bags!
The attentive and energetic staff facilitated group as well as individual activities and played fun games. Each child felt comfortable and happy while the parents got to relax and watch their kids enjoy!
The facility is gorgeous! It’s clean, well organized and provides something fun for kids of all ages. My son had a memorable birthday that he is still talking about with his friends! Thank you Kidville for giving my son a dynamite Dino-​Mite birthday!!!

My daughter has been coming here for various different classes for the last 2 years and has also celebrated her Birthdays here. The owner and all the teachers love the kids so much. They are warm and caring, organized and prepared! The facility is super clean with an amazing gym. I could really go on and on about how much my family loves Kidville Fallsgrove and everyone there. It has meant a lot to our family to have it as part of our daughter’s life. She has taken everything from dance, sports, and gymnastics classes to music, art, and science.

So a friend told me about this place and it just so happened they were having an pen house event Saturday (⁷⁄₂₅) $ 10/​kid. So I signed up on Eventbrite and took my 2 and 3 year old. The establishment is very clean and friendly. We went in and the 2 girls inside the room (and the front desk lady) were all super friendly. They had so many fun things for the kids to do, and never once give you the feeling or pressure that you have to sign up for a membership or classes.
As with most of these places (The Little Gym and My Gym) there classes are geared more for stay at home mom’s or people with nanny’s. So not many classes are offered in the evenings or weekends. :(. Which really sucks because there are a few classes I would love to sign my kids up for but… well… I work!
Hopefully when the fall schedule comes out they will have more weekend and evening classes.
But if you have little ones (mine are 2 and 3) and are looking for something fun this is a good place, based off their Facebook page they seem to do event’s often on the weekends and you can pay to come to the open gym as well!
They have a rock wall, sports stuff, a small trampoline, and other fun activities, I think they have arts and crafts as well but we went on there sports open gym day.

Absolutely exceeded our expectations!!! My wife and I celebrated our daughters 1^st birthday at Kidsville in Rockville and our experience from beginning to end was perfect. The staff was professional and helpful in planning and the event. I thought they went above and beyond when our original date was cancelled because of snow and cake was already ordered. They gave us that first cake and ordered a 2^nd one for free. The staff was great with the kids and they genuinely seemed like they cared about the kids and made sure they all were having a great time and most importantly safe. I observed one of the staff members stop a near accident on the trampoline with a bunch of the kids holding hand and jumping. They almost did a giant group head butt till one of the staff members saw what was just about to happen and stop just in time. I would highly recommend this place to any parent who wants to have an event for their kids. Super professional, friendly, great staff and the cleanest facility with a set up that makes sense and is safe for the kids. Thanks Kidsville, you just made some new repeat customers for a long long time.

This place really is super fun for little ones, in my mind best kids place in the area. Prices are definitely steep (and the clientele reflects that) but they do have «special» offers frequently throughout year that make it more affordable to take a class here. Also some offers come with free play spaces which are definitely worth it. Their Playspace has open hours pretty much every day and you can come play for as long as it’s open which we do frequently. Best open gym around, without a doubt.
Always meticulously clean and staff is pretty phenomenal for the most part. Can only recall one slightly older sometimes seemingly grumpy lady, everybody else is very young and chirpy.
Can definitely recommend The Rockin Railroad music class in particular. It’s a toddler music class deluxe! Four people band, original songs that are beyond catchy and our absolute favorite Mr Ryan (aka train conductor aka Grandma aka Izzy during class) is so fun and sweet it’s a pleasure to return week after week.
The only thing I will say is that some of the parents and nannies in particular (of which there are plenty, this place is more geared towards people who can afford both the very pricey kids classes and a full time nanny for their little ones) will drive you crazy taking picture after picture and video after video. I have literally sat through classes before where people filmed their children on their phones ²⁄₃ of the entire class. That’s just annoying and definitely a turn off unless you enjoy being part of other people’s home videos. And more to the point, none of the staff or management do anything to keep parents and nannies from doing it. They definitely need to address that, even if they love the extra (read: free) advertisement on facebook and other social media where this stuff gets shared.
Other than that, absolute thumbs up for Kidville Fallsgrove!

Facility is superb– clean, bright, new. Teachers are friendly, energetic, personable. The owner needs to improve communication.

My twins had their bday party here. Blown away. The staff made it a fantastic experience. Mr Dan kept it going at a perfect pace. My kids loved him and all the staff. They really made us feel special. I can’t overstate how pleased we were. We did their party at Kidville Bethesda last year (which was also fantastic, but this beat it) so we love the company. Of course, it is pricier than some other places, but they are very transparent about costs, so never felt ripped off. Ms Jen was totally on top of the logistics. Would do a party here again w/​o hesitation.

The first thing that brought us to Kidville Falls grove was the location, what’s kept us coming back is the amazing staff, open playspace time, and enriching programs. My son is currently enrolled in Kidville University (KVU) a preschool program for two year olds.
KVU combines music, art, story time and gym all in a two hour twice a week class. My son loves it. Most of all I love his new found appreciation for music and art thanks to KVU. Mr. Steve plays the guitar for the KVU kids and now my son loves his guitar and imitates how Mr. Steve plays! Before KVU my son had no interest in art (I had tried multiple times to get him to sit down with crayons and a coloring book) now he asks me for crayons & paper almost every night.
Kidville Fallsgrove is a great place with excellent staff and lots of fun programs for kids. I highly recommend it!

Since my first review we have signed up for many of the classes and have been thrilled! Our child did a semester of Rockin Railroad which was AWESOME! We tell everyone to go try a free trial class and see for themselves. There is structure, singing, dancing, story time, bubble time, puppets. You really can’t go wrong.
This fall we are doing the Toddlers in Tutus class which my daughter LOVES! The kids wear the cutest outfits and learn structure and how to follow instructions in class. She is only 18 months and she totally gets it. The class is taught by Miss Jen and she is absolutely amazing. First rate class. They also have story time and a tea party at the end of each class. It’s beyond adorable.
Today we signed up for the Big Messy Art Class with Mr. Dan and it was SO cool! They had playtime, created a dinosaur art thing, painted on bubble wrap and the canvases on the wall and had playdoh time. It was messy but she loved it! We can’t wait for next week!
We really love having a place that we can bring our child to have such diverse enrichment classes. And we love the teachers, the owner Erica, and the facility!
It’s expensive but this really is a case of «you get what you pay for».

I didn’t even know this place existed, until a friend bought my son a gift from there for his bday. Unfortunately the gift that we received was almost identical to another item that we got so since we had a gift receipt for this one, we decided to go and exchange it. I went by one afternoon in the middle of the day, around 1pm, and they were closed. No lights, no signs, no nothing. The hours of operation are not posted anywhere, so we had to come back. That’s easier said than done, being a family with 2 full time working parents and a 1 year old. By the time we did finally make it back, it was 2.5 months later.
This time they were actually open! When we first came in, there was one person behind the counter and a class was going on in the back. There were no other customers or people in the store. We said we’d like to exchange and the woman said, «I’ve never seen this item in the store before.» Well, it’s right there on the receipt, was my reply. She kept looking at it, and I said, we just want to make an exchange. She was still looking confused and asked what was wrong with it. We explained that our son already had the same item. She then said it looks like we had opened it, which we had not, since he already had the same thing.
She kept hemming and hawing, repeating that she had never seen it, and just before I was about to suggest scanning the receipt, she decided to look and see if it would scan in the system. It came up as $ 28.62 for the cost, so I started looking around for something comparable for the exchange. At this point, there was still no one in the store besides us. So she asked if we lived around the area and if we could come back later in the day, because they were shorthanded at the moment.
SHORTHANDED FOR WHAT?! There was no one else there at the time! There was no one coming in! There was a class already in session and there were no problems! So the hubby said, can’t we just do an exchange, and she said, sure. So we found something and at that point I see her looking at the return policy. The return policy is 14 days, but it didn’t say anything about exchanges, which I was prepared to argue. She went and pulled a man out of the class to assist us and he said that since it had been so long, they would have to check with the owner, who would not be coming in until later that day. Well who the heck has time to come back and forth to a store that’s not open during regular business hours?! So we left to wait for a call from the owner.
A few hours later I get a call back from the same guy, not the owner, who said that it was just too long so we wouldn’t be able to do the exchange. This is understandable, it’s a 14 day policy, but since we received it as a gift, that would have been nice to know. It’s NOT PRINTED ON THE RECEIPT! We came before and there were NO HOURS OF OPERATION POSTED! So how the heck can I come in if 1) I don’t know I need to come within 14 days or you’re not going to let me do an exchange and 2) you don’t tell me when your business is OPEN?!
I did inform the man that this is very unfortunate and unfair because the policy is not stated on the receipt, and we had already attempted to come before but they were not open during the middle of the day.
Too bad for them because we had considered looking into the classes and other services that they offer, but now there’s no chance I would come back. Guess instead of letting this business earn my money and good faith, I will get the chance to make a few bucks selling the gift online.
It’s such a shame to see these people that don’t know how to do business, especially in today’s economy. Congrats to the owner of Kidville, you didn’t let a family EXCHANGE — not even return, but exchange — an item that cost $ 28.62 so now you’ve lost out on a potential $ 300+ transaction. Anything to save a few pennies right? It’s ok, I’m sure you have plenty of clients in King Farm and Fallsgrove, so who cares about us?