The instruction I've received at SFLI for the past 3 1/2 years has been very helpful and even…read moreentertaining. I'm now a 1/3 time resident of Mexico and John's help with his curriculum as well as explanations of questions I encounter (e.g. why sometimes vamos and sometimes vamanos) are invaluable. And it's a great value and they're available via facetime!

Started taking private lessons (FaceTime during these times) with John St Clair…read more In short. Great teacher. Educated. He understands the work that needs to be put in to see progress. Enjoy his program he created for learning and his style of educating. Always excited to have our weekly class with him and get that much closer to being fluent. Also genuinely a nice guy. Highly recommend!

My child has been going to the Scottsdale campus for the last 2 years, 5 days a week and extended…read moreday. We plan on one more year this next year and will be sad when its over. Why? We love it!!!! The teachers and staff are extremely caring, professional, hardworking and focused on children's development and growth. The curriculum is amazing and the communication is consistent (weekly postings with video and photos, lots of emails with information from the campus director, regular parent teacher conferences). The classrooms are beautifully organized, with monthly themes, and a lot of variety in activities every day. Lots of arts and crafts based on the monthly theme. Lots of celebrations where the children and teachers sing songs and wear fun costumes (valentine's day, mother's day, father's day, winter festival, etc). The outdoor area is a dream, with an outdoor kitchen, a garden, swings, play structure, and lots of fun places to explore. The campus director, Nieves, is warm and kind. The school founder and director is really inspiring, uses best practices in child development, and isfocused on kids. In short, the best daycare and preschool my family has ever had (and we have been to 5 other different places in Scottsdale over the last 9 years with 2 children). There is little turnover at this preschool, the teachers are all experienced, professional, and with extensive education and training. Every teacher knows my child's name and greets him with enthusiasm every day. And, growth in Spanish has been really miraculous--our child is nearly fully bilingual. Its great that the teachers come from across Latin America so that kids hear a variety of vocabulary and accents. Each year, there are kids with a range of Spanish abilities so it's not too early or too late to enroll.

From the owner: Welcome to Little Big Minds Spanish Immersion Preschool, a unique educational environment located…read morein Scottsdale. We specialize in providing young learners with a bilingual foundation through our immersive language program. As a leading language school, day care center, and preschool, we are dedicated to nurturing the minds of our students with a curriculum that blends cultural enrichment with early childhood education. Our experienced educators foster a love for learning in a safe and engaging setting.

Madam Gray est magnifique! Mrs Gray is magnificent! Not only was it fun to learn French from Mrs…read moreGray, she was so helpful, kind, and incredibly patient with me. Can you imagine trying to listen hours at a time to someone speaking English incredibly slowly? I don't have the patience but Mrs Gray does. I loved her class and will definitely be using them again. Mrs Gray gave me the tools to help me learn and practice. Unfortunately learning a language requires self-discipline to practice and Mrs Gray helped lay the ground-work for me to start my journey in learning a new language. Thank you so much Arizona Language Institute!!!!!

From the owner: Teaching foreign languages to Adults; Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Arabic French. and, Intensive…read moreEnglish,- 5 levels; TOEFL, IELTS , Accent Reduction, Business English, and composition skills for various employment needs.

Our child has attended Early Childhood and Lower School at the International School of Arizona…read more(ISA). We HIGHLY recommend ISA for families wishing to give their child/children the unique advantage of an international, multilingual education in Arizona. It's great! The Spanish and French tracks are just as if your child is learning in France or Spain (in all subjects). The foreign teachers are very professional, respectful and organized. The US teachers and curriculum are equally impressive with advanced math, science and grammar (STEM) - all taught in English. It's the best of both. Your child will become "academically fluent" in English, and either Spanish or French. With multilingual fluency, children also become confident and emotionally thoughtful of others. Our experience has been terrific. Students enjoy the school day. It is safe, friendly, and respectful with engaged students, teachers, administrators, and parents from all other the world. What a gift. We wish this school went into high school, but we know our child will be prepared for any school we choose - in Arizona or abroad! Thanks ISA.

We were thinking about sending our kids to this school. Unfortunately disappointed by the feedback…read moreand the lack of back up behind the claim that it is IB accredited.

I don't often leave bad reviews for businesses, but when the behavior of a preschool director /…read moreowner is this egregious, I feel compelled to share my experience. TL;DR - Lack of communication, unprofessional behavior, petty conduct, limited to the school's director Adam. Teachers are great. Long form: We brought our daughter to Global Minds in November of 2021 and things were great right up until two weeks ago. She loved the school, made friends, and we got to know many of the parents. There were some problems, like their seeming inability to answer the phone or call us back, but we were willing to overlook that for the sake of our daughter's happiness and the fact that she was learning both Mandarin and Spanish. Also, we really liked how the parents all formed a tight-knit community. Recently, my wife and I got COVID while traveling out of state (we are fully vaccinated). We attempted to contact Adam via phone on 3 separate occasions to inform him that our daughter would not be at school when we returned, and to receive guidance about what we needed to do before bringing her back. No one ever answered, nor did they return my calls. This lack of answering phone calls is a problem that goes back about six months, with only one of my phone calls being answered in all of that time. I was told multiple times by teachers that they would tell ownership about the problem. Adam finally responded to an email my wife sent several days earlier, telling us that we could bring our daughter back to school when she was feeling well. No other guidance was provided beyond that. There was no mention of a need for a negative test prior to her return. Current CDC guidelines are that children who are asymptomatic may return to school 5 days after exposure to someone who is COVID-positive. We waited until the 8th day to bring her back. She was never symptomatic. In the absence of any guidance from Global Minds other than the email we received telling us to bring her back when she was feeling well, we followed CDC guidelines and brought our daughter back to school. When I brought her back to school, I was told that I could not leave her there without a negative COVID test. I was a bit annoyed, since we had tried to call them multiple times for exactly this reason, and no one bothered to answer the phone or call us back. Adam's email also said nothing about a negative test. So, I said it was fine if she can't stay, but I was a bit annoyed that no one had bothered to give us any guidance before drop-off that morning. Chi (Adam's wife) called him and asked what to do, and he apparently said it was okay to leave my daughter there because Chi changed her mind and said it was fine. Fifteen minutes later, Adam called me on my cell. His behavior on that phone call was beyond the pale. As an adult, I have never experienced the level of disrespect he showed me over the phone that day. I could barely get a word in, in fact I think I said maybe 5 words in total. When he was done chewing me out, he demanded that I pick my daughter up immediately, and then hung up on me. I couldn't believe it. I went to the school and got my daughter and later sent Adam an email, addressing his disrespectful phone call, lack of guidance, sudden change of heart, and their habit of not answering phone calls or returning messages. One week later, Adam sent me an email and said he "found a lot of truth in my words" and offered to apologize in person the following day. I showed up to the school as he suggested, and was told by his wife that he was not there, nor was he planning to be there that day or the next. She had no idea about our meeting. I emailed him again, and asked what happened, giving him the benefit of the doubt. He offered no apology. He said, "My intent was to be at school on Monday and Tuesday, but I had some showings of properties and some meetings that popped up that kept me away." Obviously, he has more important things to do than follow through on a meeting he proposed with a parent at his school. Given the lack of communication, unprofessional conduct, and the fact that Adam seemed to be deliberately misleading me to waste my time, my wife and I made the extremely difficult to tear our daughter away from her school and friends, and enroll her elsewhere. When I informed Adam that I would be removing my daughter from his school, I received an email response one week later that simply said, "Turd." See the attached screenshot. This behavior is unbecoming any adult, let alone one who is entrusted with the care of children. I think it is important that anyone who is interested in taking their children to Global Minds know what they can expect from the director before enrolling. I don't know if any other parents have had a negative experience with Adam. Before these events transpired, I would have said that everything at the school was great. But, given what I experienced with Adam, I wouldn't recommend Global Minds to anyone.

We are sharing our experience below in hopes that the owner of Global Minds will seriously consider…read morehow unpleasant and unprofessional he can be with parents . After seeing some of the prior reviews and speaking to other parents regarding their interactions with him, we learned that our extremely negative interaction was not isolated, but rather part of a toxic, dismissive, and volatile behavior set. Before we talk about our experience with the owner, we would like to praise the teachers and support staff. We found them to be energetic and polite. They were engaged and nurturing with our child. We'd like to compliment them. Now we will continue with the owner. First, we started to notice something strange when we wanted to speak with our child's instructors via text or email. This is prohibited. Strange. Our intention was to glean feedback and/or insights how to best help our child progress with Mandarin. We were told communication with instructors was only possible in person and after the owner personally set the meeting up. That raised a red flag. Due to our jobs, our family has lived in multiple states over the past few years and we've accumulated a fair amount of experience with preschools. Let us tell you, this is NOT the norm. When we were told that, it made us think that something is being hidden. Why in the world could we not speak with our child's instructor unless it was 'pre-vetted' by the owner? We got suspicious so we started asking around. As a member of the Chinese community and native mandarin-speaker, I reached out to the community only to find a strong negative narrative about the owner. At first, it seemed odd that he was described as angry and volatile as we never really observed that, but, then again, we had never really interacted for more than a couples minutes with him at any given time. Only after a shocking, and, frankly, disturbing meeting with the owner did we realize this is a very accurate description. This all started because we had a question about a school policy. The owner, instead of answering the question over the phone, insisted on meeting at the preschool to talk. Honestly, we didn't think anything of it and came to the preschool very casually. Our expectation was that our meeting was going to be pleasant and informative as the owner arranged it. You can imagine our surprise when the owner started to shake with anger and speaking obscenities to us. We were literally stunned, and, honestly, scared. We had absolutely no idea that such a volatile and unprofessional person was running the school. That day was our child's last. Again, we don't want to bash the school as there are many capable and caring teachers, but we do hope the owner will mature as a person. It is completely unacceptable to us to enroll our child in a school that is ran by someone that struggles with anger management issues. We had a simple question about a policy that could've been handled with maybe two or three sentences, but instead blew up into an owner meltdown. Please grow in professionalism and learn to lead in a respectful and dignified manner.

As parents, one of the most important decisions we make is care for our children. We absolutely…read moreLOVE Miro. Our son is excited to go to school every day. The love and care for our children by the entire staff is phenomenal, the course curriculum and structure is fantastic. Our son is developing very well. We could not be happier with Miró and feel very fortunate that our children will have the opportunity to attend.

It has been two years since we enrolled our son at Miro and words can't truly express how grateful…read morewe continue to be to have now both our children attending (1.5 and 4). The teachers are consistent, the love and care they show our children is truly above and beyond and the learning and growth they experience is absolutely amazing. A very big thank you to Miro and Fabiana but most especially to two teachers that go above and beyond for our children each and every day, Maestra Alejandra and Maestra Sandra...we love you!!

Natalie, Fancy and team do a wonderful job with their preschool, and treat all the children so…read morewell. My child was very shy and excelled in this comfortable smaller environment, and surprises me often with new things and words she's learned. We also love the various special events they do - the ones involving cooking are extra special for our kiddo, especially when we can join in. They are very compassionate ladies, are flexible with schedules, and you can tell they really care and constantly deliver a 5 star service. Thank you, Gracias, Xiè-xiè!!!

Enrolling our baby into HHNH has been a blessing for our family. You may wonder how an infant would…read morebenefit from a trilingual immersion program... we did too! But we are already witnessing the benefits of exposure to multiple languages, and it's lent to our son's speech development in ways we didn't even anticipate. My son is LOVED THOROUGHLY by each and every one of the amazing teachers at HHNH, beyond what my husband and I could even imagine. And he loves them in turn - the smiles and excitement when he sees his teacher at drop off is obvious. I know fellow parents understand this feeling of being reassured that you're entrusting your little-heart-outside-your-body kiddo, at a place where he is safe, protected, loved, and thriving. We are immensely grateful that we stumbled across HHNH and look forward to our little one's growth with them. It takes a village and HHNH is an integral part of ours.

Thank you for the great service. I truly appreciate your patience, professionalism, and depth of…read moreknowledge throughout the entire process. It made a big difference and was genuinely helpful

Summer and her team are awesome! They use a fun way to learn. Not only am I learning the Mandarin…read morelanguage, but I also am learning Chinese culture. I'm very lucky to find them and I highly recommend them if you are interested to learn Mandarin and Chinese culture.

Been going here since it opened! We've tried lots of classes - my daughter was looking for a "rec"…read morestyle class. She was into gymnastics and transitioned into tumbling. I love that they are able to move to different classes with ease. Maria really helps make sure your child has the right fit for what they are looking for, and will walk you through what each class has to offer! We love all the coaches there as well! I would definitely recommend it. We've tried other gymnastic places in the area and love the size of this gym, the classes offered, and their tokens for makeups!!! Their parent portal is a DREAM! Makes life easy for everyone!

I like this place a lot and think the classes are great but the bathrooms here are disgusting, bad…read moreenough that my 5 year old will not use them which ends up making us leave before our class is even done. I'm not sure why it's so hard to clean the bathrooms and keep them clean! Please do a bathroom overhaul and also consider families with babies who may need to change their children during a class.