Great selection and will go there again. Friendly, helpful people to make sure your visit is…read moreenjoyable.

Passing through Columbia we found this wonderful quilting/sewing store. They have a wonderful…read moreselection and friendly and helpful staff. Highly recommended!

Lisa provided private driving instruction for our 16yr old. Drivers Ed was not offered at my son's…read moreschool. So, I had a hard time finding a drivers ed course after moving to Columbia. I found CoMo driving school via the web. I believe Lisa's background includes 20+ years at the DMV which included administering drivers test. She is professional, responsive, and punctual. At the end of each lesson, she gave us feedback on what they worked on and what he needed to work on while driving with us. I'm anxious about driving with my teen. So, it was nice for him to have time with someone that would remain calm and give him technical tips on merging, lane switches, parking, etc.. I would definitely recommend

We reached out requesting more info and to schedule a lesson, but were sadly informed Lisa passed…read moreaway in December 2020 after battling COVID. Business is no longer taking customers.

I came in in with my sister who had made an appointment. On the spur of a moment I decided to get…read moremy hair cut. When I asked the receptionist, she said it was no problem and I was back sitting in a chair within 10 minutes of asking to get a hair cut. My hairstylist, Lydia, was amazing. I wanted to go from long hair (midway down my back) to a short pixie cut. I was worried that she might not want to do it because it was such a dramatic haircut, but when I mentioned it to Lydia, she said she would love to try that. She was excited to give the haircut a try, but also quick to ask from help from an instructor when she didn't know what to do, which I appreciated. Overall, I loved my hair cut and my experience there. The people were friendly and the place was cozy. I would highly recommend!

The students here are professional, friendly, and do a great job. However, I have heard awful…read morethings about how the owner treats his students. He humiliates the students in front of their peers in an effort to make himself feel powerful/important. Students need a learning environment that encourages creativity and progress, not a place that makes their self esteem plummet.

I have two children at this school. Before we had our first child I was very tempted to go the…read morenanny route purely out of convenience but now my husband and I are truly glad we decided to send our kids to this school instead. Every day presents a new learning and socialization opportunity. The teachers have a curriculum that they follow yet they are flexible enough to suit your child's needs; kids get plenty of variety with their meals/snacks; they get outside when the weather is nice enough and there isn't a doubt in my mind that my kids will be more than ready for kindergarten when that time comes. The amount of things that they have already learned is pretty incredible. Sure there is some turn over occasionally with the teachers but I don't know a large daycare provider that doesn't have this same issue. Some of the staff that have left have even come back. Overall the teachers and staff are fantastic and I would recommend End of The Rainbow to anyone that is interested in sending their kids to an environment where the teachers and staff truly care about the children.

From the owner: For more than 30 years, End of the Rainbow Child Care Center in South Columbia, MO, has been…read morededicated to providing children a safe, caring environment to grow and learn. This early childhood development center offers child care centered around educational programs designed to encourage them socially, emotionally, physically and cognitively. Owner and Director Nikki Reynolds has been leading the team at End of the Rainbow Child Care Center since 2000. In that time, she's shared her belief that children deserve a place where they feel safe and encouraged, and parents need peace of mind in knowing their children are in the best hands. Reynolds has employed a staff of experienced, certified teachers and tutors to care for infants as young as six weeks and children as old as 12. They maintain an explorative classroom environment with curriculums intended to encourage children to reach their full potential. To help children with their educational paths, End of the Rainbow Child Care Center offers day care services, after school tutoring, kindergarten readiness and early childhood development programs. Their staff is large enough to cater to each age group's specific developmental needs while providing children individualized attention and care. Nursery school children learn to understand the world around them, and school-aged children benefit from out-of-the-classroom learning experiences...

I booked a two person cooking class for my parents to use and they decided to go on Valentine's…read moreDay. The owner was super helpful in answering my questions and I was able to book it all online, I live in Seattle, so that was helpful. My parents had a great time in the class, they loved the instructor and said they just laughed the entire time. They botched the cake they decorated, but had a blast making it. I would recommend this as a gift for someone m, it was a unique experience and one my parents had never had before. Thanks so much!

From the owner: Eating Paleo, Eating with Food Allergies and Intolerances, Whole Foods, Eating Cleanread more

Joanne is a marvelous teacher. We brought our (very active) 3-year grandson here for private…read morelessons. Not only is she a wonderful swim teacher she has a wonderful way with children, firm and she never needs to raise her voice to get him to listen. He cried all through the first lesson and now after 6 lessons he is smiling through them. I've never seen him focus this well on anyone. I can't speak to group lessons, but I have watched another lesson with 3 children and she was great with them also. Highly recommended.

I cannot say enough good things about Machers. My son has been taking classes for over 6 months…read moreand it has been a wonderful experience. The benefits of the lessons are not just related to his ability to swim. His confidence has grown, his attitude has improved and his behavior is better in school. If he misses a lesson for some reason it is noticeable in school and out. I honestly am amazed at what an impact the Macher's have had on him and cannot wait to continue seeing him grow as a swimmer and a person!

A+ driving school is personal, professional and very thorough! You will be treated directly and…read morewith the utmost respect! If you want to get your drivers lisence and be instructed properly, we highly recommend A+ driving school. In our opinion the best in town!!!

A+ Driving School lives up to its name. Both of our sons worked with the instructor prior to…read moretaking their driving test. She was very thorough and fully prepared them for the exam. Both received a A+ (95% and 100%).

I can't try to help out others enough..you may not have experienced what I have but I'm here to…read moreprevent you from it! do not go here . you will be harassed for absences, or opinions etc . I can show my call log in the late hours of night along with proof of name calling , profanity and proof of the unprofessionalism this woman has for people who don't drink her kool-aid. you will notice on their fb site as well as Google they have removed the option to leave a review with stars. they are pleading that I not share my experience once they realized I have proof of what they said when they called me at my house on my phone to lash out and bad mouth other gyms , people etc. I will say I was refunded my money but asked to remove my review and not share what happened. such a fraudulent business (In my opinion) thank you Yelp for allowing me to share my experience!

From the owner: All-Star Performance Institute is a Cheerleading and Tumbling facility in Columbia Missouri. We…read morespecialize in floor tumbling for ages 2-18 years old. We work with beginner through advanced tumblers. Our All-Star Cheerleading teams are available for ages 3 through 18 years old. We offer both full year and half year programs.

Our children attended LPE in 2020-21, the first school year following the start of the COVID…read morepandemic; our 5-year-old son was enrolled as a Kindergarten student, our 2-year-old daughter as a preschooler. There was a high likelihood of Columbia's (very good) public schools relying on virtual or hybrid learning that fall, and we worried about our son's ability to thrive under those conditions. My spouse had the opportunity to return to the workplace that fall after being a stay-at-home mom for five years, and LPE's proximity to our home and its commitment to maintaining a safe, healthy, in-person learning environment gave her the confidence she needed to move forward with that job. While we were excited about our children attending a school where they would learn a second language, I will readily confess that the dual-language nature of the school was less important to us than the prospect of the kids attending school in-person. We never hid the fact that we would likely send our kids to public schools in future years, once the pandemic had subsided. The school's administration tolerated this, but we could always tell that it irked them a bit; that said, we weren't the only family who were using LPE that year as an emergency measure. Both of our children really thrived in their dual-language learning. My wife and I do not speak or read French and have no familial, social, or professional connections to French-speaking regions, so it wasn't a language the kids were hearing us use at home. The fact that they absorbed so much is a testament to the efficacy of language immersion. We no longer live in Columbia, and while we like our current home, we always find ourselves wishing that more language-immersion programs existed around here. Columbia is lucky to have at least two of these schools. (Maybe more?) I must commend LPE for its COVID protocols that year. Teachers and staff used PPE and worked hard to ensure that the school's various pods of students did not mingle and mix in ways that would spread illness. If I remember correctly, the school only closed once during the entire 2020-21 school year out of an abundance of caution--the ill staff ended up testing negative for COVID. Our son completed Kindergarten at LPE. Sadly, our 2-year-old daughter was asked to leave midway through the school year. We've learned in the four-plus years since that she has autism. This disability was already manifesting itself in its toddler years, often in the form of sensory sensitivities, difficulty with transitions, and delayed skill development. Unfortunately for us, LPE's administration and staff were wholly unprepared for her needs. We understand that it can be difficult to work with a toddler who is not behaving like her peers; that said, the degree of obstinance and cold-heartedness exhibited by some key individuals was shocking at times. One administrator in particular took pride in what she characterized as a traditional disciplinary approach to childcare. She may believe it is appropriate, and I've certainly read favorable comments from families who share her philosophy. But in our opinion, she spent far too much time engaging in power struggles with our small child, interpreting any of our daughter's inabilities to meet expectations as willful disrespect of authority. More than once, this person told us, "Your daughter knows what to do but is choosing not to," or, "She's making bad decisions, and I must let her know that we will not tolerate that." She routinely punished our daughter for not completing worksheets, not engaging in activities, or even not drinking out of a cup properly, by making her sit on a pillow in the hallway or in an otherwise empty room for hours at a time. She responded with exasperation when we noted that we were not disciplining our daughter at home for her shortcomings at school. It was clear from her comments to us that she felt we were failing the school by not taking an equally hard line with a child who was trying her best in the moment. Whether it's France or Belgium or the US, this is 19th-century behavior. Families are welcome to pay for it; I certainly wouldn't have had we been aware of other options and had a better understanding of our child's disability. Thankfully, we found a far more welcoming, patient, and acccommodating dual-language school on the other side of town. That school was founded by families who liked LPE's immersion approach, but not the more peculiar and dictatorial aspects of its pedagogy. I don't blame them. Yelp has suppressed a 2014 review from Crystal B. that expresses a lot of these concerns. Reviews by parents and former staff published on other websites mention this same authoritarian mindset. That's a sign that this wasn't a temporary problem brought on by the very real stresses of the COVID pandemic. It was real. Let's hope it has changed.

Loving the adult French classs with Maxime as instructor I look forward to next sessionread more