My 12-year old son Nathaniel started taking Chinese classes from Michelle Sun when he was 6 and he…read moreloved it right from the start! I understand some Mandarin and my husband does not speak Chinese - as a result, we don't speak Chinese at home. However, our son has learned a tremendous amount in both verbal and written Chinese under Michelle! Michelle is a wonderful, enthusiastic teacher with decades of experience in teaching. She makes learning Chinese fun and engaging for the kids! Nathaniel enthusiastically looks forward to learning Chinese under Michelle and is proud of the progress he has made thus far! It is highly gratifying to hear our son happily share with us new vocabulary he has learned or excitedly point out Chinese characters he recognizes when he spots it outside of class. Michelle's Chinese lessons are highly interactive and perfectly paced as she customizes weekly lessons according to how the class is progressing. Students are taught verbal and written Chinese through stimulating songs, games, homework and various other fun activities. We attended many other Chinese classes around the Seattle/Eastside area but Michelle Sun's class is the best! Michelle's high energy, great sense of humor and love for teaching has truly inspired my son in his weekly classes and the prime reason he has developed his love of learning Chinese! Michelle, thank you so much for your marvelous classes, and your love and patience for your students! Nathaniel is also taking piano lessons under Michelle's daughter, Grace Sun and he is very happy that she is his teacher! Grace is the most patient, positive and encouraging teacher and allows him to learn at his own pace. As a result, instead of dreading the piano like some of his peers, Nathaniel cheerfully plays the piano and perseveres even when he has to overcome new technical challenges. We are very thankful and pleased that Grace has helped our son improve his piano playing and continue his joy of learning music!

We've really seen a lot of improvement in our children's Mandarin. As a mixed family…read more(Chinese/American), our kids don't get enough Mandarin at home to really retain the language. Mrs. Sun has done a great job encouraging our kids in their studies by instituting games to make studying more rewarding and fun. While Mrs. Sun pushes the kids to perform, she's also understanding that beginners can sometimes get discouraged and responds very well to make sure they aren't overburdened. The classroom is inviting and class sizes are small...perfect for giving the attention kids need in learning a difficult language like Mandarin.

Melinda is an advanced World Class Reiki Master . I was told she trained under the famous Master…read moreWilliam Rand . Her energy is nurturing and supportive . She has been key in my healing both mentally and physically . Hard to explain this modality ... just trust that it works !

For me, Melinda's Reiki feels like love and nurturing. Sometimes a session is simply relaxing, and…read moreother times, it's like a jolt of energy and a total recharge. I took my son (8 at the time) to see her too, and he loved her and Reiki immediately. He was struggling with anxiety and trouble sleeping, and he fell into a deep sleep within minutes. Melinda makes herself available for follow-up support to all her students and clients via text. I once asked her how she handles so much correspondence, and her reply was, "It's easy. I love it." She has so much love to give that her heart naturally overflows... I feel incredibly lucky to have her in my life. Melinda's awesome! Highly recommended!!!

As an adult with zero musical background, I found 4/4 School of music to be my perfect introduction…read moreto guitar. The 30 minute one-on-one lessons were ideal for reviewing my progress and expanding my skills as I became ready. I also appreciated that the school provides a blank lesson book that my teacher and I could write in to establish what to practice between lessons (otherwise I would forget). I attended the Redmond location and had Colt as my teacher. He is a skilled musician but also patient and non-judgmental which is exactly what I needed from a teacher of such a precise art form. I unfortunately had to stop my lessons due to busy life constraints but when I'm ready to resume the practice I will definitely return to 4/4! PS: The Redmond location has a decent amount of parking right in front of the building which I always find to be helpful.

My 2 daughters have been taking violin lessons here for a few months, and I think it's been going…read moregreat! My 15 yr old is not a beginner but wanted to improve her skills. Her teacher Johana has been able to teach her technique tricks to fine tune her playing and bring out the color of the pieces. It is amazing to discover that there is still so much to learn and I think it has motivated my daughter to practice more. My 8 yr old is taking lessons with Jaime, and she is very patient and explains why things have to be done a certain way, which my daughter really likes. It helps her better understand what the exercises want her to achieve. Jaime is also starting to teach her some advanced bow techniques, which make her feel so 'grownup'.

A great space for budding theater arts kids, the space is wonderful and like the real deal. It's a…read moresweet experience and one I'd recommend to anyone who wants a truly amateur production. Excellent for family members of the actors and stage crew, as well as younger ones that are new to the theater. It's a great space in which to learn theater etiquette, to watch a show, to dream. Parking available in the lot just outside the strip-mall-like building. No food/snacks allowed inside the theater; bottled water is okay. For the kids, by the kids.

Picture this. My daughters are in one of Studio East's program at her school and we get a much…read moreneeded extension to the early release for Wednesday. The drama program for my kids is also nice. When Studio East started at Somerset they offered enrollment and we raced to get in on time. Anyone who has tried to get their kid into an after-school activity knows that it is the Thunderdome.... If the Thunderdome were waking up super early and refreshing a page over and over in the hopes that you beat all the other parents in entering your kid's information on time. My Mavis Teaches Typing powers must have been on point that morning. But when you do that race once, you don't have to do it over and over again. This is because they are supposed to offer priority registration to existing students so that they can have something resembling a continuity to their experience. Pretty important. But instead of that they just offered open enrollment again. It was a mistake. Their exact words were, "we didn't think it would be so popular, sorry" That's not smart, but I would never leave a 1-star review because of a mistake. I leave 1-star reviews when the mistake is brought to their attention and they not only don't fix it, but they say that they will do priority registration in the future. This means they have now made it COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE for my daughter to ever be part of the after-school camp in the future. If they fix this then I would remove this review. This is a very binary failure. --- They fixed it by adding a teacher. YAY to the company!!!

We absolutely love XP League, which is a fun and safe space for our kids to game together in one…read morespot. The owner is so kind and the staff is helpful and great with the kids. We like to do the open play times on Fridays. They also hold a parents night out, which the kids love. If your child likes a particular game- there are specific clubs for them too. This place has been a gem, and I hope it stays around for a long time!!!

From the owner: "XP League a STEM accredited program bringing traditional sports format to youth esports gaming. We…read morerun a coach-led and team-based program for kids ages 7-17 featuring video games including Fortnite, Rocket League, Valorant, Overwatch, Minecraft, League of Legends, Apex Legends, and Roblox. Seasons run all year long in addition to Regionals and North American Finals. Non-competative clubs and events also available."

When my 14 brother came home sounding like a proper musician, I knew that His teacher Eric Snyder…read morehad the ability to help adjust my novice player tendencies and make me a much more well rounded guitarist. After only a few lessons I understood that Eric was one of the most capable,accomplished, and accommodating guitar teachers in the area! His skills are up there and he has the patience to adapt between beginners level to very advanced-- Extremely accommodating with setting up scheduling for practice times as well. Amazing once in a lifetime teacher --

I'm really impressed by the people at the School of Rock. My son just had his fifth birthday and…read morehe's been banging on toy bins (emptied of their toys, of course) with Tinkertoy sticks or whatever else he can find for the past three years. With no sign of the "drumming" abating, I went to the SoR to see about real drum lessons for Felix. We had an honest and friendly conversation about how most five-year olds are not mature enough to learn much from drum instruction yet... they come in, bang on the drums, have a fantastic time, and maybe they will remember the names of the drums and cymbals. He said that with that info, if we want to enroll Felix, he's sure the drum instructor would be glad to have him and would do his best to help Felix have fun AND learn something... but don't have high expectations. He suggested an awesome alternative that they offer just for preschoolers... their eight-week Little Wing program (awesome name, btw). Skilled preschool teachers walk the kids through an intro to music, an intro to guitars, an intro to the bass, making their own guitar, intro to the drum kit, making their own drum kit, intro to the keyboard, making their own keyboard, intro to voice, recording their voices, sound detectives (headphones), and band rehearsal. They have small class sizes and at $160 for 8 one-hour sessions, it's a real bargain. I was so glad that they suggested this more age-appropriate program... he could have sold me a month of lessons for more $, and we would be less happy in the long run. Once Felix is old enough for proper drum lessons (age 7 - 8), if he's still interested, we'll be back at the School of Rock.

I'll start off by sharing a positive experience I had at The Studio Seattle, which was getting to…read morelearn from Hailey Henderson. Hailey is as excellent of an instructor as she is an actor. She clearly loves teaching and is incredibly knowledgeable about acting theory and applications. Hailey has high expectations for her learners and is also deeply compassionate, a perfect combination for creating an effective learning environment. I am immensely grateful to have been able to learn with her. Hailey is the primary instructor for The Studio Seattle, whereas Andrew Tsao is the artistic director and founder. Andrew was going to cover the last several weeks of classes in my Acting Foundations 2 class series, and prior to this he co-taught a class with Hailey. In this class, Andrew had us participate in exercises where we would be improvising interactions with a scene partner. These scenes were meant to be highly realistic- we were playing ourselves and had similar relationships to each other as we do in real life. Our objectives and given circumstances were given to us individually, without our scene partner's (or the class's) knowledge. In one scene, Andrew had one of our male classmates play the role of a sexual predator towards not one, but two of our classmates. When his scene partner responded to his unwanted advances authentically, by attempting to distract the perpetrator and leave, Andrew told her that she was responding incorrectly and that should/would in fact "fight". He also told her that her "avoidance" would be a hindrance to her as an actor. In another scene, part of the given circumstances was that one of my classmates had had an abortion. I followed up with Andrew expressing my concern that not one, but two extremely sensitive topics, particularly for women, were chosen for these exercises. I stated that that the nature of the exercises required us to be ourselves, thereby increasing the level of sensitivity and creating a high potentiality for trauma/re-traumatization. I acknowledged that while actors do work with difficult content, we get to choose and consent to this, which was not an option in this situation (since we did not know our scene partner's backgrounds or objectives). I stated my expectation that content will be more thoughtfully chosen for these exercises moving forward and that learners be made more fully aware of their options. Andrew's initial response acknowledged that he could have been more thoughtful in ensuring everyone was aware that they could opt out of the exercises. He did not address my concerns over the nature of the content itself, other than implying that more experienced actors would have been fine with the content (I have since heard from multiple other acting instructors that this is not at all the case). I responded by saying that I appreciated his effort to improve transparency around opting out of exercises moving forward. I again stated my concern over the content itself, particularly as it relates to women, and expressed skepticism that more experienced actors would have been fine with the content. Overall, I felt like my concerns were dismissed. Andrew responded by disinviting me to continue attending classes at The Studio Seattle. Based on my experience, I'm of the opinion that Andrew Tsao is not interested in feedback as it relates to the safety of his students, particularly women. For this reason, I would caution any woman/female person against taking classes at The Studio Seattle.

I have completed Foundations 1 & 2 at The Studio Seattle and cannot speak highly enough about this…read moreprogram and instructors. Alana's deep understanding of theory and process offers the groundwork to feel comfortable and prepared for the deeper work in Foundations 2, while Aaron has a magical way of balancing thoughtful and respectful lessons with a humility and irreverence that creates a joyful space to learn and try new things. Thank you, Andrew for creating a welcoming, enriching, and intensive space in Seattle.

I took 2 days basic sailing class and it didn't disappoint. We spent most of the time on the water,…read morehad a blast and learnt a lot (you pretty much can go sailing by yourself after taking this class and certification exam).

I took a 2 days sailing - there were not much wind but it I was bit disappointed with the class as…read moreit was cut short by a lot. Next getting the additional two more classes to get certification were really really challenging because of communication challenges. You have to pay all the money upfront and that makes it hard to move onto another club.