Rock solid preschool. Very impressed with the variety of activities, the professionalism of the…read morestaff and how tight knit the community is. Our child is overly prepared for kindergarten and it's 100% because of the instruction she received at Excelencia. If everyone knew what we did it would be impossible to get admittance into the school. It's not Montessori but through the extremely high quality instruction and deep Spanish immersion it doesn't even matter. The results speak for themselves.

I have toured over 20 daycares and been at 3. Excelencia looks just normal on the outside but they…read moreare absolutely amazing. The biggest complaint you'll hear about daycares are turn over rate. Excelencia has one of the lowest I've seen in the industry. This is based on the vast amount of schools I inquired. The teachers here are some of the kindest and most involved teachers I have experienced. The teacher to ratio is small so my child isn't just another face. They know everything about my kids and we have never lost anything here. Even a toy that they dropped in the parking lot was returned to us. Everything listed on their curriculum is followed to the T. They do lots of science experiment here. Other daycares are always art and maybe 1-2 science a year. Excelencia also rotates their toys and supplies every couple weeks so kids are constantly engaged and not bored of playing with the same thing. Also every couple weeks they have a theme and they learn all about it. Like outer space, western cowboys, asia, future careers, automobiles and traffic, safari, and the list goes on. They do a phenomenal job at keeping kids interested in learning and not getting bored. My children, including my friends' children, have all thrived here. I refer people here and never a complaint. The owner is the most beautiful soul you'll meet. She truly cares about the kids and the school. She has created a wonderful environment not just for the kids but for the staff so they enjoy their job and it reflects in the children's care and happiness. This place is a hidden gem. People don't know about it other than word of mouth because they don't spend on marketing. They focus their efforts on the children and the staff. This is how it should be!

I needed a local Austin, Texas instructor to help me review and polish my Spanish Language…read moreproficiency for a sensitive overseas government position for the United States Department of State. The testing included, an evaluation of Spanish speaking proficiency with a native speaking instructor which included listening comprehension in Spanish and Spanish dialogue proficiency, translating technical Spanish to English in written paragraphs and writing in Spanish about my life and experiences. Luz Elena was my instructor and she is a focused and a total professional who rapidly diagnosed my deficiencies and prepared a program of training that rapidly corrected my issues. Luz Elena's instruction resulted in my scoring a 3/3 Spanish language proficiency rating which insured my qualification for a sensitive overseas government position. My highest recommendation to this complete professional linguist and instructor.

From the owner: Spanish Language Classes For Businesses! Short term, industry specific program, retention driven,…read morefast paced, fun, interactive, company themed course (from 6-20 participants). 24 hours of instruction, 2 hours a week for 12 weeks of Only the words, terms, phrases specific to your business needs to quickly bring your business/service/healthcare specialty close to your targeted audience (cultural training included). We are SPANISH-JUST-4-YOU, at your business on your time schedule! We're alllll about making You successfull! CALL TODAY!

I highly recommend Texas Spanish Academy. They are wonderful with children and owner and directors…read moreare great communicating with parents. I highly recommend it.

Our son has been going to TSA twice a week since the beginning of August and he loves it. He's 2.5…read moreyears old and is used to being at home with mom or dad but never hesitates to run into the room when he see Ms. Monica and his classmates. We've noticed his vocabulary has expanded quite a bit and he listens more to instructions since he started attending. We had our first parent teacher conference on Friday and heard more about his progress which was very encouraging. Ms. Monica, Ms. Especially, Ms. Edina and Matt have been so wonderful and we appreciate all the work they do. Highly recommend TSA to all parents.

This is a great idea to get you and your wee one out and actively learning something super cool. I…read moreyearn for the day when my little guy either says or signs "Mommy!" We really enjoyed this class and the teacher/owner Tara is very professional and accommodating to babies of all ages. She provides you with a workbook and CD which is great fun to use out of class. Highly recommend this for newbie parents and experienced ones as well.

I started using some simple sign language with my baby when he was about 6 months old. I found My…read moreSmart Hands online, but since they are based in Cedar Park and I'm in South Austin, we unfortunately we didn't do any classes. I was thrilled when a group of moms in my neighborhood arranged for an instructor to come to us! We never got the chance to find out what the program was about, though . . . The first time our demonstration class was scheduled the instructor forgot. This could happen to the best of us, we figured. So although we were surprised that instead of being apologetic the owner said, "Well, it is a holiday weekend." when we spoke to her (I'm not sure how that makes a difference if you have a class scheduled), we decided to try again the next week. Once again we gathered, excited to see what it was all about. All of us arrived at a neighborhood home right at the scheduled time. All of us that is, except the instuctor. Four minutes after the class was supposed to BEGIN she left a message saying that her car was acting up. She lives in North Austin and was still about 10 minutes away from us and did not want to continue on the highway. Once again, this is something that could happen to anyone. What we didn't understand was why she was calling from so far away AFTER the class was supposed to start. If I were the instructor I would arrive early enough to make sure that I found the house and was the first one there to greet everyone and get started on time! Our group quickly reached a consensus - we won't be counting on Smart Hands Austin to be able to provide us with a demo class in our neighborhood . . . Too bad!!!

Our 4 year old boy Kai, looks forward to Cool Panda every Saturday! He has attended the Saturday…read moreimmersion class for the first year, and he has already picked up some vocab, saying simple phrases, and understanding even more. Ms Siugi allowed us to have Kai sit in one of their demo classes previously to see if he would do well when he was 3 and it was a hit! I always love seeing how all of the kids quickly absorb and have fun interacting in Chinese school! Ms. Siugi is such a positive influence of joy who has a wonderful crew of staff to interact with every child with personalized attention at drop-off, and gives parents a recap of their child's progress at pick-up. Her curriculum utilizes games, songs, activities, and crafts/art to keep kids engaged and excited to learn. I appreciate there is homework that we as family can do together and there's always a weekly video recap sent of what the kiddos learned so i get to follow along :) As an American born Chinese now parent who grew up speaking Mandarin but has lost much of it, I am cognizant of want our kiddo to get as much exposure to speaking Mandarin as possible and play based Chinese immersion classes with Ms Siugi is a treat to make it fun for the kids. We're so thankful for how great we get the chance to allow our son to learn in Austin about his culture and making it fun is what I wanted so he could see another side of learning that I grew up with in Houston and my Chinese parents. Plus the fact that my kiddo can say hello, goodbye and I love you to all his aunties and uncles in Mandarin is the cherry on top! :)

My daughter had lots of fun. The teacher engages everyone to join in. She hands out objects to help…read morewith the songs. Highly recommend