I just recently started Adult Beginners 101 at École du Samedi, while AT has been going with our…read morelittle one for the better part of four months. Classes offered through the school are held on the Atlanta International School's campus, with other organizations offering classes there too (I heard Spanish in some of the classrooms as I squeezed in steps during a break). I really like how much the administrative staff and teachers care about the students, from the very young to older ones. The teachers are engaging and each email that AT and I have sent to Michel Lopez (Treasurer), one of the two people that are listed as contacts for the school on the website, has been promptly and courteously answered. There are many children's classes offered and AT and I love the attention that Miss Mina displays during her Bébé et Moi class. From what I've observed in the little one's classes and my first one, there is an emphasis on immersive learning, which I find to be the best approach to acquiring language skills. The kiddos learn traditional French children's songs and in little AT's class, he's learning the names of colors, animals, and numbers, which is perfect. He observes more than anything but going to these classes has leapfrogged his talking abilities. There are books and DVDs available to borrow to keep the French learning happening on days other than Saturday (Samedi). Besides those, another fun (and weight-gaining) benefit is the school sells viennoiseries (baked goods, like butter and almond croissants, pain aux raisins, pain au chocolat, and chausson aux pommes) from beloved and authentic Douceur de France! First come, first serve. This is a great way to start or end class (or refuel at the break of adult 2-hour classes). From our experience thus far, AT and I see our family being involved with the school for many years to come. Maybe it can make a Francophone of me after all?

I have nothing but good things to say about Celebree School of Smyrna. I transferred my daughter…read morehere from another preschool and I'm so glad that I did. This is a new facility and despite that fact, Celebree has never skipped a beat. Everything is extremely organized. The director Ms. Anna is phenomenal. She's extremely experienced and under her leadership the school runs so smoothly. The school itself is so clean, and nicely decorated. It immediately feels warm and welcoming when you walk in. The playground area is shaded and completely covered in turf. Because of that, I'm not worried about my daughter getting sunburned or scraped up while she's playing and having fun. The classrooms are filled with fun activities for the children and the bathrooms for the children are easily accessible for them. My daughter is currently enrolled in Pre-K and her teacher Ms. Stacie is great. My daughter looks forward to going to school everyday and playing with her friends and being around the staff. If you're looking to transfer your child to a new school definitely check out Celebree. Everyone from the owner Alex, to Ms. Anna, and Ms. Rebecca are so welcoming and make me feel confident and comfortable to leave my daughter in their hands.

Great team building activity - their team came to our offices at the Galleria, and creating our…read morewood planks from start to finish was very effective at making me forget about work for a couple hours :) Prior to the activity, you pick out your template - then at the actual event, you are given a wood plank. You choose what color to paint the wood, then go thru a several step process until voila, you have a beautiful decorative wood plank for your home or as a gift. I love the selections where you can personalize with your family name and "est." date. They had a team of ladies come to our event to help with instructions and color recommendations if you needed them - super nice & helpful. Definitely allot two hours for this kind of event. Highly recommend not just for team building but also a great activity to do among friends. The reviews mention BYOB which is awesome too!

Great ladies night out with co-workers! I went with some co-workers as a thank you from our boss. I…read morewasn't really sure what to expect as I've never done an AR workshop, but it was pretty fun! I It was a Friday night and there was one other party there as well. I like that it was more private and intimate. Honestly it was like the other group wasn't even there which I liked. They had workers who helped them on their projects while we had some for our table who helped us. I can't remember the girl who was helping us, but she was good at helping me pick out the kind of wood and colors I wanted for my project because I wasn't sure. I didn't even know we'd be doing diy stuff like sanding our wood and nailing things together. I thought that was pretty neat and different. The staff was very welcoming to our party and helpful. They made sure we all were able to get the steps done that we needed. They showed us how to use the air gun which I thought was cool. I like how they showed us examples of other projects around the shop to get ideas from. You're also allowed to bring your own food and wine, which is similar to the sip and paints. Our party brought along some snacks and wine and it was just a great wind down time to get away from work and start off an enjoyable weekend I definitely will go back because I saw some other stuff I'd love to make!

Atlanta Hot Glass is a very, very cool place (no pun intended). It is the first glass blowing…read morecollective I've ever been to and it happens to be in East Decatur not that far from where I live. I first learned about Atlanta Hot Glass through the Emory Alumni Association, as strange as that may sound. I'm an alum of Emory (in case the comment above didn't make it obvious) and when I received the latest newsletter about upcoming events and goings on, an event about an interactive glass blowing night caught my attention. Fast forward two weeks and my boyfriend and I showed up at Atlanta Hot Glass, owned by Emory alum Susan Chin, and were introduced to the fascinating world of glass blowing. Let me tell you, it's harder than it looks, but lucky for all of us (there were about 20 people there in all), the instructors were fantastic. In addition to helping us make our own blown glass ornaments, they showed us some awesome examples of what you can make once you've gotten more skilled at it. We learned how hot the glass has to be to be malleable (it's kept in a 2050 degree furnace), how hot the 'glory holes' are that melt the glass shards and color the glass (2200 degrees), how glass sculptures are molded and shaped and transferred to the oven to cool down, etc. It was incredible and eye-opening and really fun. I thoroughly enjoyed myself since everyone was so friendly and willing to answer questions and assist us. Susan's cousin was great because he explained to us what was happening as the instructors were demonstrating making different pieces and when I was making my own blown glass ornament, my instructor (whose name escapes me), talked me through each step and why we did it. Atlanta Hot Glass also offers classes, studio time and opens itself up to the public like it did for Emory that night, which is great. Even if you're not sure that's your thing, you can take a course or a couple individual classes to figure out if it might be. A big kudos to the Emory Alumni Association for organizing this event and to Susan for kindly opening her studio to us. It was a fantastic and unique way to spend a Thursday.

I was charged with planning a team building event for nine people. I had no idea where to start. I…read morechecked Atlanta.net and found Atlanta Hot Glass randomly placed at the top of the page. After visiting the website, I called and spoke with Susan. She was extremely helpful and gave me lots of information. I chose the "Hands on Experience" for nine people. The process for payment and scheduling was very smooth and professional. Upon arriving, our team was greeted by the instructors, Lee and Jeremy. We were given safety tips and general information about glass blowing. Then we jumped right in. We had a blast! We each created a glass piece (paperweights and ornaments) and had a true "hands-on experience". I highly suggest this activity to large groups and small! For large groups I suggest keeping the pieces simple to allow time for your entire group to have a chance.

My non verbal child that attended this school for 5 months was put out the end of January after 2…read moredays of acting out. March 6th he started a new daycare and when I tell you the daycare is a total 360! At Kindercare my son never ran to hug any teacher and he cried or whined nearly everyday I dropped him off! At his new location my son runs and hugs the teachers and tell me bye and waves to me as I go. He is so excited to go to school everyday and he's started communicating more. When he's out sick they call and check on him! Never had that happen at Kindercare! The energy was off there! Kids know because they can feel it too! Every single day they have lots of different activities and learning that they do that's uploaded in the app along with pictures. They also write a summary of everything they do and what they learned. Kindercare barely sent pictures and they barely ever uploaded reports! If your just looking for a daycare to have a place to put them while at work then it's cool but if your looking for them to learn and discover and have fun and enjoy themselves send them elsewhere! The classrooms at his new daycare are really large and they have two teachers at all times and about 12 students total whereas Kindercare have loads of students and one teacher! Anyway the staff at his new school is so amazing I wish I'd found it sooner ....they speak so highly of Carter and they treat him like their own and it makes me so happy inside that there are truly wonderful daycares out there you just have to look and not settle

This daycare does not understand how to work with any children needs or wants when they are upset…read moreand especially non verbal children with special needs. They will kick your child out for crying too much or for running around which is what they did to my child! Also their doors dnt lock so the kids can exit if they want.... One time I went to pick up my son and he was following behind 2 parents with 2 other children...he had made it through 2 doors into the area where the front desk is, so they definitely don't watch them like they should! Always wet up and clothes always inside out and backwards at pickup they dnt even think to fix their clothes! They told me after 4 months of attendance that they needed an IEP and evaluation for him to be able to return and that would tell them how to respond when he's upset and crying or acting out! You would think a daycare that has been caring for him for 4 months would have established a way to deal with a child when he's upset...however they rather outsource to help them learn how to run a daycare! If they needed an evaluation for children that don't speak they should have asked for that in the beginning for all non verbal children or all children of that matter since they sending them home for screaming and acting out from time to time! Mr. Eric also don't document incidents like other daycares to let you know a problem is arising, he just kick the child out giving you no time to work on things or find another daycare for that matter! Thank God I have the pleasure of having my own businesses and not punching nobody's clock as I wouldn't have a job dealing with this daycare...also a ratio of one teacher for every 6 toddlers is required however my sons class had 15 students and one teacher! Mr Eric is also not truthful ! He sat in a meeting and said that he never said my son couldn't return without an IEP which he definitely said on the phone he just didn't have it in him to admit it in person and I didn't have time to go back and forth ! Also he will keep your child enrolled which means daycare fees still have to be paid even tho he dnt allow them to return... while he have you doing something that requires a long wait time...he knew 2 weeks ago he wasn't going to let my son return he had every excuse in the world but didn't un enroll him ...such a scam! They so lazy they don't even document your children's food like they should or update their schedule..so basically the app is for nothing it be empty half the days and you get pics maybe 2 times a week...I had a meeting with Mr. Eric and the director Samantha yesterday and she did do everything she could to try and resolve the situation to have my son return however Mr Eric had every excuse in the book of why he couldn't come back with this or that and no documents to back up anything he said my son did! Ive been consulting with my lawyer and I decided to un enroll him today because he couldn't attend anyway... I should have known not to send him here in the first place ! After posting what happened on my social platforms to over 100k plus people most of the responses were Kindercare is not a good daycare and I totally agree! Just a bunch of people in it for the money and not for the well being of the children! Montessori was definitely way better! Not even on the same level! Thankfully he will be going to a better daycare! I do not recommend I would give 0 stars if I could! And Mr Eric does not uphold Kindercare standards at all!

This is such a wonderful school. We absolutely love it. If you are looking for teachers that will…read morelove and encourage your children, this school is for you. The staff, director, and teachers are all so dedicated to providing a quality learning environment. We previously had our 2 sons at Kids R Kids and the difference in the level of care and concern for our children is drastic. I cannot recommend this school highly enough.

Went there for our first time saturday and had a great time! The owners are just delightful! The…read moregroup got to pick which painting we wanted to do. The instructor did a great job coming around and giving tips as we were painting. Would definitely do it again!!

Great place for swimming lessons. Group was not available possibly due to the pandemic but the 1:1…read moresessions are unmatched. I had a very patient and helpful instructor who encouraged and helped my overcome obstacles in my abilities. I would def recommend. The only downside is $6 for parking in addition to lessons so be prepared.

A true hidden gem in Atlanta. Every coach is so supportive and adapts to each students skill…read morelevel. They have a great mix of adults and kids taking lessons. They are 100% focused on each student throughout the entire session. Prices were reasonable. No hidden cost or up sell. The sessions are FUN and you always learn something new. They give very clear and specific coaching. The waiting list is long but worth it!