The shop was a little difficult to find, because there is no outside signage. I saw the billboard…read morewhen I was driving from Kansas to St. Louis. Once I found the shop inside the mall, it was closed (sad day). It was going to be an hour before it opened, but the owner saw me and was SUPER friendly, invited me in and turned on all of the lights for me. This was above and beyond customer service. The shop is quite large, open and has great lighting. While I was looking the owner checked in several times and also asked my opinion on a coupon she was working on for a show this weekend. If I lived closer I would probably be here frequently. I hope the locals shop here often and if you are traveling it is worth the short detour.

Beautiful store with gorgeous yarn choices. They also teach classes. The proprietress was so…read morefriendly and welcoming!! If you're passing through Topeka on the interstate, it's a wonderful destination to stop and take in all the lovely yarn choices.

To me one of the greatest things is hobbies. Mental health is important, keep the brain moving. :)…read moreI have a few hobbies,. My most favorite is Photography/Videographer. I cover a wide variety of subjects. I was working on a photo project at the park recently and got the idea to film bird and squirrel activity. So I headed to a local retail store and bought a bird house and feed. They were products made by Pennington.I got everything for approx. $10.00. I thought that was a fair price. Anyways I went to the park, got things set up and was pleased. If you have interest in animals, birds,squirrels, etc. I suggest venturing into something like this.

The director and assistant director of this business go above and beyond for their young learners…read moreand their families. Our son attended this school for four years and had so many fun field trip, and educational experiences. He was able to take swim lessons and karate, and always had to best portraits. They think of everything! I would definitely recommend OOAK.

I love taking my kids to one of a kind. the workers do such a great job dealing with my 4 year old…read more And trust me it is hard to take care of him. They are very hard working and caring. He loves going there, he always tells me he wants to go back, sometimes he even cries because he can't go back until the morning.

NOT THIS COMPANY! I have rarely experienced such incompetence! Phone number just tells you to use…read morewebsite. I have emailed customer service 3 times and no response until today, where I was told (by 2 different people) they never received the manuscript for the book I was HOLDING IN MY HAND!! Negative 5 stars Utter incompetence

This is a publishing company that I used to publish my students work into a book. Everything is…read moredone online. We submit the students' manuscripts online along with payment and Student Treasures Publishing bound the softcover and hardcover books and ship them to your school. There is a timeline for this creative writing process so there are deadlines. The books are very affordable and I market them as yearbooks so many of my students purchase the books we create. Customer service is available during business hours. Most questions are answered on their website. Great resource if you ever want to publish your children's / student's writing into a keepsake book.

Exceptional customer service by a well trained and extremely professional sales team. I was a…read morelittle skeptical because I couldn't find a lot about them online but I can't say enough great things about this sales organization. Recommended to any business that wants to grow exposure

Did a work team building paint day. Very hospitable and a ton of fun! Highly recommend.read more

We had our two children at Raintree 6 and 8 years, respectively, and while we very excited in the…read morebeginning, I strongly recommend against families using this school now. Raintree seemed wonderful in the beginning, clean facilities, great staff, wonderful food that you could even order to bring home. Our children appeared to be receiving an excellent education, and despite no standardized testing, we were told they were doing wonderfully and we believed it -- eagerly paying tuition to give our girls the best we could, like many other patents. Then, in 2022, the teacher's aid for our youngest daughter's class was accused, and now convicted, of molesting several children in her preschool class. This is a horrible event that can occur anywhere, but it was the school's response that was the damning part. Raintree did not respond as they should have. Imagine if the principal at your child's school found out that an employee was molesting a 3 year old, and when the employee began confessing... the principal advised the molester to stop talking to the police -- because, the owner of Raintree did exactly that. Further, the owners essentially ignored the parents of the victims, and they didn't want to talk with any parents about these events. They did eventually implement changes to policies that should have never existed -- no longer were very young children left alone in dark, curtained rooms for nap time, with a single teacher/aid, and fortunately no longer were aids/assistants allowed to work under the direct supervision of a family member. We asked for further changes, such as cameras and for our children to not be undressed publicly for swimming, and as parents we started a PTO to suggest further improvements for our children's safety, but the administration resisted all of our efforts at changes. The original core group of parents who founded the PTO left active involvement out of frustration, or left Raintree entirely, and the organization quickly became little more than a coordinating unit for volunteer opportunities. (citations to articles confirming details above: https://www2.ljworld.com/.../special-prosecutor.../, https://www2.ljworld.com/.../mothers-testify-about.../, https://www2.ljworld.com/.../recent-filings-shed-more.../) The second reason I would not recommend Raintree to anyone is the academic quality. Several years ago, two of our close friends removed their children (one in 1st, the other in 3rd grade) from Raintree, moving them to the public schools. The public entry testing indicated both children (from different families in different classrooms) were very behind for their grade levels, scoring in the 20 to 30 percentiles in reading and math. At first we still thought our own children were fine, but then we noticed our kids didn't know the math we would have known at that age, they couldn't read a clock, and they were very poor readers when we checked out library books appropriate for their ages. When we had our girls tested, one tested under the 40 percentile in reading, 30s in math, and the other was in the 30 and 20 percentiles, respectively. This was finally what pushed us over the edge, and we left two years ago. Leaving Raintree has been one of the best decisions we have made for our children. We feel our children are far safer in the public schools, the administration at the public schools are far more communicative with us as parents, and the education is much better. After nearly 2 years of hard work by their teachers, and countless hours of at-home tutoring, they are both in 80+ percentiles in every subject. Finally, we don't feel cheated anymore by Raintree. I resent Raintree for making me think we were doing the best thing for our children, and I regret ignoring the many warning signs and "drinking the Koolaide" that this was a good environment for our children. Our children are certainly far happier than they ever were at Raintree -- even they understand that the education in the USD479 schools are superior, and they greatly enjoy the far broader range of afterschool and inschool activities. I am far more impressed with the steps the public schools take to keep our children safe. The staff and administration are fantastic. The one time one of my children was bullied on a Friday, the principal called us Saturday morning, talked over an hour, talked with the families of the "bullying" kids over the weekend, and by Monday everything had been resolved. I advise any family to carefully consider their decision to send a child to Raintree. I strongly suggest you take advantage of the wonderful schools we have available for free (or really supported by our rather high property taxes) and say that $12-15k/year tuition for their future college or trade school education.

We sent our children to Raintree from pre-k through 6th grade. My family is so grateful to have a…read moreschool like Raintree Montessori in our community. We moved to Little Rock, Arkansas for two years when the oldest was in lower elementary. No Montessori school in that city came close in comparison to Raintree Montessori. We are more than satisfied with the education our children received in this caring, inclusive, nurturing, and positive learning environment. Both have graduated from college with honors. Our investment in their early education paid off with both students receiving academic scholarships. There can always be issues no matter the school. We simply work together to solve them, keeping the child's best interest in mind. We liked Raintree so much that I chose to work here. Now I help other families discover this amazing place to educate children.

I had an excellent experience working with Cub Bear Creative. Kayla is professional, easy to work…read morewith, and someone you can fully trust to handle the entire process. She's incredibly responsible, caring, and very intentional and strategic in how she approaches filmmaking. She came in organized with a clear plan, took the time to understand the subject and their craft, and captured the essence of what makes the work meaningful. This wasn't just filming--it was thoughtful, well-executed storytelling. I'd highly recommend Cub Bear Creative to anyone looking for a production partner who truly cares about quality and strategy.

It's hard to be effusive *enough* about how fantastic it is to work with Kayla! My team and I have…read moreworked with Kayla for 5 years and in total she has now produced 11 videos for our organization (the Lawrence Humane Society). Every single video is of the highest quality, both artistically and in terms of story telling. What makes Kayla special is that she doesn't just have the best technical skills (which she does!), but she also cares about her clients and making sure that their stories are told in the most heartfelt and compelling way. The stories that Kayla has helped us tell are of a particularly sensitive nature and at every single moment Kayla has been nothing but professional and caring - she has never sensationalized something or exploited anyone's story. She has taken the time to truly understand the work that we do, why we do it, and its impact. We have been told by countless supporters that the videos that Kayla has produced for us have felt super impactful to them as viewers and we cannot imagine working with anyone else! For as long as Lawrence Humane needs videos produced, we will be working with Kayla and Cub Bear Creative!