My daughter and I are both natural artists but needed improvement, so we had taken a semester of…read moreart classes back in 2006 by Art director and instructor Gemma. The things we learned really helped us truly understand about different mediums and techniques in such a short time too! I have been to several art classes through out my life and never had taken so much in as I did with Gemma. She is very versatile and can teach both adults and very young children with no art experience at all. I admired the professional and personable approach she gave to each student. She truly cares about art and wants to see everyone reach their goal. We had a wonderful time and the classes were more then worth it. I highly recommend this place!

My 1st grade daughter absolutely loves art, so I was very happy to find an art school that would…read morechallenge her, and help her to develop her interests and talents. The methods used seem to be very effective, and I think their approach would help anyone, whatever their level. They use computers so that each student can work on a different project, based on the skill level and interest. It's not "computer based instruction", the computers provide the "step-by-step" instruction for completing the assignment. This lets each student work at a different level and at their own pace. Then the teacher can focus on giving individual advice and instructions. The teachers are really great at working with the children. My daughter is so happy with their program, she literally runs down the sidewalk from our car to the school every time I drop her off! I can also say that their customer service is EXCELLENT, they are very client oriented, accessible to the parents, and professional in dealing with the "business side" of the school. If you are considering Lascaux, look no further, just find a class that works for you and sign up!

To give some background, I myself took a gaming class from Greg when I was in Grad school. Through…read morededication and hard work, I worked in the sports video gaming industry as a UI Artist in 2D/3D animation for many years, and continue to use these technical skills in my Marketing career. Fast forward, I wanted my 8 year old daughter to be exposed to these technical skills that Digital Monkey provides. This summer she attended the classes Digital Design and Illustration and Intro to Animations camps with Greg and Ola. She felt comfortable right away. With a small comfortable environment, she learned so much and brought home great work in just one week! With her love to play games, watch YouTube and an interest to help me while I work, this camp introduced her to storytelling, art, technical skills, critiques, animation skills and more! Camps are fun, but what puts this at the top of my list is - not only fun, it taught real-life skills that can used through all types of disciplines and in her life. I don't believe there are any other programs that compare. I plan to enroll her in the next available camp.

My son has really enjoyed the Intro to Video Game Development class. Coming into the class, he had…read moreno background in game development or coding. With Greg's help, he has been able to learn a lot in a short amount of time, and he is very proud of his creations. Great experience all around!

My son loves Korin's Start the Art program. It is the highlight of his weekend. We've been coming…read morefor several months now and every weekend, Korin has a variety of art projects to keep my little guy busy and engaged. He usually gravitates towards the sensory bins, as they change weekly as well. I highly recommend Start the Art for any little hands that want to get artsy. All the materials are provided, so it's great for any parents that don't want to maintain a huge supply of arts and crafts. It's located in the Sanchez Art Center and there's plenty of parking.

This is a fabulous studio for kids and Korin was so amazing at helping my 3.5 year old daughter…read morefeel welcomed. I've been meaning to check this space out for a while and now I'm sad we waited so long - we will absolutely be back!!! I think it's a great value too - so many classes or activities on the peninsula are $25-$30/hour and that just feels like way too much!

My 6 year old son has been taking piano lessons with Ms Maria for the last 6 months. We've been…read morevery happy with the experience so far - he is building a good foundation with both playing practice and with theory. He recently performed in their spring concert, which was a great way for him to be inspired by students who were more advanced (and many were very impressive!). We like that they support introductory students without pushing too much practice time (just about 5 min a day which is perfect for him) to teach them to enjoy music, while also clearly training some award winning students. He also loves their "good job card" system where he can earn points at each lesson for future prizes!

Our boys have been taking piano lesson's for over 3 years and we have seen such amazing growth on…read moremusic technicality, composition, and appreciation of piano and other music genres. Thank you teacher Lisa and Happy Mozart School Music School.

Future Valley is at it again even though we spoke about this and they promised never to do it…read moreagain. Another driver is blocking the same driveway, the van is completely blocking the driveway if the home of an elderly woman. The front bumper is also in a red zone. He was parked here when I arrived and still there 15 minutes later when I left. Do better Future Valley!

This is a review for the school day craft camp and summer music camp that my son went. He is a huge…read morefan of the camps. He learnt several Chinese songs (with some dance moves) and English songs from the music camp, played Ukulele and went to parks to have lunch. He also got himself a playdate from the camp (he is not even 4). The best part he claimed is they have a play area downstairs that they are allowed to be bare feet and no one push him to take a nap. Because of his normal school does not allow bare feet and nap is required, he always talks about the camp now and wants to go back to the camp soon. Thank you, Future Valley for my kiddo to have a great summer time.

My daughter loves classes and camps here. She has made beautiful creations without any prior…read moresewing, or designing, experience. Pamela and her staff are very supportive of the students. My daughter has taken multiple classes here and continues to want to keep coming back. She has made trendy jumpsuits, dresses, and other outfits. Pamela's process helps the kids design even if they have no idea what they want to make. I highly recommend these classes and camps.

Teacher Pamela has been a great teacher for me. I have completed two semesters, and Pamela and her…read moreassistant have all been a great help to me and others. I really enjoyed the classes, because you draw sketches of articles of clothing that you want to make, and then you pick one of them to actually make. You will cut out your choice of fabric, sew your soon-to-be incredible outfit, and then...VOILÁ!!!!!!!!!!! So, I really suggest that you go to Academy of Design. (Models allowed.) Avi, age 8

good experience overall! I sent my 4yo here for a day to get a sense of how this works. Essentially…read morethey operate out of a school or similar facility and they set up different rooms with different activities ( for example, robotics, media, arts and crafts, sewing, etc..) There is an outdoor playground and one or two additional outdoor activities that they have set up. What I absolutely loved is that lunch and snacks is included! This is a huge plus for me as my kid actually enjoyed the lunch! I personally do like the idea of less structure and more playtime and exploration for the kids. They usually have one counselor assigned to each room/activity. My only suggestion is that for the younger children ages 4 to 5, they should have either a buddy assigned on their first day or an assigned counselor who will kind of ease them into the day because it can be quite overwhelming for a kid that age to navigate the campus if they don't know anybody there. For older kids this is a non-issue in my opinion. Overall happy with the experience and would be back again!

Steve & Kate's is known for being a non-structured type of camp and that is what I was interested…read morein for my daughter. She has a structured school year and being able to do what she wanted when she wanted. My daughter really enjoyed being able to make decisions about where she spent her time. She learned how to sew very well and made lots of friends. The director is an amazing leader, and the counselors are very kind to all the kids. Looking forward to this year!!!

This camp completely failed our son. He was paired with a much older kid who aggressively took over…read morethe project and didn't let him participate. Our son tried to reason with the kid, tried to get his own materials (which he was scolded for) and tried directly asking the instructor for help, a request which was ignored. I also reported this on an email survey that the camp sent out after the first day but received no reply. We decided to totally skip the last two days and have our son learn coding on his iPad instead because he felt like his time was completely going to waste at Wizbots. I would not recommend this camp to Update to respond to the owner's comment: the camp let's 7 year olds sign up and at no point was I contacted and let know that the age of 7 was too young. As can be seen from other reviews, other 7 year olds do sign up and even have good experiences. The issue here was a lack of intervention against a clear behavioral issue and lack of responsiveness to repeated feedback in real time from my son and myself. I still have never been contacted by anyone from wizbots except via this review.

Great place for kids with both creative, active and engineering type of mind :). Both of my kids (6…read moreyears age difference, very different characters and different genders) have been practicing Wizbots camps and after school programs for years; both really love each of their programs.