I had so much fun making candles and mixing scents at AR! Staff was super friendly and helpful when…read morewe had questions. We did not feel rushed at all and were able to enjoy ourselves. The candle making process is quick, but could take a while to decide which scents, colors, and logos you want. Keep in mind, the candles will take about an hour to set enough before you can take them home. We went before lunch, and ate in the area, then easily came back to pick up our lovely creations!

Wow! Do it yourself paradise has been located in Frisco! We fell in love with the chunky blankets…read moreand made two of them with our favorite colors to take home. The great thing about this place is you not only get the cool items but also the fun experience of learning how to make them. The staff took all of the worries out of it as they helped us throughout the process so we would have a good result. I have several gift ideas lined up and there's just something incredibly satisfying about being able to present a gift and say "I made this!". There's a lot of customization options too, so you can use your own names, phrases, etc. when you plan to make some of the items that have painted, stenciled artwork on them. I'm looking forward to making a little party out of this on our next visit, and apparently we can bring our own wine and beer. This place has a cheerful atmosphere with soothing colors and everything we need was already prepared for us. No stress involved, and no clean up as well. I found this place behind The Cotton Patch on Preston Road in Frisco. It's in the little courtyard there between Cotton Patch and Genghis Grill. Plenty of parking.

We had our team building event at Painting with a Twist Frisco location and everything went great…read more They let us bring our own food and drinks and set up so that we could enjoy them while painting. James our instructor was also very passionate and easy going which made the event much more enjoyable. Everything went well, thanks to their accommodations, and also pretty happy with my outcome lol. Highly recommend this as a team building event!

They do seat assignments, so although we arrived early, 1st ones there and requested to be placed…read morenear the front for better visualization, he did not accommodate our request. He said it was because we were only a party of three, and he had a full house with the larger groups having priority for being placed in the front. Our seats were assigned at the very end in the back. We could still see from the back, but we had to get up a few times and walk over to the front to get a better look at the details of his painting. Overall, it was a fun experience. We made the best of it being together and enjoyed our delicious charcuterie style BYO snacks and beverages. There was a good set of 90s music playing in the background, lots of laughter and good vibes from the other attending groups, and the assistant was super attentive to our needs. It is suggested to bring clothes that you don't mind if paint gets on them. Also, some paint techniques require you to use your fingers to flick paint onto the canvas. I just wish we would have known about the seat assignments ahead of time, I would have brought my eye glasses, lol

This was my 2 year old's first time in a class and it was so good. The area itself has so much for…read morekids around his ability to do safely. The class was the Explorers and the theme was building a house. It was so cool going from one activity to another and it kept his attention! I immediately bought a membership after the class.

The girls always have a great time! Linda and her team make…read moretheir birthday so special. With so many activities, songs and free play! I truly recommend this place for classes , open gym , and birthday parties!

Oh how I wish I could give this place NEGATIVE stars!…read more My daughter started attending this place when she was less than a year old (August 2022). I had a friend whose daughter was in the Kindergarten class and had nice things to say about it. My husband and I toured it and I didn't get warm fuzzies right away from the director, Connie, but we moved forward with the enrollment process because we needed child care asap. Right away we did tell the director that our daughter has multiple severe food allergies and we filled out all the appropriate paperwork and provided her benadryl and epi-pen right away. FIRST INCIDENT: Not even two months after enrollment, we picked up my daughter on a Friday and after an hour being home she started breaking out in hives everywhere. She didn't have anything to eat at home. My husband had to give her the epi-pen. Right away, I sent an email to the director and let her know what happened. Connie let us know that her normal teachers weren't in the class that day, it could have been possible that someone gave her something she wasn't supposed to have. Of course by Monday the people we talked to couldn't remember if she ate something. The learning moment from that was that a teacher would sit by her at every meal/snack. My daughter was in the older infant class and we liked her teachers in there, never had problems. It wasn't until the summer of this year problems started happening. She moved into the younger toddler class, her teachers in there were also nice and loving to the students. This summer the owner decided to sell their Castle Montessori to Cadence Education. The director, Connie, left and the admin left not long after her. The new director, Ms. Nilima, was not approachable and very cold in those first weeks, maybe up to a month. She never made eye contact when my daughter and I entered the building. How could you not acknowledge who enters the building, especially at a child care facility?! During the summer we enrolled my Kindergartener here for their summer program. WORST program ever! We paid weekly tuition that was supposed to include weekly field trips, which some were cancelled due to the weather but nothing was every rescheduled. It was a waste of money. The final straw was when my daughter had ANOTHER allergic reaction!!! They claimed that she woke up in hives, ok, the director called us multiple times (I work in an area where I can't have my phone with me), she didn't leave my husband and I voicemails. My husband called back and the person on the phone just asked if they can give my daughter benadryl and of course he said yes. He decided to go to the school and they did NOTHING. She was covered in hives, she should have been given her epi-pen based on the emergency plan we provided. Ms. Nilima wasn't around, and my daughter was in her classroom, with her teachers putting her eczema lotion on her. She should have at least been at the front office being monitored for anaphylaxis. Multiple emails were exchanged after this incident. The director's responses were just appalling, with no empathy, and thinking she knows better than what a doctor says to do in an emergency. We pulled her out immediately, there was NO WAY we could trust this place every again. We had a meeting with the director a few days after the incident, she finally apologized and took full responsibility. She mentioned her staff will go through more training, but the damage was done. We demanded our full deposit back and never looked back. What really got me fired up was when I asked the director if they were going to self report themself to the state regarding this incident. Her response was no because an ambulance or ER visit didn't occur....WTF?!?!? Herself and the staff was clearly not capable of handling the situation.....or reading an emergency plan and FOLLOWING it. Honestly, I hope every parent reads this and stays far, far, away! This incident happened end of August this year and still makes my blood boil.

Castle Montessori is a wonderful school. My daughters are thriving. Ms. Sowmya is so caring and…read morewonderful with my daughter. I tried two different "Montessori" schools before Castle. A lot of schools claim to be Montessori but really do not follow through with the model. Castle is truly a Montessori school. The teachers are wonderful with communication. My daughters are very busy and learning in the classroom. They do various activities with the kids. They also do events through the year like cook outs or grandparents day lunch. It's very safe environment. We are so happy at Castle Montessori!

My daughter really enjoyed her piano lessons with Mr. Lawrence. He is an amazing teacher who makes…read morelearning fun. Our experience with 4/4 has been excellent, and I highly recommend them to anyone looking for a music lessons.

I really became fed up with 4/4 trying to guilt me into reviews..but here it is. Lessons were way…read moretoo short, teacher was nice but not proficient (under qualified and didn't seem at all familiar with the instrument). Place is tiny, I can't imagine how it would work with COVID. Kids nor adults should be so close in such tiny rooms, it's a serious health risk. Advice to management: stop asking for reviews!!

Amazing place for families with kids from infant through elementary. Their staff is the most caring…read moreany Mother's Day out or after school program or daycare I have ever seen. You won't be disappointed. They offer a variety of programs depending on the age of your kids and even provide transportation after school. Splash pad, soccer field, multiple outdoor gymnasiums. Very high-quality at a very reasonable price.

This place is amazing. We've never had a problem. All the teachers are super sweet. My child has…read morelearned so much going to this daycare.

As first-time parents, finding the right daycare was incredibly important to us. Our daughter…read morestarted at Lightbridge Academy Plano at 2 months old and has thrived there over the past year. The staff is caring, attentive, and invested in each child's development. Communication is excellent, the classrooms are well-structured for each developmental stage, and the security camera access provides extra peace of mind. We couldn't be happier with our experience and highly recommend Lightbridge Academy!

I have my 2 daughters here aged 5 and 21 months, we've been here about a year and absolutely love…read moreit. It's just felt like home since we walked in. They have smaller classes, such fun and educational curriculum for all ages. My girls have absolutely thrived with the teachers and classrooms they have been in. Ms.Soholi and Ms.Jaya handle the young toddlers so well and with so much love. Ms. Amaya has been so patient and kind with my older daughter. Happy to have a loving school with amazing front office staff as well! Thank you to CeCe and Clarissa for managing everything so well!

I go to school of rock and play songs I love it I love drumming and my band is awesome!read more

Our 10 and 11 year old girls have been attending SOR McKinney for just about 18 months as part of…read morethe Rock 101 program. We discovered the program through a colleague of my wife's whose son has been a participant in the Frisco school's program for several years. Both my wife and I were in band in school many years ago, so we thought this would be a great opportunity for the girls to learn a practical instrument and get some performance experience to help them not be shy. Since joining the program, the girls have had a number of instructors: one that has an advanced education in classical guitar, one that has a higher education background in early childhood development, and several that have toured nation-wide as real musicians. Some of those instructors were in fact students once in other SOR schools. And throughout the program, the entire staff, and even culture of the school, has been very positive and supporting. In the past 18 months, the girls have played multi-venue concerts in Deep Ellum twice, they have played in a battle of the bands at the House of Blues, and numerous other concerts at bars and restaurants in and around McKinney and Frisco. My younger girl stays glued to the electric guitar, and my older girl mainly plays the drum kit, but sings and plays bass on the side. Together, our girls teamed up with a little boy in their 5th grade class and played a song (from SOR) in their elementary school's talent show a few months ago, and they rocked the house and put some elementary school teacher's in shock! My wife and I were in awe, and we both commented what it would been like to have been rock stars even before going into junior high and middle school (we were nowhere near this cool!). I haven't seen any program similar to what SOR is doing: they work on temp, rhythm, and style all the while driving the kids to perform in front of others. They leave reading music and theory to the public schools to teach (which for me was the not-so-fun part). Doing it this way, the kids are only learning that music is fun and rewarding, but my oldest is starting 6th grade in the fall where she will start complementing what she has been learning with those extra skills of reading music, etc. Its been a very good program; very positive results. To address the other reviewer that alluded to drugs being present at the school: I am a software development manager that runs an international organization which in the past has required me to have security clearances. My wife is a top nurse practitioner who is respected as deeply knowledgeable in multiple fields. There is absolutely no way we would allow our kids to be involved in this program if there was any hint of illegal activity. I have sat in their building for countless hours waiting for practices to be over, and I have never seen this. The building is definitely shabby chic (meaning a little bit of a dump), but so are many of the performance venues--that's part of what it means to be a performer. But, its good enough; the program is expensive enough without needing to make it into a lounge. We highly recommend.