Ms. Mona is one of the most dedicated teachers I've ever met. She has years of experience and…read morewisdom. She is truly invested in each child's growth, development and success. I have sent all three of my children to her over the years and we strongly recommend her school to anyone who is looking for a high quality academic program balanced with a nurturing and loving social emotional environment. Her preschoolers are well prepared for elementary school and are often doing kg/1st level work before they've even graduated preschool. She helped developed excellent foundations for all of my children before elementary school with an emphasis on manners and respect. Her program is reasonably priced as well.

We feel so lucky to have found Tassajara Montessori for our son and even more grateful that he's…read morehad Ms. Mona as his teacher. She's one of those rare teachers who truly puts her heart into everything she does. You can feel her passion and patience in the way she connects with each child. Our son has truly flourished in her class. He has grown not just academically, but also in confidence, independence, and how he interacts with others. Ms. Mona has this amazing way of nurturing each child's strengths while gently helping them grow in areas they need. She consistently reinforces good manners, kindness, and social awareness in such a natural, meaningful way. The values and life skills she's taught our son have laid a strong foundation that will stay with him for years to come. She's had such a lasting impact on our son. We can't wait to send our younger one to her and see him thrive the same way. We HIGHLY recommend her school to any parent looking for a thoughtful, empowering start to their child's educational journey.

We feel incredibly lucky to have found this home daycare for our child. Since this was our child's…read morefirst time staying away from home, we were naturally a bit anxious--but our child adjusted so well, which truly speaks to the warm and caring environment here. Ms. Manju is very attentive and genuinely caring. Our child loves the engaging activities like painting and dancing to rhymes, which make learning fun and keep the kids happily involved throughout the day. We highly recommend this daycare to any parent looking for a safe, nurturing, and engaging place for their child!

My 3 year old son has been going to Miss Manju's day care for past 1 year. He has enjoyed it…read morethoroughly every single day. What stands out is her energy, love and affection to kids, innovative artistic ways to keep the kids entertained and a very bright, clean day care. I can now see my son drawing and painting without losing patience. Her yummy food is a great plus too.

Edit 2: I am confident that the individual involved made personal remarks that were unrelated to…read morethe situation and hence I needed to walkout. In fact, I initially did not want to make this public, but I could not find any option on the website to provide feedback directly to business, I raised my concern and whether they choose to accept or not is up to them. I believe the business may have been misled with what I am reading - several inaccuracies but I am not losing anything in this situation, so I am at peace with whatever position they choose to take in their defense. Edit to the review: .. The response given by the business seems to present only one side of the story (not accurate misleading ) and I was not contacted for my perspective on what happened. The teacher is very patient and excellent. My daughter and I really like him, and he provides honest feedback. However, I have to unenroll my daughter due to the administrative staff's unprofessional communication, including personal remarks that felt unnecessary and inappropriate.

My daughter has been going to Best Brains for 6 months and I see good improvement in her math &…read moreenglish. I love the structured curriculum and am very happy with my decision.

My daughter is happy and thriving in this center. The teachers are very caring and experienced. We…read morenow appreciate the structure which sounded overwhelming in the beginning, considering that our daughter was only 5 years old in kindergarten. It took her a month or so to adjust but now she has found great friends and is thriving both socially and academically. The teachers and staff are very friendly, approachable, and they always update me with her progress. It feels good to be part of the community and use their support and expert opinion for my daughter's education. There are different teachers for English, Math, and even second language, like Spanish. All of them are pros, and they take their job very seriously. It's hard to control classes like this where students come from different schools, each student with different skills. Yet, the teachers have succeeded in providing a safe, nurturing and educational environment for my daughter. I am also very happy with the pick-up. There has never been any issue. Everything gets coordinated by the staff in a very clear and organized way.

My son has been going to ibest since kindergarten and is now in 4th grade. My second son goes there…read moretoo. It's very well run and I can tell the teachers truly care for their students. We get an update on what they worked on weekly. To be honest, I dont have the patience or time to sit down and help with their academics. Ibest gives me the peace of mind that they will be on track in school. They also offer lots of extracurricular activities as options which is super convenient. Overall great please to send your kids after school! Thank you everyone who works there.

If you are looking for a quality bilingual education for your children, I highly recommend Pinnacle…read moreLearning . I had the opportunity to meet with the founder. She works with experienced teachers to design a comprehensive curriculum. Most of other after school programs I've checked out tend to assign repetitive lessons (my son lost interests very quickly on anything repetitive and he resisted going). At Pinnacle Learning, the curriculum grows with the students, while the focus is learning while having fun. The teachers are highly educated and bilingual proficient with many years of experience in teaching Mandarin. When my son was attending a different bilingual school last year, I often caught the Mandarin teachers speaking English to my son because he was American-born. This is not the case at Pinnacle Learning. The teachers believe in full immersion, teaching only in Mandarin, and the results are amazing. Some of the students went from not knowing any Chinese to conversational and even able to perform a show on stage Completely in Chinese. The key is that the children enjoy learning Mandarin and have a strong desire to continue. I highly recommend Pinnacle Learning.

Our son has attended many Mandarin programs over the past several years (partly because we have…read moremoved a few times and partly because we've been searching for the "right" program). Pinnacle has really been the best bilingual immersion program that we've found. The director, Ms. Bing, is dedicated to the children and teaching the culture, not just the language. I've really been happy with the progress our son has made in the 5 months that he's been attending. He has learned how to write, converse, and sing in Mandarin. There are activities and themes each month to keep the learning fun and interactive. We are really looking forward to the summer school classes!

My exprience with Brilliant Minds has been awful to say the least…read more My first interaction was with the owner Syeda Tabassum. We had a very candid conversation where I set clear expectations for what I needed in order for my son to attend. Because I commute far distances for work and travel frequently, one of my requirements included drop-off service. When I asked if they offered this service, Syeda advised that she needed to speak with the center Director Mrs. Ramala and follow-up. Later that week, I attended open house (Per Syeda's recommendation) and met with Syeda and Ramala in-person and discussed requirements further. Drop off service was a primary area of concern because my son had attend Glitter Kids (their direct competitor) a couple of months prior and after a week or so they advised they could no longer provide drop-off services. However, both assured me this would not be an issue at Brilliant Minds. On 8/2 my son started their summer camp as a way to get acclimated and prepared for the new school year. On 8/14 he started their after school program. On 8/16 I was told by Syeda they could no longer provide drop off services and that I had 2 weeks to locate another facility for my son. This mishap is very unfortunate and has created a very stressful situation. As a parent finding a reliable, honest and trustworthy center is critical for our children's long-term success.

My son is here for summer camps, he is enjoying all the field trips, basketball classes, fun events…read morelike laser tag. I like that school take care of maths, writing, and art projects too. Overall he is really happy and wants to join after school program when school starts.

We had an awful experience with our child. I enrolled him for three weeks of summer 2024. Then we…read moreenrolled him for afterschool program. He is a fourth grader. Until third grade, he went to different after school program but this time one of his friend went there so I enrolled him. On month three, they mail me that my son has serious mental health issues and they can not continue. They gave me two weeks notice to withdraw my kid. After one week the director told me my child has behavioral issues that needs to be consulted or treated! Well his school and other afterschool never informed me! I talk to his school teacher and she informed no issues at all. I asked Lauren the director why she didn't inform me during three weeks of summer camp? She told me she wanted but didn't know I was enrolling him for afterschool! That was the answer. My son went to different summer camp before their one. No issues at all. Second month, my son was having nightmares not to go there and this time we set up a meeting. The teachers told us they will take care of his needs. His needs are he wants help of his Russian school of mathematics homework and breaks from their own stressful curriculum. They said Russian math school is their rival so they won't help! They told us they will give him breaks and I told them I am not worried about their curriculum because my son is at the good side of his school so I am not concerned of his education. He never goes afterschool with homework. He finished at school. They told me my son multiple time told them "HE is not a good person. He doesn't have any point of existence." "HE wants to nuke the whole world" "He wants to crashed to the windshield of the car and doesn't want to wear a seatbelt". He did says all out of his frustration of that creepy place. Teachers treated him so bad that he just wants all the negative thoughts. A nine year old having nightmares of a new afterschool means a lot. The director Lauren didn't inform me any of those when happened. She mailed me with a date of withdrawal which is against California licensing. I informed my son's teacher. She was surprised the way they address his behavioral issues because none of those happening at school. I withdraw him right away and put him to another facility. Asked for what teachers thinking about him after two months. The teachers answer was "He is a nice addition to their classroom". So this management and director doesn't know and doesn't care about children. They wants your money and specific children. The children who will sit down on a space until parents will pick up. Children wants some moving will be addressed as a behavioral issue child when no one else before informed parents. They pushed my son to act crazy and put a notice of withdrawal because they have lots of waitlist of children who are quite and can sit on a space for three to four hours. Others will get a withdrawal notice after one or two weeks. Business will run fast too.

I would like to recommend genius club. They have a quality service, safe and the kids learnt math…read moreand language. my son was able to do 7 th grade math after being there in fifth grade

What an amazing program! My two boys attend GK. I love that they adapt the activities for each…read morechild's needs, they keep them one step ahead of elementary school's benchmarks, and the program address everything - math, writing, reading, physical activities, computers, manners, health, public speaking, emotional wellbeing, and also fun stuff. My boys are looking forward going to GK and they love their teachers, who are kind and caring, with very little turnover and relatively small student-teacher ratio. The director Melissa is simply a superhero, she manages both locations (San Ramon and Blackhawk) wonderfully and it does feel like my child is the most important one to this school. Huge thank you to Genius Kids, I am so grateful we are a part of this program.

My child started with GK - Gale Ranch in Kinder and after a full school year, we noticed…read moresignificant progress in terms of academics as well as my child's learning attitude. He started off with tantrums when others were doing work, he did not want to participate and just put his head down in the first two weeks. I thought the teacher was ready to give up on him but they gave him room to learn at his own pace. After 2 -3 months, he recited speeches at home and told me about what he learned at GK. I was very impressed with the speeches that he was able to memorize and on top of that, he was sounding out words as we drove to places. Soon after, he started writing simple sentences and accelerated in math as well. Now, he comes home with all his homework completed (at GK) which reduces our stress levels and allows us to spend more quality time together. I don't know how they do it but I highly recommend GK, they are the best and a life saver for us!! Thank you Ms. Kiran and her team!