Great conversational Spanish classes! Instructors are nice and caring. The course content is solid…read more The atmosphere is great.

I tried learning Spanish with apps, but you can only get so far with that. You have to take classes…read morewith real people if you want to be fluent. In Tacoma, La Única is THE place for that. I wish I had started sooner, but better late than never. I must've walked past this place 100 times before I decided to go in the door and sign up for classes two years ago. So glad I did! Not only is it good brain exercise, but it's fun! This is not your high school Spanish class. These are classes for adults. ¡A veces traemos vino a clase!

I had an excellent experience working on my French language skills with Geneviève, and I would…read morehighly recommend her to anyone looking to learn or improve on their French! It had been nearly 10 years since I had spoken or studied French regularly, and I wanted to find someone who could help me brush up on my French. Geneviève was a great match to what I was looking for in a teacher--she is warm, easygoing, and patient. She tailored our lessons to my language level--I am an advanced speaker so our weekly meetings (via Zoom due to the pandemic) consisted of friendly chats like two friends catching up over coffee, but entirely in French. However, when I wanted more help with the usage of prepositions, Geneviève had exercises readily available. Additionally, she would also assign me a topic to write about that we would discuss the following week, and she was great at choosing subjects that interested me as well as pushed me to use different vocabulary, verb tenses/moods, varied sentence structures, etc. After a few months working with Geneviève on a weekly basis, I feel like my language recall and fluency have greatly improved, matching my language proficiency I had attained while living in France. Speaking regularly with a native speaker like Geneviève is the best way to improve your French, whether you're a beginner or advanced speaker, especially if you aren't able to be fully immersed in a French-speaking country.

Geneviève makes learning French fun and relaxing. I started working with her about 3 years ago…read moreafter taking some classes, and for the first time learning French didn't feel so overwhelming to me. She is great about adjusting our focus as my needs change, always making sure that what I'm working on will hold my interest. She is a super nice, patient, and encouraging person to have along on your journey into learning another language.

I highly recommend your kids NOT go here. Here's my story. Kinda long but worth it…read more I started off by putting my 3 y/o in this daycare center. Everything was going OK. No big concerns besides kids being bullies. Then I put my school age kids (2) in. Now I will admit my middle child has behavioral issues and that's where things took a turn. I started getting incident report after incident report after incident report. Mind you school age kids are mean. And I taught my kids to stick up for themselves. After months of explaining to the office staff (sylvia) and the director (Cynthia luna) the issues I was having hearing my school age kids tell me about abusive behavior the staff was portraying onto the kids. And my son telling me his teacher scares him and sqeezes his arms and legs, was the last straw with this place. After contacting the licensor, she had informed me to call cps and report the daycare facilty which i did. twice . In retaliation they terminated my daycare services. In the termination letter they mentioned i didnt provide the right milk for my son, which i have fought about before. If you are giving my son cheese and yogurt and in the meal plan it says milk then wheres the issue with milk. They mentioned my daughter and her poor behavior and if there was such a big issue than why didnt we exicute the behavioral plan they came up with and didn't even give her 8 days before terminating our care. Or even suggest i remove her and not all of my kids. termination is just easy to get rid of all istead of dealing with a parent who stands their ground. (Thats me) Lastly they mentioned since i reported them twice in less then 3 months they felt the need to terminate my care.now this one is not just cause for them to terminate anyones services. I have the right to report anything sispicious or wrong doing that my kids are telling me thats whats happening daily. The day they terminated me i recieved numerous pictures of my kids. From bruises to abrasions my kids caused themselves (besides what my son stated about his teachers) and another incident report. They then turned around and called cps on me in retaliation (according to the cps worker) which i agreed with. They made a report that my son had brusises all over his body including his ass. Cps has no findings and the case will be closed against me. So i repeat dont let your kids suffer in this place its not worth it. They dont like it when youre right. They dont like people to stick up for themselves. They dont like being reported which is every parents right to do so. dont waste your money. dont waste you time. Keep your kids safe and best interest at heart. Do not go here. FYI all college for kids are connected so the abuse extends to this facility as well.

This post is very late due to the open investigation I had against this day care facility…read more In the beginning of 2017 my child attended c4k and the very first week my child had been bitten twice. Once on the left arm and then on the right cheek. I brushed it off mostly because hey new kid in an already established day care I assumed this happens and upon given the incident report that ester r had explained this happens often with new kids. Being a first time mother I wanted to fish for advice amongst friends and even some of the other parents and they have also said sometimes it happens. However another 2 weeks go by and my 2 year old daughter has a scratch on her face. She 'fell' according to the incident report. Nothing else bad happened until about 6 months later there was an out break of foot, hands and mouth disease. The director ester r failed to comply with the CDC laws and post out side of each door to the facility a warning and also at risk to let us parents know about the outbreak. Not only did they not post or inform any of the parents via writing and or postings throughout the day care but my child had contracted hands mouth and feet disease. Not only did I have to pay out of pocket for her medical expenses but I also had to take off work due to the c4k failure to do their job. I reported to the CDC and to the child welfare of Washington this situation just so no other children or parents have to go thru what I did with my child being so sick she couldn't eat for 2 days! Fast forward to the open investigation 6 weeks later. I was called into ester r.'s office to tell me that they are terminating my child care due to me being hostile with their staff (complete bull by the way) I barely interacted with the staff unless it had to do with Kori being in trouble hurt and or sick. Not to mention the staff barely spoke english. That being said they discriminated against me because I had filed a report of their wrong doings and they just decided to terminate me as if I were in the wrong. I have never (they can prove) violated any of the rules for this day care facility) I would never recommend this place to any one and also they do not clean their toys or their rooms daily. Not sanitary! Also the day before they had terminated me and my daughter she had come home with a busted lip and not one staff person or ester could explain to me what happned to her lip not was there an incident report for the first time! Not ok!!! Please do your research and make sure you are choosing a place that cares about the well being of their children! And that had good and positive reviews! I did not look at yelp before choosing a day care and I will from here on out! Good luck all!

Our son has been thriving at El Cuento, we are so pleased to have found their program. We love how…read morebig their playground is and the cultural celebrations throughout the year. The teachers are nurturing and highly trained-my son comes back so happy singing his Spanish songs on the car ride home. He is also now speaking Spanglish at home! I feel secure knowing my son is in good hands. Highly recommend

I learned a lot from Mark! The studio is organized and very well kept/ equipped, there's no where…read moreelse (except my home) I would trust to fire my pieces than here. Glad to have started my ceramic journey at Throwing Mud Gallery!

Eilleen greeted us as soon as we walked in the door, and she was very attentive answering our…read morequestions the whole time we were there! My friend and I went to paint pottery and there was a wide selection of pieces to choose from! All of the paints are clearly labeled and there's displays to show you how the paint will look after being fired as well! Our pieces were ready to be picked up within a couple days and turned out beautiful!