Honestly, seeing 4.8 stars is very surprising to me after what I saw, and experienced at Tumbles. A…read moremom recommended it to me after she tried a trial/intro class with her daughter and loved it. Needless to say, I didn't have that same experience she did. I waited a while to write this review to see if my feelings on this changed when I would be less upset, but I still feel the same way when I left there over a week ago.
A friend and I signed up for the trial class, I showed up about 10min early with my 1.5yo and I walked into the gym. The receptionist was nice, but not super welcoming. I like how the areas were separated by a half wall, the gym on one side and the waiting area on another. I asked if I could let my toddler run around (no one was in there waiting at the time) and she said not really I had to wait for the class to end before we could hangout before our class started. She didn't really tell me where the bathrooms were or explain anything to me with it being my first time there.
While I was waiting I witnessed the coach talking very negatively and down to the children in class. (8ish- 11yo I'm guessing ) it was time to clean up and she was directing them with a raised voice, calling children out saying things like "do this, move that, don't touch that, I told you not to touch that, you all aren't listening, stand here etc. but the tone and the way she was talking to these kids... Their faces said it all. I was SO uncomfortable watching this situation unfold. I'm not sure if she had an off day or what, but I would NEVER let someone talk to my child the way she did.
At the end of our class the director asked me how it went, and I pulled her aside and I gave her the feedback of what I witnessed and how uncomfortable I was. She listened, but stuck by her coach and essentially said "they're in camp, and they've been a challenge today. They aren't listening or following the rules and we can't have them get hurt". Sure, I understand that they need to listen but you're telling me every single kid (15+ children) in camp, deserved to be talked to like that? No. Absolutely not. I've coached children before, and there are far better ways to round up and get your point across without yelling at them and the entire group.
For our actual class/ trial lesson the coach had what felt like 10+ activities for us lined up, and seemed frustrated when my 1.5 yo and others wouldn't sit still for the welcome song/explanation and the goodbye song. At one point, she picked my child up without asking me first, not that I would mind but my friend said she would have been very upset if the coach grabbed her daughter without asking first.
The activities were mediocre at best, they felt very advanced for their age, and the coach again seemed frustrated if the children didn't want to interact with her "curriculum" she planned. She was boasting about how she created it herself.
We did a tiny bit of free time, balance beam, ball pit, climbing triangle pad things, bubble time, the ROCK WALL, swings, and at one point she pulled out childrens walking toys & shopping cart things & building blocks, like big legos... I thought this was a gymnastics studio? The "curriculum" felt very rushed and we weren't in each category for very long.
My child, amongst the others was very curious about the storage room, which she went into almost every time we switched activities, and left the door open every time. The children just wanted to go in there so bad, and obviously couldn't which causes them to be upset & us as parents to continuously redirect or distract when it was happening.
I wasn't impressed with any of it, I'm glad others found value and like the place however I saw a totally different side to the coach(es) and my experience was mediocre at best.
