Allan, the head instructor, is also the instructor of the Tierra Linda Math Team program in San…read moreCarlos. He is awesome. My daughter loves math team! Anyone who has a gifted analytic/math/computer child that is passionate about learning should send their kid to Allan's programs/camps.

Allan and Louisa are both excellent Math tutors. My daughter's Geometry grade improved a lot!read more

My daughter has strengthen her reading, writing, and math skills at Kumon. We have been at Mike's…read moreCrystal Spring center since 2017. Mike is a very empathetic instructor and will work with you to customize the right individual learning plan for your child. We will be enrolling our 2 year old next month when he turns 3. Thanks Mike!

KUMON has been a great support for my daughter. Her grades have went from a C to making the honors…read moreroll. I am very pleased with her improvement in math and English.

I feel like I hit the jackpot with this Kumon location. Director Anthony really helped both my…read morechildren in improving their English vocabulary as well as comprehension. He provided a well structured system for the kids while showing lots of care for the children's improvement and success. I would definitely recommend this Kumon location.

Clarise is highly skilled and effective ! As others have said, she is a "child whisperer" able to…read moremotivate, be firm and help our children grow their capabilities. She's excellent at assessing strengths and areas of focus. Then she creates a clear set of goals, involves the parents and helps each family understand and improve. I have. Even so impressed by the growth in my son's skills and abilities. Thank you Clarise! You have done so much more than I could have expected. We've had years of various therapy with others. But you bring ALL of the pieces together.

I recommend Lyon Learning for anyone that is struggling with dyslexia. Our elementary school age…read morechild has dyslexia. He had been getting some services in school, but he was falling farther and farther behind. We went to Lyon Learning because they were recommended to us, and it turned out to be a marvelous experience for our child. Clarisse has the right mix of enthusiasm and firmness to get through the Wilson Reading System and the other methods that she uses. Wilson is rigorous and effective, but it is difficult for a young student. Clarisse has a unique talent to keep him on task and motivated as he worked through the system. He has come very far in a short time, which was wonderful. I should also say that, in addition to the in person sessions, she recommended several online exercises to do at home on days that he did not have a session, so our child worked on his reading everyday, which was quite helpful. Also, our experience during the Covid-19 shutdowns has been quite good. Both Clarisse and her assistant Jean have been as effective over zoom as they were in person, which is not easy. We are very happy with Lyon Learning.

Tina Truong was my son's first grade teacher. At that time, he was not a strong reader. Tina…read morerecognized that he needed some help and tried a different approach with him, and his reading picked right up. I believe 100% that without Tina's guiding hand, he would not be where he is today -- reading above grade level. Tina was an amazing teacher and I would readily trust her as a tutor and/or consultant for him. Your child will be in great hands with Tina.

Ms. Tina Truong was my sons first grade teacher. Ms. Truong was very caring, affectionate and…read morecommitted to our son's growth. She was always proactive and sincere. Our son loved working with Ms. Truong and still remembers his time in her class vividly. Our son used to love learning and talking about the weather. Ms. Truong identified that early, and gave him multiple opportunities in class to be a "weatherman" and talk about the weather for that day. Those small but important set of opportunities helped to boost my son's confidence to speak in front of other students. That's just one of the several examples that demonstrate how amazing Ms. Truong really is. Ms. Truong has won my trust, and without any reservations I give her my best recommendation.

This review is for Leap Ahead (not KidSmart, which shares the space.)…read more I added both my kids to the program on a recommendation from a friend. The program is well organized with solid teachers. It's not fancy - it's straightforward. It's not dumbed-down, it's for kids who have the curiosity to get better at math. There is homework, so this is not a tutoring center; it's better to have a parent who can help your child when he/she is stuck, during the week. There is no question that this program enhanced my kids' learning, helped my son enter an advanced school, and my daughter to get her fundamentals down, so she can have the fresh approach to math that she needed. The side benefit is they can count on math time with their dad on several nights during the week -- and that is priceless! We adore the Director, Srini, whose passion for the subject matter and kids' learning shows through.

Both my children - Grade 4 and Grade 2 - attended Leap Ahead this full academic year. We have been…read morevery happy with the progress we have seen in their Math and overall problem-solving skills, which is why I am writing this review. Here's what we found extremely effective from their time at Leap Ahead this year: - Topics covered are undoubtedly advanced compared to what they learn at school. This was challenging - even frustrating at times - initially for the kids but we encouraged them to stick to it. Leap Ahead supported us by ensuring their students enjoyed the challenge without losing interest. - We truly appreciated their attention to every child's progress - they provided additional challenges if a child was cruising ahead and extra support and practice for topics where a child might be lagging behind - The overall approach used by teachers is positive and encouraging - you will see that in the happy, kid-friendly environment before, during and after classes - The homework reinforced concepts taught in-class while stretching their minds to apply creatively what they learnt. While challenging, there is enough flexibility in the homework to not overwhelm but still be effective. - Kids were exposed to multiple competitions such as Math Kangaroo, Math Bees etc which kept them further engaged Whether your child is thriving in his school Math or struggling at some topics, I would wholeheartedly recommend Leap Ahead Academics to take them to the next level.

Also I would like to mention that my kid learned how to take the state reading tests from doing…read moreKumon. They will not teach this in the classroom at school. He knows how to do the work before the teacher explains it. Also what's really amazing he is one of the only kids in his class that can explain the math and knows the answers

I signed up my daugher for Math. I spend about 4.5 - 5 months with this program and it was a…read moreabolute waste of $. A couple of reasons: 1. The starting point was absoutely off. My daughter completely struggled and did not do anything make any adjustment. I ended up teaching her myself at home on her work. 2. Center can be extremely busy and a lack of staff. I noticed the staff has a serious lack soft skills and caring for the students. 3. Center can be noisy as students are constantly talking and staff does not have control of the classroom. 4. Times when I requested the work to get picked up (when she was not able to attend to class as we requested to pick up work) when we get their, no work was left. Wasted my time to drive there to see no work left. When a center gets to busy and have a lack of staff for the younger kids, the place is a circus. Owner needs to do a better job managing the place. At times, the owner is not even there. This makes it bad to see the MAIN INSTRUCTOR ABSENT. I would NOT recommend this place.

This business has so much potential but falls short on several counts:…read more 1. The mentors aren't kept up to date, even after this is pointed out to them. We were excited to read several of the bios, particularly of Stanford students, only to be told none of them are available, they used to work at Breakout Mentors but no longer do. There seems to be a bit of bait and switch, since other mentors that were offered to us were not Stanford students. 2. We finally agreed to accept a different mentor and agreed and reconfirmed the day and time with the mentor multiple times. At the appointed day and time our son was visibly excited and couldn't wait to get started. Then we waited. And waited. I could see disappointment creep into my son's eyes. We encouraged our son to email the mentor directly, which he did, but no answer. Then I emailed the mentor. No answer. Finally, about half an hour after the session was supposed to begin, we called the mentor and he answered, sounding as though he just woke up. He did get online quickly, but the late start meant that we had to cancel our son's next appointment and take a loss on that lesson. 3. We asked for a partial refund of this lesson, since even though the full time was given it started half an hour late (and probably would have been even later had we not called) but unbelievably, Breakout Mentors' response was "as a small business, we aren't as capable of making price adjustments for mistakes." 4. I run a business as well, and I would never dream of charging clients for consultation time that I was late to, even if I was able to go later, it's so highly unprofessional and disrespectful of the client's time. 5. It's also highly ironic that a business with "mentor" in the name wouldn't take more responsibility for ALL aspects of mentorship, including planning ahead, taking personal accountability, and being on time. We're working with our son to impress upon him never to be even one minute late for a lesson, so it's pretty poor role modeling for his mentor to have to be called in half an hour late. Until Breakout Mentors and its mentors can take more personal accountability for delivering on their promises we can't recommend them.

My son has been working with Breakout Mentors teachers for couple of years now and it has always…read morebeen a great experience. As his skills progressed, he had to move to different teachers, but all of them were great and fun to work with, each bringing new area of expertise. Brian was exceptionally brilliant in finding the best tutors for my son based not only on the skills level but also on the project that my son had in mind. We prefer two lessons a week schedule, that way the projects they are working on progress with greater speed and there is no need to spend a valuable lesson time to go over the things they learned last time. I would recommend this company to anyone with a kid interested in programming.