We couldn't be happier with our experience at the Gardena YMCA Preschool! Enrolling our 2-year-old…read moredaughter here has been a great decision. ​A huge part of her positive experience is thanks to her incredible teacher, Ms. Ebony. She is remarkably attentive, nurturing, and deeply supportive of my daughter's personal milestones. Under her guidance, we've seen incredible growth in our daughter--especially when it comes to building independence, learning how to cooperatively play and share with her peers, and building the focus needed during circle time. ​It has been so rewarding to watch our little one grow in confidence every single day she attends school. She has blossomed socially and emotionally, which means the world to us. We are so grateful to Ms. Ebony and the team for providing such a warm, enriching environment for our family!

We love it this review is long over due. Great staffing…read more Some of the same faces we are very happy year after year. Clean in the gym & bathroom are kept. When it's hot the kids have shade. Great classes & youth group & swimming just wish swimming was longer than 30 minutes for the kids. Water temp always spot on.

Torrance location- my three kids would ask to go back at the end of each week. Ms Katie is…read moreextremely attentive and leads a great team. She specifically helped my youngest who'd never attended a structured program/daycare transition to full days of camp.

I hired Sam for a science birthday party and he was great! He does several experiments. All the…read morekids had fun and got to take home one of the science experiments that they got to work on. They each also got a goodie bag and the birthday celebrant gets special goodie bag and t-shirt. Highly recommend!

If you have classes/credits in your account- USE them ASAP. Because they have an expiration date!…read moreWhen you purchase a group of sessions - they call them credits. Had I known this I would have not purchased the package swim classes and would have just opted to purchase them one at a time last year . However, as of April 2025 it seems like their website no longer allows for you to purchase one session at a time anyway. From a customer service standpoint no one reached out to us to let me know that my credits would be expiring and that I should book a class soon. So that's a bit of a turn off and a bummer. We live in Hermosa so it's a good 20-25 min drive from our house to get there each time. I'm going to have to rethink whether or not we should continue with them or just look for a closer alternative at this point, given their expiration policy. Seems like such a waste of money. As for the instructor , my daughter has the best rapport with Carissa. All of their instructors are good though.

They have great instructors especially if you have young kids who are a bit timid about getting…read moreinto the water. They offer 15 min private lessons which is perfect for first time unsure toddlers and kids.

LA Galaxy gals representing as a brand new sponsor for LB midnight movies on the beach!…read more Very friendly staff and we talked about the season & down times. The ladies were very informative. I signed up for their schedule & got a soccer ball for my pet!

I've spent enough time here to separate a bad day from a broken system and unfortunately I think…read moreit's the latter. The facility has potential. There are plenty of fields and having indoor space is valuable. That's about where my praise ends. The biggest problem is the coaching. Youth soccer should be about development. Teaching fundamentals, correcting mistakes, building confidence and making sure every child gets meaningful instruction. Instead, the quality depends almost entirely on which coach your child gets. Some are engaged. Others seem distracted, chatting with each other while the session runs itself. Too many practices turn into kids standing around or playing small scrimmages with very little coaching, correction or individual feedback. Parents aren't paying to rent field space. They're paying for instruction. The environment doesn't help. Parking is consistently frustrating, the building gets uncomfortably hot and the indoor fields often have that stale turf smell that hits you the moment you walk in. The front desk also sets the wrong tone. Most visits start with staff sitting behind the counter without so much as a greeting or acknowledgment. For a place built around families and young kids, that's disappointing. One thing that continues to surprise me is how little attention is paid to what's happening around the active classes. I've regularly seen parents, older siblings and other family members juggling balls and kicking them around right next to training sessions. It's distracting for the kids who are actually there to learn and no one seems interested in managing it. What frustrates me most is that this carries the LA Galaxy name. You expect a higher standard of coaching, organization and professionalism. Instead, it feels inconsistent from top to bottom. If you happen to get one of the good coaches, you'll probably have a positive experience. If you don't, you've simply lost weeks or months of development. For a program representing one of the biggest soccer brands in America, "hopefully you get a good coach" shouldn't be the business model.

Paul is great. Nice indoor facility. Clean and well organized. Facility great for corporate events.read more

My son has been taking private lessons from Coach Paul for about 6 months and has been extremely…read morehappy with his lessons and progress. Paul is extremely patient and encouraging and is focused on teaching proper form and developing good habits, while making sure my son enjoys the sport and is meeting his personal goals. My son has improved dramatically, not only by gaining more technical skills, but also by gaining confidence in his abilities. South Bay Archery was also extremely generous and accommodating over the holidays, as our family was searching for a fun activity to do on New Year's eve with some friends. We booked a private party with Coach Paul and Coach Lani and everyone had a wonderful time! They made sure all 9 participants learned proper safety protocols, and taught our group how to shoot since some of us had no prior experience. They kept a good pace, explaining the challenges of shooting from further distances, and made things extra fun by creating a competition at the end, with the winner getting a prize! After that we relaxed and ate in the party room upstairs, which overlooked the shooting area. We all had a GREAT TIME! I encourage anyone looking for a fun group activity to check out South Bay Archery Lessons! I can't say enough about the kind, warm and engaging nature of both Coach Paul and Coach Lani, as well as the exceptional care and professionalism they put into all they do! We are looking forward to learning more archery skills and sharing fun times with South Bay Archery Lessons!

My son attended his first season at Camp Adventurewood in 2023 - it was his first experience at a…read moresummer camp and he was a little nervous and shy but all his counselors made him feel so welcome and comfortable and after the first day he was hooked! He loved the variety of activities and made so many new friends. He came home with fun stories each day. I loved that they offered a variety of options from 2 days/week to 5 days. We returned last summer and an unexpected and sudden medical event threw our summer for a loop. They were beyond kind and accommodating. Michael, the owner, personally made sure we were taken care of at a very scary time and was just incredibly kind and communicative. I can't thank him and his staff enough for the support. I would recommend this camp for any family. Its like a classic, old-school summer day camp experience!

My son attended Adventurewood camp for the first time this week. For the most part he enjoyed…read morehimself -- particularly the characters they introduce throughout the week. However, we decided to pull him out for next week because of a very disturbing situation. He shared that a counselor had pushed him with both hands on his shoulders during a capture the flag activity. He had dropped his flag and was putting it back on when a counselor (he didn't know her name) pushed him back hard enough to make him lose his balance and fall. She also barked "you need to reset!" She didn't ask if he was ok or help him up. You'd think if this was an accidental push and he fell over she would say something like "sorry bud are you ok? Here let me help you up" but nope, not a word. A friend he's attending camp with witnessed the whole incident. Since I pick them both up in the afternoons they both recounted this situation to me and both of them noted how inappropriate her behavior was. I immediately reached out to Michael, the owner of the camp. He said he wanted to identify this counselor and get her side of the story. Understandable. My son felt uncomfortable going back the next day but I reassured him it would be handled and offered to drop him off in the morning and stick around to talk to Michael and the counselor. I wanted him to feel safe. Michael identified her (her name is Carson) and said he wanted to talk to her first, which he did a few feet away from me. I heard her say she didn't push him. They then walked over to me and she again denied everything. So we asked both kids to come over and recount what happened. They both did -- in front of her -- and reiterated she pushed him. She denied even touching him. So Michael suggests at this point that perhaps it was an accident and my son responds by saying "how do you push someone like that by accident?!" No response. So I ask her, are you saying these kids are lying? She again said she didn't touch him and at this point we send the kids away. I'm incensed because not only does she gaslight both of them to their face but tells this bold faced lie to her boss in front of the campers and me. I tell her I believe them and I think she's the one lying. At this point she gives me this dirty look - angry, irritated and almost rolls her eyes at me. I turn to Michael and say "and now she's giving ME an attitude?!" Unbelievable. In a follow up call, he tells me how good of a person she is and that this is shocking for him to hear but that she doesn't seem like someone who would do something like this...that she's getting her teacher credentials and he knows her really well. I am getting the vibe he doesn't actually believe any of this and he sounds very skeptical. I respond by telling him that it's almost always surprising when people exhibit bad behavior and that even teachers do bad things...that doesn't make her any more credible in my eyes. He acknowledged that. In fact, it's worse because I would be really concerned to have someone like that teaching a kid. Lack of empathy, accountability, and integrity. I mean, I think it's great he's trying to have her back but there are moments in life when you need to draw a line and act swiftly...these are one of those moments. Because ultimately, this impacts the reputation of your camp. I told him that it would be good to offer training to his staff in case this ever happens again in the future and honestly he sounded baffled and asked me to clarify...I said well maybe tell your staff not to give dirty looks to a mom who's clearly upset that her son just got pushed by a grown adult at summer camp?? I told him that the response to this situation could've resulted in a totally different outcome. Had she said something like "I really don't recall pushing you but if I inadvertently did and made you feel bad I'm sorry - I didn't mean to do that" - I would've went home that morning feeling fine about the situation. When I told him this he said that he's not going to police all her reactions, that she's still young, that she's still learning and made all kinds of excuses for her. Exhausting. Apparently she got a "warning" and will sit out of the flag activity (umm, ok...). He seems like a smart guy and wish him nothing but success in the future and I was earnestly trying to offer advice for how to handle a situation like this better but it fell on deaf ears. I really hope that some kind of learning comes out of this for both of them. Oh and to top it off, my son's friend told her mom that Carson was giving her looks several times throughout the day today and when she asked what kind she said "side eye" looks. NOT COOL. My son also said she was kind of mean to him but wondering why they were even in close proximity when Michael said they'd absolutely be separated and would not see each other? Validates we both made the right choice by pulling them both out. He offered a refund but I'm still pissed about the situation.

Beautiful art on the walls to inspire students. Their summer camp is often full - get in early…read more There is a creative writing class too!

Hosted a birthday party here for my daughter. Ms Lin was incredibly attentive and easy to work…read morewith. The girls all had a great time. I highly recommend this studio.

Such a cool environment! High quality place with plenty of options. This is a super fun place to…read morecome to hangout. Clean and spacious. Staff is incredibly friendly and courteous also take their job seriously just right and are super careful. Overall, a great way to escape and burn through a few hours.They also have a drop off service for kids on the weekend that is really nice.

I grew up going to this place back in the early 2000's. I am now a parent and I took my kid. The…read morecafe is gone which is such a bummer. The actual big play room is ok. I was disappointed at how dirty it was. You could see so much dust on the outside part and the actual play area was quite dirty. I wish it was better kept. We went in for the 9-1pm play time. At around 12ish an employee started to wipe down tables and such and the room reeked of Lysol spray. It got so bad that we left before our desired time. It's such a bummer because I feel this was such a staple in the community. For someone to pay $19+ for 1 visit it needs to be fixed.

My daughter and her two friends attended camp this summer and came back each day with so many fun…read morestories to tell about what they had learned! It was a great experience and all three said they want to go back next year! It's a gift to be able to have our children in such a lovely park as Wilderness. They got to see a turtle laying eggs! Nature is the best teacher so we just loved this!

Eco Kids Camp exceeded our expectations. It was engaging, educational, and genuinely fun. The…read morecamp's setting offered the perfect environment for kids to explore nature and learn about protecting the planet. Through hands-on activities, children discovered practical ways to be more eco-friendly at home. Kathleen, along with the other counselors were outstanding, thoughtful, and inspiring. We created wonderful memories and left empowered to make sustainable choices in the future.

Love this camp - they have lots of fun activities for the kids every day. All the camp counselors…read moreare fantastic and have such great energy.

My kids had fun with various activities. Friendly staff. Easy check in and check out. Easy…read moreregistration. Convenient location. They provide lunch and have very healthy options which is amazing. Easy registration and payment. Great overall experience