The Curious Academy

We can't comment on the quality of the classes as we did not have the luxury of time to go for any trial lessons. But, in terms of facilities, I would say it is very up to the mark.

I think L enjoyed the class (well she enjoys every class she's ever been to) although she refused to go into the class and was screaming at the top of her lungs when I took her in (that was because she wanted to stay and play with H in the indoor playground). When she finally stopped wailing, she started participating. I think the physical activities will do her good she did most of them but not all; some she was actually afraid to try like swinging on the trapeze. But the glenn doman bit (i.e. the flashcards), I'm not sure I'm at all convinced. It's not that I don't believe in the effectiveness of flashcards, I just don't think it's the right way to teach a kid to read. I still believe in giving the kids solid grounding in phonics. Besides, I don't really need L to know how to read at this age. Learning how to read is not my main objective. But I must say I'm pretty impressed with L's memory. One thing for sure, my little L's concentration is amazing. When the teacher was flashing the word cards, she was the only one concentrating. After flashing the cards once, the teacher actually tested the kids by holding up 2 cards and asking the kids which card showed the word she said (e.g. she held out the words 'winter' and 'snow' and asked which one is 'winter'). Both times she tested L, L got both words correct. I'm not sure if she just fluked it, but the teacher was pretty amazed. I'm actually quite torn with my decision on the one hand I like the place, I like the physical component of the class and I would love to get L into the other non glenn doman programmes they have; on the other hand it's pretty expensive (and crazy) to pay a premium for glenn doman when all I wanted was the physical / gym component. I could easily join the Little Gym or Flykidz for half the price.