Gymboree Play & Music

We have been going to Gymboree for 5 month now and we absolutely love it. Ms Alexis is wonderful! We go ³⁄₅ times a week for 1 hr. They have the best summer program that accommodate our schedule.
Our little Aiden love Gymboree.

I take my daughter to Gymboree classes at this location since she was an infant, now she is a 3 year old and still loves it with passion. We only went to the regular classes, and she learned a lot, interacted with other children, and enjoyed the experience. Different level classes build upon each other, so «graduating» to the next level is easy. Levels 2,3,4 and 7 are the best learning experiences for children of respective ages. Level 1 is great, too, but you can get the same activities for free in baby massage classes, while levels 5 and 6 are fun, but do not bring much novelty compared to level 4. Overall, however, the 5 stars are well deserved.
This location had a lot of changes in personnel, and it also changed owners while we were going there; of course, not all teachers were the best, but all were good enough to keep my child entertained. We were lucky to start our classes with Miss Yvette-​Marie, the best of the best, who no longer works there; however, Miss Allison and Miss Monica, the current teachers, are enthusiastic, energetic, and they sure know how to interact with little children, and how to address their frequent mood swings.
This was about Gymboree at South Lamar; I also want to mention, regarding other locations, that, whenever we were out of town, we went to Gymboree in El Paso and Houston, didn’t have to pay anything extra, and my daughter had the same astonishing experience.

Repetitive and headache inducing experience. Terrible hours/​schedule. And they make you physically go in to the actual Gymboree you signed up with in order to cancel. An overall painful experience that I cannot recommend for anyone.

This place is awesome. If you are not in need of full day care and want to get your child enrolled and engaged and learning this is great. They offer a lot of different things. Along with your weekly class you are able to go to OPEN GYM which is when you can come in and have free time. (TIMES ARE SET BY PLACE DIFFERENT TIMES THROUGHOUT WEEK, great way to use up some energy)
They have play and learn classes for little ones
and one of the greatest things they have a school skills class which is pretty much an entire day of preschool crammed into two hours. This is great because I work from home so paying over $ 500 a month for part time preschool does;t make any sense when all he does there is nap eat and whatnot.
During school skills they play in the gym then go back and forth practing lining up and going to the other room to do art, science and learn about letters and numbers according to a lesson plan. It’s really great!
As for my fellow UnilocalERS reviewing this place the only thing I can suggest is,
Obviously every kid is different so every child will take to each teacher differently you have to see what works best for your child. THey have a very well thought of lesson plan and it is your job as a parent to encourage you child to listen to what the teacher is doing. That is why you are there. It is not really a teachers fault if they give you the activity and your child does not want to follow along. I had the issue at first however I constantly encourage my kids to do what the teacher is doing and follow along. A way to get them to listen is to make sure you go to Open gym and explain the difference. Open gym means no teacher and they can explore as they please, Class means just that.
And for Katie H. Although yes it is difficult to see a child sick there are many things you as a many /​parent can do to help. ANYWHERE you go when children are involved will involve germs and LOTS of them. It is not necessarily GYMBOREE’S fault if not every parent wants to use the hand sanitizer. Make sure your child uses it. They do have a slobber bag and anything that was in someone mouth goes in there. It hangs there right next to the radio. They do sanitize. obviously kids put their fingers in mouth and go down slide touching but I doubt that your letting the children you care for lick the slides in front of you or the mats. Sanitze, Sanitze, Sanitize. Remind them to keep their hands out of their mouths and sanitize when you leave. :-)

I work as a nanny, and the toddler I work with is enrolled at classes at this Gymboree location.
The teacher and staff are friendly, and the other caregivers and children we see in his classes are always sweet and well-​behaved, but the longer we attend classes here the more his mother and I have noticed a serious issue.
Ever since we started going here, the kiddo gets sick. He was almost never sick before we started going to Gymboree, and now every time he comes down with something, it’s always a day or two after we go to class.
The Gymboree policies mention a bucket where parents are supposed to put any object that has been in a child’s mouth for sanitation purposes. I have seen several objects go in and out of mouths during class, and not only have I never seen anyone use the bucket, I’ve never even seen the bucket!
We usually arrive for class as the previous class is finishing up. As soon as one class walks out, kids from the next class will start walking in and playing on the same equipment, while the teacher stands around and chats with the parents in the lobby. Hardly anyone uses the hand sanitizer placed by the door.
On the equipment, the kids put their fingers in their mouths, then they touch the slides and toys, then they put their fingers back in their mouths.
How hard would it be to use a couple Lysol wipes on all the latex surfaces really quick between classes? I’ve seen more care in sanitation at animal shelters than I see at this place, and the kiddo I watch is paying the price.
The classes here are great, as I said. The staff is great. But in addition to the hefty enrollment costs, don’t sign up unless you’re prepared for some doctor’s bills.