Gymboree Play & Music

We just moved to San Diego and in our quest to find activities where my 2 year old and my 8 month old can be in the same class we came across this Gymboree. It is challenging to find activities for a 2 year old that are not Mommy and Me. The family classes have been our answer. The teacher is really good with making the activities fun and engaging for both of the boys.
If you are looking for a clean place to take multiple young children you have found it.

My daughter absolutely loved going to Gymboree. The staff is really nice and awesome with the kids and they keep the whole session fun! Always enjoyed the classes, we especially liked the preschool play and the sport classes for the older kids. My one complaint is probably something that happens in a lot of places, is that they are constantly cleaning and the place always smells of disinfectant or detergent. I am worried about the quality of air the kids are breathing as a result. I would rather they don’t clean the windows that often especially when the kids are present and if they clean the floors, they could just use water and soap instead of the spray bottles. So apart from my worries about the indoor air quality, Gymboree has been great!

I’m a huge fan. Been taking my kids here since they were babies and now taking my youngest. I think it’s great for babies to start learning about socialization. You become a family and make connections with other mommy’s. My kids start crawling and doing milestones from watching the other kids. I love the baby soccer.
As far as price, it’s worth it. First class is free and it really all depends when you start and what the promotion is. When I first started, I got $ 59 bucks for 6 months and then 79 after. I have two currently in the program so they cut deals for siblings during promotions. It’s only ages 0 – 6 years so my oldest cant go. I also love the free play and we go to the Claremont location and this one. If we miss a class we can make up at either location. This is perfect especially if you have little ones and want to give them a break from heat.

I started taking my daughter here about two weeks ago and so far, so good.
They offer the first class free, and if you sign up that day, you get $ 20 off the enrollment for the first month. I signed up after seeing how much my daughter loved it!
The class is great. Every week is a different theme. Parents are very involved in helping facilitiate the activities of the week. It seems like they really focus on building imagination during these activities and I love that we get to play as much as the kids do.
Everyone is really friendly and helpful.
I want to eventually try out a music or art class, but for now we are enjoying our «Play and Learn» class a lot!

This is a great class for the under 2 crowd. It is always clean, and you even see employees cleaning up at the end of your class to prepare for the next one. Some of the teachers are better then others, but overall we have been going almost a year now and have had a great experience.
My only complaint is that it has been getting so crowded the past few months, I really enjoyed it more when the class size was smaller. I called to see if there were smaller classes at my level, but they were all pretty big.

What Gymboree does for our little ones is awesome! They help them grow thru music and play! Every day there are different activities to help them develop! I love it and I am so happy I decided to take my daughter here. Aubrey is the level 1 teacher and she is amazing! She really knows what’s she doing and she is great with the babies! I would recommend this place to anyone!

1^st class was FREE.
we signed up for a couple more months to take advantage of their specials. (one, being the $ 20 off per month for the first 3 months. and secondly, unlimited L2 and music classes for the full month of March.)
here’s what we liked…
— cleanliness of facility
— friendly staff
— full classes mean plenty of interaction with other tots (social cultivation)
— engaging activities (OMG, B U B B L E S !!!)
— safe and fun play spaces and obstacles
— separate music classes with an emphasis on instrument and song activity
probably the only things we didn’t like…
— no nursing room, hey — baby has got to eat, amiright?
— is everything really for sale — milking it on the branded merchandise.
we enjoyed coming here and look forward to more playdates.

Great staff members and fun activities for the little ones!

Gymboree Play and Music was the PERFECT solution! She takes the School Skills Class once a week for 2 hours and 1 hour of Art II. It’s a drop off class so it give me time to work and run errands. She learns a new letter each week and is HAPPY to brag about it! LOVE IT! One great benefit is if you are a member you’re able to take your child to the open gym times where they can PLAY out their energy. The teachers are very enthusiastic and informative. I’ve already recommended this to my mom friends!
Background:
My daughter and I moved back to San Diego this year. Kayla, my 3 ½ years old, attended an amazing Montessori Preschool in Huntington Beach, CA since she was two years old. I was extremely satisfied with her development growth. Preschool is important!
The down side of moving in the middle of a school year is that you must enroll into a new school system and «PAY» more admission fees. PRESCHOOL is no joke… it’s EXPENSIVE! I just registered her to start in September, but was looking for a place to take her during the day time to interact and learn with other kids in the meantime. Gymboree Play and Music was affordable and gave her something to look forward to each week!

While this place is a little on the pricey side, I really liked it here. My son got to interact with other children and the instructors were great. Give it a try!

I’m a fan of Gymboree Play & Music overall, but for this location specifically, I’ve been here twice so far for classes. Once was for a Play class Level 4 and most recently for a Family Art class.
I do love the Play classes, but I regularly go to the Clairemont location and was doing a make-​up class in Scripps to check it out. The facility is nice and open. It almost seems smaller than the Clairemont location for some reason, but still i like the openness of the room. The instructor I had, I was a little disappointed with though… started class 5 mins late and then ended 5 mins early. wth? He also had a weird vibe about him… like he didn’t really want to be there? Maybe he doesn’t really like kids? I dunno… it was a big change because we loooooove our regular teacher (who happens to teach at both locations).
So last weekend, I took my daughter (20 months old) to try out the family art class. She had a great time experimenting with the different art tools, especially painting. The instructor was nice, but could have perhaps been a little more assertive in leading the class. It at times seemed a little chaotic, but there was a lot going on anyhow. The snack mid-​way through was a nice touch and my daughter loves a good story. I think i want to try an Art 1 class versus Family Art next time so that its a more distinct group by age. I really liked that there were a variety of activities the kids got to do… so they never got bored. I liked that they had something to take home with them (the art project).
Will probably be at scripps more often to catch my daughter’s fave teacher in a Level 5. its a bit more of a drive for us… but we can’t fathom parting from our beloved Delanie. =)

My son has been in the level 5 play and learn for a few months now and he loves it! Ms. Lara is a great teacher, she has so much fun with the kids. I love how the instructors refer to the kids by name several times in each session. Also the consistency of certain activites is nice, as well as the changing themes each week keeps the kids from getting bored! Thanks Gymbo and Ms. Lara!

My kids and I started going to the family art class last month and they LOVE it! Jill, the owner, is great and Brianna is so friendly and great with the kids.