The Socratic School of Language

*****FIVE STARS***** I had been driving by the MindBloom School on Rhode Island Ave. for two years waiting for my daughter to be old enough to go to this school. I imagined my baby learning Mandarin and coming home and painting Chinese Calligraphy but when she was old enough to attend Summer Camp there last Summer I discovered that it was so much more than learning languages: Chinese and Spanish. It's a total language and cultural immersion experience where they learn about Spanish and Chinese foods, go to cultural museums like the Mexican Cultural Institute; learn about traditional dances and history. The kids receive personalized attention, they take walks daily, the teacher to child ratio is amazing. It's just an all around nurturing, child centered diverse cultural immersion environment for preschoolers. The Director is amazing, very knowledgeable, hands on and approachable....

My daughter receives Mindbloom Spanish services as an aftercare program at her school twice a week and we've been beyond pleased. She has articulated that she loves the class saying things like "Spanish is my favorite", "Do I have Spanish today?" and "Look what I made today!". We have also overheard her pretending to speak Spanish when she engages in imaginative play at home.

We've also been more than satisfied with the observed structure of the program. When we arrive to pick her up, children are always all engaged in a cool art-based activity and I often hear "wait a minute Mommy" as she finishes up. We would highly recommend!

I have been very happy with the immersion program that Mindbloom is offering at my daughter's school - I even have started encouraging other parents to join the program!

It had been three years since my kid was in a bilingual daycare, so I was not sure whether she would be able to pick it up again easily. And in the beginning, she was frustrated by the lack of English and how she couldn't easily understand everything that was happening. But very quickly, she began to understand her teachers based on context and other non-verbal clues. After 5 weeks in the program, she is now singing songs in Spanish every morning and she looks forward to the program every day. She really enjoys the various activities they do with the children - art projects that incorporate words, letters, colors, body parts, etc. She also likes to tell her little sister the Spanish word for different...

Before MindBloom, I tried to teach my daughter basics in mandarin and have brought her mandarin language programs in the area with little success. She did not want to learn from me and was bored in other classes. Since starting MindBloom, her mandarin language skills has exploded exponentially with tangible results. The other night I heard her sing a mandarin song she learned through her MindBloom class. She not only sings the words in the right tones but understands the meaning of the words - she knows what she is singing about.

My daughter looks forward to class and loves her teacher. She proudly shows the crafts she made in class and tells me about it in mandarin.

In addition to speaking, I have been very impressed that she is actually starting write chinese characters in her lessons. Overall, MindBloom has exceed my expectations and I...

As the European-decent parent of Chinese-American children, it means so much to us to have MindBloom available to our three-year-old through Amedon-Bowen. The curriculum is practical and the projects are fun for the kids. The practice words and pronunciations shared with parents helps us all engage in our child's experience. The teachers are kind and understanding. The room seems to be distracting, but that's of no fault to MindBloom. We sing your praises and are very thankful! Thank you!

Great classroom opportunity. Would like flashcards and regular checkins, but this is a great subject to introduce at an early age.

We really wanted to reinforce what our son had learned in Spanish class at school last year, especially because his class will only take Spanish in the spring this year. So we signed him up for the aftercare program to have some continuity and he says he likes it and is always eager to show us his projects from MindBloom. Still I worried that he might lose both interest and vocabulary since he recently started Hungarian school on the weekends. Apparently my worries were unfounded--during his most recent Hungarian class when it was his turn to say the colors in Hungarian (he knows them well) he excitedly recited them in Spanish instead!

Great program full of activities and good staff.

Really happy with Mindbloom summer camp. We enrolled our 5 year old and 3 year old for the summer spanish immersion program. Not only did they gain in their spanish language ability but also learned some arabic and chinese. In addition, our 5 year old actually learned a surprising amount of math given it was just a summer camp. They also had some nice field trips and tried some different kinds of foods over the course of the summer. Definitely would recommend to other parents.

My 5-year old daughter had a wonderful experience at Mindbloom! She was initially shy & nervous about being in an unfamiliar camp, but she had a great day making new friends, speaking new languages and especially making piragua! She told me that she loved taking a nature walk and felt better when a teacher noticed she was feeling a little sad. When you walk in the door you are immediately welcomed with a Spanish, Arabic or Mandarin greeting. Mindbloom is fun, engaging & nurturing, and they were able to accommodate an unexpected change in our schedule. Thanks Mindbloom!