You care about each student! I have seen a significant change in my son’s engagement and satisfaction over the last few months. Hats off to your center directors (Jared and Kirsten) who are going above and beyond to understand and customize learning. To be honest, we had been with code ninja for over a year and were thinking of leaving. The new software is disappointing for the kids. For example, tonight my son worked for two hours and had the software crash and restart twice erasing his progress, and there is nothing that can be done. But Jared tried to cheer him up for over ten minutes with Pokémon card chatting which he loves. Pretty sure chats with Jarad are a major motivator to go, like a post coding reward! I also have seen some of Kirsten’s new ideas for the kids and they are awesome! This makes all the difference in kids resilience and willingness to try again. You have amazing directors who ask and continue to ask about our experience, listened and made small adjustments that made a big difference. In addition I see them constantly engaging with the kids, coming up with fun celebrations (mint wall trophy’s are now a thing in our house), and customizing interactions per kid. They deserve a pay raise!
I gave feedback that I wanted more communication from the program about my son’s progress and WOW did they deliver! The very next time we came into the studio they had helpful progress / feedback sheets for us updating us on what our son did in class that day and how it impacted his progress toward his goals. Also they got prizes to motivate kids toward leveling up and lanyards with pins to show progress, all of which really motivate my son. He’s been much more excited to attend since these changes have been implemented. Way to go!
Love Code Ninjas! My 5 year old has been doing it for the past 6 months and looks forward to every single class. The teachers are awesome, the community is great and he has been learning coding concepts in a very kid friendly way. Super excited for the future with Code Ninjas!
Our son loves to go hang out with like minded kids and work on his coding. With moving to impact, it seems like some of the senseis he works with are not as versed in that as they were in the old curriculum, but he didn't seem to mind because they can work out problems together. He also really enjoys the clubs and parents night out was great
I love the fact that my child not only is learning coding, but she is also learning problem solving and critical thinking skills. Bonus is that she also is making friends and personal connections!
We like how you do your scheduling. It’s nice to have an activity that works around our already busy schedule. Everyone who works there has been so kind! I don’t know much about coding but my son loves it!
Our child has come out of her shell since starting at Code Ninjas! She is more confident, and is learning skills that will help her all throughout school