Ruby’s Tumbling

Went for a birthday party and my 2 year had so much fun. Gigi is so engaging with the kids. I love that. Very nice people. We are starting classes next week. So excited. Thank you Gigi and Ruby for having such a great place for us to take a little ones to.

I bring my 20 month old boy and he loves Ruby’s. We’ve come on different days of the week with both teachers and they’re both great and it’s really easy to come on a different day when we need to make up a class we missed. The place is bright, clean, and well kept. The teachers are great with getting kids out of their shell in an environment they feel safe in. We both love it here!

My husband and I brought our 21-​month-​old daughter here for the Itsy Bitsy class they have on Saturday mornings. We weren’t totally sure what to expect, and didn’t get much in the way of guidance when we got there. That said, all the other parents were welcoming and helpful, and clearly had been there regularly.
Once class got going, though, we quickly came to understand that Ruby’s most appealing characteristic is that she’s no coddler. As one dad said, she kind of manhandles ‘em — and they love it. She hustles the kids into doing tasks that I thought were way beyond my toddler’s ability, mostly just by acting as though it’s all the most natural thing in the world. «Of COURSE you can climb a wooden ladder two and a half times your height, cross the top, and climb back down the other side.» Then she just grabs their little feet and guides them into the right positions, and moves on like it ain’t no thang. The kids take her cues, and are pretty much fearless.
Everything’s perfectly safe, since there are layers of thick cushy padding everywhere. I just never thought that a kid who is only just getting the hang of walking would manage to cross the rungs of a horizontal ladder, or make her way along a balance beam. Ruby clearly likes and cares about the kids, and enjoys her time teaching them. What’s more, she obviously knows just what she can ask of them, and they all seem to rise to and genuinely enjoy the challenges.
I can’t wait to start bringing my daughter back. I’m only knocking off a star because I wish the drop-​in rate were more affordable, and that class wasn’t quite so full. The other stuff people mention doesn’t really matter to me. Is the equipment new and fancy, and does it smell like fresh-​cut grass in there? Nah. Do they sell lattes and incense at a front desk? Nope. Does my daughter leave happy and confident (and ready for an epic nap)? You betcha!

Not what I expected at all. When I first walked in, I noticed a weird smell. The place looks old and dingy, a little run down. My kids went here for a birthday party. The place had a bunch of mats on the floor and a few equipments to play with. For only an hour of play and another hour for refreshments, it is not worth the price. Plus the area for refreshments reminds me of a basement, very low ceiling and dim.

I brought my daughter here for the advanced tots class. Class was 1 hour long, and had about 20 kids. She enjoyed it very much. But there was only 1 teacher for the 20 kids. Although my daughter didn’t need much help, but some of the others clearly needed it. I can see the teacher struggling to keep the class in order. Some kids were not following the rules and some could not complete some of the exercises.
They should really limit their class sizes or increase the teachers in large classes.