The Little Gym of Mountain View

This review is for a birthday party we attended. We haven’t tried a class yet but probably will in the near future.
* The facility is bright and clean
* The party felt well-​organized and the kids were in constant motion
* There was no «hard sell» to try to get party attendees to sign up for classes, which was refreshing.
* I was very impressed by how kind and attentive the owner is. You can tell he really loves kids and loves his job. One child got sick and he cleaned it up immediately without making a big deal out of it or getting upset. Seems like a really nice man.
* There’s a separate party room and a good-​sized parent waiting room where you can watch the party/​class.
* The party room has a kitchen, and they cooked chicken nuggets for the kids.
* The equipment appeared to be in good shape and the bathroom was clean.
I would definitely recommend this as a birthday party venue for the 7 and under crowd.

We love this place so much! All of the teachers are so nice and you can tell they truly love working with kids. My son loves the Wonderkids Program. It’s a three hour program during which they do lots of preschool activities and also have a gym class. They incorporate the themes of the week in the Wonderkids program and will choose crafts and stories related to that theme. Themes can be things like the circus or construction sites. It’s very cute and my son gets all of his energy out in the gym! Also great for me, I can drop him off during this time and catch up on some errands. They also have two Wonderkids lessons each week, so you can go twice a week and the kids won’t be bored, it will be new material. We highly recommend The Little Gym!

My daughter (3 years old) went to a birthday party here and we were offered the free class. She loved it and we signed up. Now, she can’t wait for gymnastics days, loves to come, has a great time, and is always sad to leave. She was just entering into a stage where she was afraid to climb and slide at the playground. Now she is climbing, swinging, and balancing with the best of them. The staff seems to really enjoy children and are full of energy and caring. We tried a Parent Survival Night and she had a great time, but it was a bit too late of a night for her, even though we picked her up early.

My daughter had her 6^th birthday party at this gym and it was a blast! The kids Loved it and the staff were great.

My daughter (11 months) is in the little birdies class and adores it. She doesn’t walk yet while most of the other kids do, but she has been progressing with her cruising and walking with me because she sees the other kids doing it. She loves the music and activities. I enjoy moving with her and seeing her have such a good time. Having an extra class every week is great because sometimes she just needs to get some energy out. The staff are excellent and the facilities are great for little ones.

My six year old daughter loves Maya’s class on Monday afternoons at 1pm. She is super silly, and my kid has a blast.

My twins have been attending the little gym in mountain view for over a year. We absolutely love the place. The kids have grown emotionally and in behavior. One of the twins did not communicate much before and has developed her communication since coming to little gym. Mr Vince and Ms Debbie have been family to my little one after we moved to this area from north east. They look forward to seeing their teachers and participating in funny bugs. Lately the kids have been coming to wonder kids program and have grown emotionally and we can see a huge change in their social skills. Highly recommend to any parent with toddlers.

We had a birthday party at the Little Gym this afternoon and just had a wonderful experience! My son went to the MV Little Gym program from spring through summer. He enjoyed the teachers and the activities so much, he requested to have his 6^th birthday party there. Ms. Cece and Mr. Brian were our teachers today and they did a wonderful job leading the children. All the kids laughed nonstop and all had a blast. They also helped set up all the decorations and took great care of the kids during the snack/​cake time. They took care of the food serving, cake cutting, and even all the clean ups! Just want to say a special thank you to the wonderful staff here and for making this birthday party such a memorable experience!

My daughter Sylvie goes to Beasts class and she LOVES it! Miss Maya is a wonderful teacher. You can also get a practice class during the week if there’s room. So basically, if it works out for you like us, you get two classes for the price of one. My daughter really comes alive and says yay yay yay! everytime I mention Little Gym. Really a great activity.

My daughter and me were going to Miss Sonia class every Saturday morning.
Miss Sonia is great and my kid loves the class!
I can see that most of the kids stayed throughout the year and they all love the 45 minutes of energetic running around — it became an excellent way for us to start the weekend.

We had our son’s 2^nd birthday at Little Gym in Mountain View. The staff were excellent. They kept guests entertained the whole time with fun activities and they did everything for us, including setup, cleanup, serving cake and food, and taking presents out to our car at the end. The facility was great for a party; big gym area and good dining area. The kids and adults all had fun. I would definitely have a party here again with one caveat: I would recommend that they clean or replace the toys in the lobby area due to overuse.

Review for enrollment process–
We tried the Little Gym by trying out their free trial class today. While the class itself was ok and my little girl had as much as she’s had at similar places, I was rather taken aback by their front desk/​enrollment person.
It appears that our shoes were being held as ransom so we could enroll!
The first question from the front desk person was if we were ready to enroll when I requested for our shoes back. I was interested in getting all the relevant details AFTER getting my shoes back on my feet. But when I told her that I’d like to get back to her on that after considering a couple of other places, she promptly decided to ignore me and started helping other customers in a very gossipy manner. I did try to wait to get her attention but finally got fed up and interrupted their chitchat to again ask for my shoes and also tell her that if she’s not interested in talking to me, I’ll look for the relevant information online.
Instead of getting a –I’m sorry, let me get your shoes and then I can help you after I’m done with this customer, I got a,“EXCUSE ME!!!” followed by similar stuff which is not worth repeating.
While I was considering trying this place out for at least a month, I’m sure I don’t want to deal with angsty, rude and unprofessional teenagers at the front desk and would rather take my business elsewhere.

My daughter loves this place and so do I! She has been attending The Little Gym since she was 6 months old, she is now almost 3. Staff is very friendly and great with kids. She has learned many skills since going. And, when we drive past The Little Gym on errand day she screams with excitement!

I agree with the other reviewers that some teachers are really wonderful, particularly Trevor and James, but the general atmosphere is unpleasant and the make up policy confusing.
Also, the policy on siblings is inconsistent. I was told older son could sit quietly along the wall, then he was kicked out another day when we did just that. I think when you are dealing with families with small children, it’s important to create an environment where moms don’t have to abandon one kid to go into the gym with another.
Overall– my kid liked it for about 7 weeks then seemed bored and I felt bad for my older child. Wouldn’t recommend this place.

The teachers are amazing. Teacher James and teacher Trevor were fantastic. Both were full of life and fantastic with kids.
The gym is fun and the little dude I nanny for seemed to enjoy it. However, in his age range, the class times just didn’t jive with a typical 10 month olds schedule. Also, to me, the place just felt kind of dirty. I don’t know if they clean the balls and toys that they let the kids use after each time. Littlean got 3 back to back colds since he started attending.

Little Gym has been a second home for my children. My 7 year old son has been going there since he was 3 and so has my almost 5 year old daughter. Little Gym has very little staff turn over, so my 7 year old knows all the instructors. My son begs me to let him attend as many little gym camps as I will let him. My daughter says it is her favorite class and she has done numerous other things. I did not originally think that my son should even go to the little Gym, but one of his friends started going so he started going. Wow, I’m so thankful my children have had the magical experience of the Little Gym. They also have amazing birthday parties. All the kids are really entertained and the birthday girl or boy gets to feel so special.

Went to a birthday part for my daughter’s friend. There was this one staff who was bossy and oftentimes borderline mean to kids. Considering the party guests were small kids, I found that rather uncomforatble. If you don’t enjoy dealing with small kids or don’t have the patience for it, perhaps this is not the best place you can work for.
During the photo session, the bossy one focused so much on making everyone sit in front of the podium and poked my daughter’s lip then just left here there. She immediately started crying yet the staff never even bothered to come back to check. When I told her to be more careful, she basically gave me the look. Wow. I kept quiet because we were there as a birthday party guests and didn’t want to break the mood but more I think about it, this is not the place I’d ever want to take my daughter to again.

I’ve been to my share of kids’ birthday parties. It’s what happens when you have friends who have kids and you go to these parties every year so that you make sure that the kids don’t forget you as they grow older.
My friend’s son had his 5^th birthday here with his friends and they got to run around inside their facility and they also got to participate in interactive activities with the Little Gym staff… they had bounce lessons on the bouncy pads, they did some gymnastics rolls and tumbles, and overall, the kids really enjoyed the activities. The best part of all? There’s a glass partition that the adults can watch their kids outside of the activities room, seated in chairs. All the screaming and shouting is muffled inside the room while the adults with and without kids can chill-​lax outside. I even saw a few adults grab a bit of a snooze too! This whole separation of kids and adults during the party is GENIUS. When the kids have fun and the adults don’t have to work to make it happen… that’s a concept worth exploring.
My friend and a lot of the parents echoed my opinion and may look into booking this gym for their kids’ birthdays as well. The party room where the kids have the cake and food is a bit small… hard to fit too many people in there… but we managed to squeeze all in there. The staff were friendly and helpful during setup and cleanup too.
I hear enough screaming and shouting during my days at work so it was nice to hear some silence during a kid’s birthday party.

The first time my son walked into this place, his eyes lit up! I have never seen him do this ANYWHERE! Right away, I knew this was a good sign for us. Since that day, we’ve been to various other gyms (trial classes) and he never gave the same reaction.
The staff is extremely friendly and nice and greet you by your (child’s) name upon entering. The parents were also very friendly. I’ve been to some gyms where they don’t even acknowledge your existence, so it was nice to know that this place was different. I later learned that each Little Gym is ran by a different owner, so I can see how it helps to have great customer service.
My son joined the Bugs class (4 — 10 months) with Teacher James and he loved it! Although he was not a crawler, he had tons of fun doing flips and playing on all the different things that were laid out each week.
Some people have said that Little Gym is a bit too intense and they would prefer something a bit more low-​key (Gymboree), but we’re different. My son is EXTREMELY high energy and loves this stuff! My only rant is that I wish they would leave the green eggs at the beginning of the class out more since my son loves sucking on them!
The class is 45 minutes long and they ALWAYS start on the dot (which I really like!) and end on the dot. There’s 5 minutes of stretching and singing at the beginning of class and 5 minutes of singing at the end of class. Each class goes by super fast and I’m still tumbling my son at home wherever we get the chance.
Out of the handful of trial gyms I’ve been to, this is my all-​time favorite!

Oh, my goodness, the staff here is peppy. Very high energy, which is just perfect for those toddlers needing to get some energy out.
I attended a birthday party here recently and thought that most of the activities were geared for the right age group (in this case, mostly 3 and 4-​year olds). For about 30 children there was a staff of three, which was a good ratio. There were numerous activities — running and pushing over a huge mat to make a satisfying plop, jumping on a long trampoline, and free play time on the beam, bars and mat.
The activities I thought were a bit above the age level at the party were the direction-​following instructor-​led things, which went really fast and were very confusing to most of the kids (like swab the floor, attention, hit the deck, row, hit the deck, row, climb the mast — whoa! Stop the insanity!). Still, despite the confusion, the activity was hilarious, if only to watch the kids simply flailing around. At least they were getting some exercise!
During dinner and cake time, the staff was helpful, but wasn’t as on top of things as they could have been. I think all the running around tired *them* out, too!
I’d say this place is best for kids in the age range of 4 – 7.