Camps for kids

Risu said:
Hello! Please beware of Club de Amigos for your child. We were members there for 3 years and unfortunately, over the years, it changed from being wonderful to being NOT the place to send your child. By the way, our daughter is totally fluent in Spanish. Now the classes are over-crowded, with the children sitting around waiting for activities for much too long & some of the staff can be intolerant & abusive to the children. This was our 4 year old daughters experience last summer and after attending a week, we received an email of a cell phone photo taken by a friend, of our daughter, standing with tears in her eyes & her hands covering her ears while her teacher was screaming at her in the pool area. Naturally, we pulled her out immediately, and demanded our membership fees & summer tution back. Well, it took a year of phoning & setting up meetings to no avail, until we hired Maria at Settling in Services Buenos Aires to set up a meeting with the right people & advocate for us. Maria got us a full refund & an apology to our daughter. It took us a very long time to erase the trauma of this experience from our daughters memory. I suggest you visit Club de Amigos at the afternoon session & just observe. If you need help finding a club for your children, email, Maria .at [email protected]. She helps ExPats find the best programs & schools for their children all the time.


I have to agree that the 1 on 1 care for smaller kids isnt sufficient at these very large camps - although club de amigos is great for my sons and his pals now he is 7, I found it and club Ferro in Caballito very liberal re child care so I personally wouldnt recommend anyone under 6 to go to either. My own 2.4 yr old goes to summer camp through his jardin which isnt open to non school attendee..it is great but please do look carefullyat any options...Argentineans adore children like no other nation but oversubsribed classes are dangerous no matter how much love is on offer..
 
Yes the ratio for 3 years olds worried me - seemed like a lot of kids per teacher. Thanks all for the comments - very helpful
 
We had our first week at this camp/school and it has been very good. They are welcoming and warm and our son has loved attending the program. They are very flexible and the place is well run and clean - actually beautiful with a creative atmosphere. One of the teachers speaks english and makes sure our son understands what is going on.

Thanks for all the replies.
 
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