ALOHA Mind Math

My child went here for two years. It didnt seem to improve my child’s math scores. While i like the abacus concept because it’s very visual, the classes and exercises seem extremely repetitive and no matter how many levels you do, its the same stuff. What made me finally stop going was that they asked me to teach my child the multiplication tables. Umm, isn’t that what aloha is supposed to be doing? And isn’t the whole point supposed to be teaching number sense with the abacus? So why do the kids need to memorize mult tables? Some teachers are much better than others. Also their hours are not the most convenient and there is always an unpleasant odor in the classrooms.

The abacus concept is very interesting though requires lots of practice as any other subjects. The owner Ms. Frany is very understanding. My children could conclude all the levels because of her deep support!

I called to learn more about the services and the owner, Frany was very polite and patient explaining things to me. My son tried the free class and really liked it and how the teacher explained everything to him and made it fun. Overall very happy with our experience.

Unprofessional and weird. Went to their office, this Hindi man was sitting on the floor eating, he gave us an arrogant look, no greeting, not asking anything, next thing we know this woman enters the room and he starts fighting with her right in front of us, yelling in his language and telling her something that sounded rude and disrespectful, like he was bothered we were there, while using aggressive body gestures. The woman invited us to step outside and we talked on a bench in the shopping mall. At that point we just wanted out of there.
These people suppose to teach and educate young minds and be role models for these kids, but it looks like they need themselves some lessons of manners and how to be civilized.
The company might be on the right track but apparently they sell franchises to anybody without checking on their business skills and professional conduct. It looked to me like she was the one with a degree and he was just the husband or a member of the family who put the money in the game and felt entitled to hang around and be all bossy and important.
Be aware! This doesn’t seem like the right environment for a child.