Art Room

I do not feel comfortable sending my child here after what happened this Summer. My 6 year old attended a week long half-​day Summer Camp session, and loved it. He asked that we sign him up again for a week, but for the full-​day (which is an option on the Registration Form). I should have known something was strange when I turned it in to the owner, and she said, are you sure you want the full day? The afternoon session is basically a repeat of the morning. I said yes, my child really wants to attend the full day, it’s an option on the form, right? She quickly said yes and that was that. So Monday seemed fine, my child said he enjoyed the day. Then Tuesday after my child was in the car at the end of the day, he’s telling my husband about the day and he said they walked to the teacher’s house for lunch. My husband asked him to explain, and he said he walked across the parking lot with the teacher and one other student, with his lunch bag, ate lunch at the teacher’s home, and then played with the teacher’s older son. We were shocked, considering this was not at all mentioned as part of the Summer Camp, and we were not told our child would be leaving the building. We left a message for the teacher the next morning, and she didn’t call back. We called again Wednesday night, and sent an email as well this time. Finally she picked up when we called Thursday morning. She sounded surprised that it was a big deal, and said that her husband was also home and she just «needed a break». We explained that we absolutely should have been told of this, and we would have come pick him up at lunchtime rather than let him walk to the owner’s house to play with someone we’ve never met. She said our child was doing really well in the camp, and she promised to stay in the building all day Friday if we let him come on the last day of the camp. It was a little too late for that. She should ALWAYS be in the building! What if something were to happen to our child, or anyone’s child for that matter, in the walk to her house or at the house? I doubt she had liability to cover that. We requested our money back for the 3 days our child did not attend, and she said she’d mail a check right away. It took 3 – 4 weeks to get it, with us calling several times, even offering to come pick it up. I still feel this is completely illegal what she did, and have considered calling the police. In the end, the owner/​teacher explained that she will try to include a note on the registration form for next year’s Summer Camp, that explains she sometimes takes the kids to her home for lunch. It’s too bad this turned out the way it did, my child really enjoyed the art and it’s been really difficult for us to explain to him it’s not his fault he couldn’t attend again, this teacher just made a very bad decision.

Kids liked this place which speaks all of it. The Art room is quite spacious with two big rooms. We were having a birthday for in one room and also there was a drawing class in process in another one. The teachers were doing a great job to get both going.
The birthday party here has two portions. The pottery painting happens first then the drawing. They use a new paint so the pottery doesn’t need to be bake to make the color permanent. The drawing was using the charcoal first and colors later. We brought a cake so eating cake was a perfect logic stop between two activities.
A very nice Arty/​Crafty party in Lisle or Naperville area.