Nine Fruits Learning Center

Both my kids attended 9 Fruits after school Chinese classes totaling 4.5 years. I put them both in CFL as we don’t speak much Chinese as home and I found the curriculum appropriate for that environment. Lots of repetition, all the vocabulary is found in the lessons (I hate it when books seemingly conjure words out of thin air and give no clue what they mean). The books use ping ying (versus bo po mo fo) which makes it easier to use google translate, if needed. Nonetheless, I’m guessing the books are written in Taiwan as they use ‘han’ for ‘and’ (instead of ‘he’) and other slight differences.
9 Fruits also offers a good variety of classes outside Chinese. Both my sons took Mrs Liu’s art class and did some amazing work. My oldest also took their chess class (they bring in Academic Chess) for a couple of years there and enjoyed it so much he started playing (and winning) in AC’s chess tournaments — but I digress.
As with nearly all Chinese schools in the area they offer drivers to pick you kids up after school. Makes it so much easier for a family where both parents work! One interesting twist is they use some of the proceeds to fund rural schools (e.g. poor) back in mainland China. At the end of the year performance they have a presentation showing where and who they’re helping.
In any case, be aware they’ve a new (permanent) location now at:
2484 Old Middlefield Way
Mountain View, CA 94 043