The Little Gym of Scarsdale

This place started off nice with my wife taking my child there 2 times a week. But things changed as the crew tgere became more interested in themselves instead of the kids. They are not trained properly to deal with all the kids personalities and needs. When questioned about this there response was very weak and unprofessional. Even towards the end when we requested a phone call to discuss this, they blatantly took there time and called back days later. Its bad business and should really be checked on by the owner or management or you will lose business. Your in the business of children act like it.

We have enjoyed The Little Gym for approximately a year and a half. Once we aged out of «mommy and me» classes, my son wasn’t truly ready to follow along in the class with significant amounts of redirection. I had discussed my concern with the director prior to enrolling and was assured it would be ok. Unfortunately, it wasn’t. He was allowed to remain on his own (and sometimes out of sight), not participating for the majority of the class time. Redirection was simply shouting his name from across the room, while the music blared and over the noise of the other children– a method, that, while efficient, is largely ineffective.
When a child is left for significant periods of time to their own devices, they find trouble; specifically undesirable behavior. In those instances, corrections were much more «personal» and occasionally resulted in removal from class. Had they redirected in the same manner they corrected, the problematic behaviors may have been less of an issue.
I had offered to pay an additional staff member to attend the class solely for the purpose of redirecting more effectively while blending in with the class culture and was refused. I also offered to pay for private lessons and that wasn’t something they could accommodate. I spoke of alternative strategies for redirection and follow through would last for a session or two and would then revert to the above mentioned.
We couldn’t continue the program in good conscience.

Excellent staff! Had a bday party here and the staff is super enthusiastic and great with kids and adults

Oh my goodness. I have no idea where the other reviews are coming from. Sounds like it’s all from their family members to me. We recently enrolled and now stopped going for several factors: 1. Extremely unfriendly and not-​kid appropirate staff members. If you are thinking about sending your little ones, think again and look at the attitudes and languages these people speak. 2. Their entry place is always so filthy smelly — as if they never take out their garbage. 3. Throughout the summer, they had a horrible AC or no AC situation. How could be this acceptable for kids play place?
Never ever going back to waste money and provide an unhealthy unhygienic experience for my precious ones.

Great place. Crummy location.
A nice idea for kids (too bad this type of place wasn’t around when I was a kid). There’s a variety of programs there ranging from gymnastics to rock climbing. My son was enrolled in the summer «camp» program and had an awesome time each time he went. Place is a good size, with lots of activities to keep kids busy and entertained. The staff has always been friendly for the most part.
It is pretty pricey as far as their programs and amount of time, but really no different than most places out there these days.
If I had to make any complaints, it would be the area this location is in. Located in ritzy Scarsdale, some of the parents can be oblivious judgmental snobs (those that show, because there are a lot of nannies in this area that do the parenting for them who are noticeably friendlier). I’m not from this area thankfully, but plenty are — so you might encounter some rudeness from parents. Some of the kids can be a little spoiled and bratty as well, but it comes from the home and their unfortunate upbringing. Too bad this place isn’t in a more diverse area, but it’s really a minor complaint and not the Little Gym’s fault at all other than renting there. Just too bad this is the only location that I know of in Westchester (the next closest would be Manhattan, but that can be inconvenient for those who don’t live in Manhattan). They’d probably do just fine if they opened up a few more — and that doesn’t mean it has to be «upscale» locations, as it seems to be with this and other areas.
Parking lot is sizable enough. Some of the cars zip through pretty fast, so use caution when walking with the little ones to and from your car.
Overall a great experience for kids (and a break for parents at times, because they do a drop off program) and recommended.

Love this place!!! My daughter went here and we realized the coaches were awesome. When it came time for my son to go, who has some delays, we were hesitant. After my eye spoke to them, they reassured her they have seen it before and thought it would be good for him. Well, needless to say after a few classes of having to be in there with him Coach Nika (hope I spelled it right) took him by the hand and told me to walk out. However good I thought this place was before, it became even better!!! Coach Nika took Christopher and guided him through everything as if he was her own!!!
He is now in classes by himself doing activities we never thought he’d be doing on his own by now!!!
Little Gym of Scarsdale is incredible!!!

I have been going to this class for a few months ago and I have had a really good experience. My nine month old loves Claudia, and enjoys the bubbles, games, music and tumbling skills. I would imagine it would be even more fun as she gets bigger!

The place is fine and the kids enjoyed it. They didn’t love it but they had some fun (7 and 5 years old boy). It isn’t a huge place. I would come back if it wasn’t for the terrible customer service. The gymnastic teachers were friendly, especially with the kids. The front desk were ok, not friendly or smiley but fine; no need to be extremely polite, just don’t be impolite. The so called «director» though, was rude and clearly has no clue how to deal with customers. If you run a business you need to be flexible to work around customer’s needs. My kids were attending the camp starting at 9am and I needed to drop them off sometime before that. On the first day, the front desk girl let me drop them off with no issues. I signed them in and left to work around 8:45. The next day the director was there and said I needed to stay until 9am sharp because I wasn’t paying for any time before 9am. Her words were crystal clear: «You’re paying from 9am to noon, so you need to hang out with them until 9am.» I did stay until 9am but they are NEVER, EVER, getting my business again. EVER! I was thinking of making this a regular thing for the kids but she changed my mind instantly. There are many other places around offering the same service and I’d NOT recommend this place to anyone. I

It is a wonderful gym for kids: spacious room, sufficient equipment, comfortable area for parents to wait while watching kids through indoor window. The teachers are dedicated and fun. The group that my son attends is nice in size — around 10 – 11 kids on average.
The only reason for 4 star review is the air quality in the waiting room. It started smell like Lysol or clorox with the start of cold season. Most kids friendly places have realized that air quality matters and kids are not supposed to breath with artificial fragrance or germ-​killing substances. It is like taking antibiotics for no reason. The owners of Little Gym have yet to read the literature on this topic…
Otherwise I am pretty happy with the Little Gym. but, alas, i will cancel membership in January (you can cancel it either in September or January) There are other pretty great places for kids with safe air to breath in the area!

I am a moderately bored stay-​at-​home mom, and to keep us busy I’ve been to most of the music, dance, gymnastics, gymboree, mommy and me, etc, etc. class/​program in northern and lower Westchester. I have to say that I think the Little Gym is one of the best ones for a child like my son (age 20 months). He loves to climb, jump, run, tumble. He willl never sit in a circle and sing songs, doesn’t always like to listen and wont usually particiapte in a class with too much structure.
The best thing about the Little Gym is that there is enough time buit into the class to allow my toddler some freedom, in addition to having some group activities so he starts learning how to particiapte. I think a lot of the credit has to go to the instructor (Claudia) who is entertaining, fun and has a resonable approach to dealing with toddlers.
The Little Gym is moderately priced — not the most or least expensive program out there. The spae itself is clean and safe.
They also have a nice online class booking system which I found easy to use.
My only (gentle) criticism of them is that they dont have a great open gym schedule and its not particularly well advertised. But with limited space, I guess the classes take precedence.

I attended an intro class at this location and liked it very much — it’s much nicer than Gymboree, and much cleaner. Unfortunately the class schedule is such that very few classes are offered on the weekend, so if you miss a class one weekend you have zero opportunity for a make up class, unless you don’t work or can take time off during weekdays. And the open hours in the gym for free play aren’t offered over the weekend either, apparently. Without open hours and no make-​ups, the per class cost gets quite high. Too bad as I would have loved to have joined! The classes and equipment are quite good.

This is a wonderful place for children to learn essential gymnastics, dance, and sports skills, as well as life skills to help them grow! They have classes for everyone, as well as parent/​child classes! The staff is personable, warm, and friendly while always willing to help. A wonderful place to have birthday parties too!!! They do a great job!