Creative Movement & Arts Center

There are many places in this area to join for indoor play spaces for your kids. Many offer a wide range of activities and play groups, mazes etc. Some are great and some are a total miss, such as this place. My wife had the experience of being a part of a new moms group. It so happened that a person in the group belonged to this place and was able to cut some sort of deal to have the moms come every Friday with their newborns or toddlers. In looking into membership, it is totally outrageous and for what they offer it is not at all worth it. We even had a birthday party here with all the kids in the group and that was even a waste.
First off, there isn’t much to this place. Three rooms, one being large containing all sorts of mats and climbing structures. The other rooms are empty and used for music and a kitchen area for functions. The problem with this place, the play structures and equipment is not geared towards littler kids and it is all out there, ready to be played on and ready for a major accident to happen. There was many times when coming here I was appalled at how sharp the edges were on balance beams and how climbing equipment did not appear safe. The music offered at the birthday party was just a boom box and a staff member sitting a circle with the kids. By the warm the staff is not all that friendly and does a good job to not make you feel welcome. For the amount of membership dues they charge, you would think you would get a warmer welcome.
In the end, there is one of these types of places on every corner in this area. Or for that matter opening, and not all require memberships or dues to play. Plus the others I am quite sure would rather not put out unsafe equipment for toddlers and infants to play on. Skip this place and drive farther down Highland Ave toward Newton where you will bump into 3 other places friendlier and less costly.

We had our daughters birthday here last year and she also attended a ballet class and the staff was great.
Unfortunately the director there has a bad attitude and likes to intimidate customers. On several occasions she approached my wife to tell her that she was not welcome to attend either a trial class (even though she called ahead and they said to come by) or what used to be a free «drop-​in» class. When we bought their yearly membership (Dec 08), one of the attractive benefits was the fact that they had regularly scheduled free drop-​in art /​play times scheduled.
As of this past week they changed their policy and you now need to be enrolled in a class to take advantage of this benefit. My problems are:
1. We were never notified of the change and again the director had the nerve to confront my wife in front of everyone and tell her basically that she was not to come back and she «could stay this time». It was humiliating and embarrassing to say the least.
2. This is just bad business. In this economy. how can you treat your customers this way. change your benefits in the middle of a membership and have the nerve to intimidate and humiliate paying customers.
Unfortunately we get the feeling she maybe discriminating against people of color since discussing this with other people (who we mistakenly referred to them) who are of color she has the same bad attitude.
I would stay away. There are plenty of other choices in the area. Again it is unfortunate since the rest of the staff is very pleasant.
R