SiliconValley4u

My 10 year old absolutely loves learning computer programming lessons like Minecraft or Roblox. The instructor was so patient and he tried to maximize the chance for my kid to learn through fun activities. I'd recommend teacher Michael!

The class is said to be 3 hours long each day, but due to the low enrollment, it changed from group class for 3 hours to 1:1 for 1 hour.

Our 8 year old twin sons are taking an online coding class and have been living it! The online instructor is patient and friendly and my kids look up to him. Online class is hard for this age but the instructor keeps it engaging and it’s set with a Minecraft setting to make it more fun and less like just coding. I appreciate this group and our instructor a lot! Thank you.

We highly recommend! My son attended the class and he loved it. His friends are already attending the class. We like the Novice to professional course where they gauge and promote the student according to abilities.

We really liked the class. This was referred by friend of mine attended the class recently. I myself in the software field, use these languages day to day, but felt that my son is motivated to be in the class room ,structure and students from different parts of world online. I would want my son to get used to online classes than in-person as they are destined with it, it's better to get used to it.I highly recommend.

My son really enjoyed the class. Thanks for arranging the class in such a short notice. We took movie making with scratch class before and really liked it. Wanted to try build website , really like their vision and methodology for young kids. I highly recommend the course to develop application skills of coding , not just learning syntax. We look forward to continue through fall.

We signed up for a Build a Website camp, but we were scheduled for Movie Making a day prior the camp started due to low enrollment. While we remain flexible and understanding, the notice was not enough for us to cancel. It was a great camp for those who had experience Scratch. The instructor had little to no instructions on how to use the website, where to find things etc. my daughter struggled the first day due to lack of instructions and guidance. The instructor had only shared his screen for students to copy. It was bad where he was also in a beach or vacation place where students can hear the party music on the background. The instructor was late for the last 2 days of camp. I was hoping that my child would learn the basics of coding but all she learned was to copy codes.

Wonderful class! SiliconValley4u is well paced with very focused teacher. My two daughters aged 12 and 13 joined scratch class about three months ago in Ethiopia. This class is their first-time experience with coding, and they already outgrow scratch and advanced to Python. I am very captivated by what my daughters able to learn and accomplish within short period of time like creating their own game. Overall, SiliconValley4U has provided an enriching experience to my daughters’. Superb class!

SiliconValley4u is an amazing place for a kid to learn about coding. What I like about them is that they give you a wide range of coding languages. They have helped me become an amazing coder. I am grateful to them for giving me a good opportunity to teach one of their classes. I would recommend this class to everyone who is interested in coding and want to make a future out of it.

SiliconValley4u is an outstanding place for young or teenage students wanting to learn how to program. SiliconValley4u offers a variety of courses and programming languages for you to choose to learn the syntax all the way to developing projects. Highly recommend choosing SiliconValley4u to start your future career and learning how to code!

My son attended the trial class. Although we signed up for Wednesday, they accommodated for a weekend. My son enjoyed the class and we definitely register him with their coding academy. Here are the things I liked about the program:

1. A well defined intent. I'm in tech industry, python developer myself, and com e across so many places to teach coding. But these guys are making kids to do applications with it.
2. Great customer service . They are accessible every time I called
3. Flexible to accommodate schedules
4. Instructor is very organized and knows Python
5. Run by tech industry guys and know what they are doing
6. Very clear instructions via email for us to be prepared for the class
7. we want to our child to develop skills learning online. This is a perfect place
8. Last but not least. They are empowering youth , (like my kid) to apply skills using coding, not just learning Python.

Only thing I might add is publicize more to schools so that we can sign them up thru enrichment programs.

My son who is 8 years old attended this camp for the week of July 12th. He learnt a lot of fundamental concepts of Python such as data types, loops, conditional statements as part of this camp and enjoyed learning from the instructor. The instructor was very organized, methodical, took the time to explain the concepts, guided the kids through all of the tasks. Instructor had the video on throughout the session. My son has requested to be enrolled for additional sessions as well. I would highly recommend this camp!

Thanks to the good instructor from SiliconValley4u, the summer class has been a great engagement for my son. My son is thoroughly enjoying learning new math concepts every class.

In summary: Terrible class and I wouldn't recommend this class to anyone.
These are some of the things I think they can improve on:
1. Instructions to get ready for the class wasn't accurate. One of them instructed instructed parents to download python from the siliconvalley4u website, but it was not needed at all. The instructor told the students at the beginning of class that they will be replit, which doesn't require any downloads.

2. Instructor should have his video turned on. We have the same instructor for 4 days and 1 sub on the last day. Only the sub turned on her video. In my one year+ of observing online learning due to Covid19, I have never seen a teacher / instructor not turn on his/her video until this class.

3. Instructors did not appear to have experience with teaching children, maybe because they're also still young adults. I'm not opposed to having young adults as teachers but they should be trained on how to teach children so they can be more effective. Though I commend that the sub did not lose her patience, I could see her frustration when the children tested her patience. She had said on one occasion to one of the younger children who had trouble, "I told you a few times already, ...".

4. A couple of the students have had experience with python in a previous class. It wasn't a class purely for beginners only. The instructor had to give 2 different instructions to the 2 varying levels of experience, thereby confusing the younger students who were beginners. The class should have been limited to just beginners as advertised.

5. The instructor spent more time explaining concepts to the those more experienced with python than the beginners, who happened to be younger students. Given that this is a beginner class, the focus should have been on the beginners.

6. When the instructor utilized breakout rooms, he mixes the students with and without python experience, making it challenging for the younger students because they had different instructors on what they need to do.

7. Have qualified instructors teach the class, especially to young students. Knowing python doesn't automatically make them good instructors.
a) The first instructor knew python well but assumed that everyone knew and would learn quickly so he glossed over the concepts quickly expecting these young students to understand.
b) The first instructor didn't teach the concept before giving the instructions to the students. When he realized that he hadn't taught them, he said, "Oh, I forgot that I didn't teach you guys that. Don't worry about it. I'll give you the solution later". This happened a few times. How are the students going to learn if he's just going to give the solutions?
c) The sub didn't seem to be as experienced with python as the first instructor which is ok but she had trouble relaying concepts to the students and was frustrated when the students repeated their questions.

8. There was a project that the students had to complete but the instructor expected it to be completed in 30 minutes. Most of these students were still unfamiliar with Python, so that expectation to have them complete the project in 30 minutes was almost impossible. This is exacerbated when the instructor forgot to teach an important concept and decided to show the solution instead of explaining the code.

9. Reading errors should have been part of the curriculum. It's important for students to learn how to fix their own mistakes by teaching them how to recognize the errors. Both teachers asked students to share their screens to read their errors and fix their scripts on their behalf instead of teaching them what was wrong with their scripts so they can correct them themselves. In the end, the students only knew how to copy and paste code but not understand the code.

10. Most of the younger students who had help from a parent (or guardian/relative) probably benefited more than others that don't. These parents acted as teaching assistants to compensate for the lack of teaching quality. If assistance from parents are needed, I'm sure they would appreciate a note in the description of the class noting this.

My 8-year-old is taking a Scratch class right now and he LOVES it and always looks forward it. His teacher is nice, and he loves the way she starts off with a little quiz each time. Afterward, he enjoys showing me the project that he made during the class. The level seems just right for him. When this session is over, I'm sure we'll be signing up for another!

My daughter enrolled in Math Olympiad with SiliconValley4u. Unlike other math classes giving lot of paper works these people are doing it in a different way to make the kids think on their own and having the quiz in every session. The teacher is doing good and giving the time for the kids to answer. She likes the class very much even though it’s 1 hr she’s not bored. Keep it up guys

SiliconValley4U is a great place for a kid to grab an interest in coding and learn more about it. There are many coding languages that SiliconValley4U offers, so there are so many possibilities and career paths to choose from. I highly recommend this school for any kid who wants to learn coding and wants to make a career out of it!

This class has a good mix of everything match related. My daughter is in first grade and the teacher does a real good job at covering things are her grade level and also introducing new concepts in innovative ways. The admin staff is great and very helpful in terms of following up and checking in.

My son signed up for the “Beginners Python” class because his friend signed up for it. Since then he has signed for up 2 more Python classes. He is really enjoying the class with the great teacher to student ratio. He receives homework and is proud to show me his coding.

My son has been really enjoying his coding class so far. He looks forward to it every week. His current teacher Aryash and previous teacher Mounica have been great - my son says they are patient, answers all their questions and keeps the class fun.

Mostly my son enjoyed the class. However it could have been better with more engaging & creating assignment/homework and questions during the class.

My son enjoyed the class. He is looking forward to join the classes.

We went to a lot of virtual camps this summer, and this was one my 8 year old really liked. She has continued to use Scratch to build her own small games and animations, and she asked to learn more. She says, "I'm glad that they let people first try things on their own, and then help them with their code if needed. I learned a lot." Good instructors who are patient and engaging.

This was such a disappointment for my son that I felt bad. They started out with very simple 3D models and continued on that path. He was so bored. They didn’t cover steps to printing; or how to scale for printing;. Day 3 was still such basic models that I excused him from finishing. The teacher actually said she doesn’t have or use a 3D printer and gave a phone number for their consultant to field questions. This was basically a class in how to create simple 3D models using a single app. We felt the class was misrepresented.

This was definitely our most disappointing experience of the summer. They left her behind the first day and then when we told them that, they said she was doing fine. We told them we wanted to get our money back and rather than telling us that would not be possible, they told us to talk to the administrator. Biggest waste of time and money and disappointment for the child ever!!!! Be warned!

Our daughter really enjoyed this class. The instructor adapted to the various kids' skill levels and did a great job encouraging the kids to interact with each other.

My son enjoyed the online coding camp. Engaging. Safe. Continues to be interested even after the class applying what he learned.

Our 10 year old son enjoyed the movie making class. It was very informational and fun for him. Thank You!

This was a first for my kids, 11 and 10 year olds, and they learnt new skills. It was a great alternative to in-person camps, during current C19 pandemic.

I would definitely recommend them to anyone!! My son is 10 years old and he enrolled for the Movie Making class which he absolutely enjoyed. He did a week and now he is addicted to it. We have enrolled him for another 2 weeks. The teacher is very dedicated, attentive, helpful & amicable. And the quality of their teaching is excellent. They give attention to each and every student and don't take this just as an activity to earn money. It is truly value for money.

Our son completed one of the online coding camps last week. It started out with basic Scratch material, with which he's already familiar. We asked whether there is an alternate class available for him to start on Python and SV4U was very helpful to accommodate our request and provide a suggestion. Our son very much enjoyed the Python class and made good progress. We're looking forward to next week's camp in which he will continue Python.

My daughter enjoyed this class, and learned a number of tricks and skills for effective 3D printing. She is now much more competent, knowledgeable, and confident at printing as well as designing.

After two weeks of online summer camp. my child really enjoy the class, he is excited about his development everyday. teachers are good, customer service are also really good, they are reply your questions quickly. Thank you for everything.

My 10yr old and 6yr old kids attended Python and Scratch programming sessions respectively last week. It was a great use of their time. Both kids enjoyed the sessions. The teachers guided the students well and ensured they followed along. Though my younger one was using the laptop for the first time, the teacher guided him well and ensured he was comfortable throughout :) I'll gladly recommend Siliconvalley4u to my friends.

My 8 year old really enjoyed the coding course. Managing a group of kids at varying ages and abilities was a pretty daunting task, but I'm really pleased with how patient and accommodating the instructor was with my son. They clearly had a course plan in mind, but allowed kids to move at their own speeds and created opportunities for them to explore their own interests. My son really took to one particular project and spent much of the week continuing to expand on it with the help of the instructor. He loved it and I really appreciated it! In a world where virtual camps are a must, this type of course was absolutely worth the cost!

Both of my kids have been learning from this as they continue to grow their coding skills. I believe these sessions really help them develop a logical thinking not just towards technology but in life as well. We would like to wish all the teachers and guru likewise for providing continued learning skills. Good luck and all the very best to all kids and parents who are part of this institution.

Vedanth my 8 year old son loves Scratch and movie making. This camp was so much fun for him. He was so excited to make animations with stick figures. Instructor was sweet and patiently handled questions and provided sufficient challenges. Bravo!

It's been an incredible learning experience. The teachers are fantastic, and friendly. I would recommend it highly.

My son started taking classes at SV4U last year and he has. had a fantastic learning experience there. The instructors there are extremely knowledgeable. The best part of it is that its very hands on. The flexibility with the classes is a big plus. I would highly recommend it.

SiliconValley4U is a great coding academy. The teachers are really nice and teach concepts really well. overall, my experience at SiliconValley4U was very good.

My son started taking coding classes at SV4U in 6th grade. It has been a great experience for him. The instructors are knowledgeable and provide personalized support. So far we have been happy with the services.

The first time I ever coded was at a SV4U one week python summer camp. Since then I have learned a lot from their weekly programming classes.

I have two kids enrolled in the coding class, the team is very supportive , they provide real time feedback and adjust well to fix parent schedule.

Siliconvalley4u is a great coding school. The teachers provided great projects that got me interested in coding. The instructors are also very skilled and are very helpful. Additionally, they were able to provide me with hackathon and internship opportunities. I had a great experience with them.

I definitely recommend attending SiliconValley4u, I am a student and I have definitely enjoyed coming here. They give valuable learning opportunities like Hackathons and internships that can help with your career. Everyone here is very supportive and they have great teaching faculty.

The class was canceled the last minute after I purchased a laptop for my daughter for the computer programming class. A bummer.

Both my boys attended siliconvalley4u classes ever since it started. They signed up for a camp and ended up enrolling in academy programs. My HS son will graduate from the academy program in Aug this year - being a Graduate in Coding. He created apps with assistance and guidance from his mentor. My younger one is eagerly waiting to start building apps. I would definitely recommend parents to try out in a camp to see if this is what the child wants - then enroll in academy program. It’s an commitment— but totally worth it!!!! Thank you so much to make a difference in my kids academic lives.

Eliana enjoyed her full day class. She learned a lot and had fun with the other kids. It was a small class of eight. Most important she wants to sign up for the next class and keep learning.