"The heart and soul of our family's homeschooling success lies in Creative Learning Place. At CLP students can choose from an array of innovative and more traditional courses (from English Literature to Nature's Geometry) and — because the courses are excellent and because the children have made these choices themselves — our children throw themselves into their learning with enthusiasm. By homeschooling, my husband and I seek to offer our children (and our whole family) the freedom of a natural childhood rhythm along with the rigor of excellent education and the joy of truly creative learning (which often, and edifyingly, feels like play). Without Creative Learning Place and its superb and generous presenters, we don't know how we would achieve our homeschooling dream. Thank you, Karen, and thank you to everyone who makes CLP such a rich and rewarding experience for so many families!"
—Andrea, Creative Learning Place Parent
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"My middle school aged children had never been in school and until recently didn't take classes. As they get older, I want to add something to our lives that would: reduce the burden on me; provide fun, creative educational content; expose them to friends on a regular basis; accustom them to a classroom and varying presenters; encourage them to do small projects at home with no pressure or competition; not cost me much if anything. CLP together with Inspire charter has been close to perfect for meeting these needs. Honestly, now that we've spent 2 years at CLP, I marvel that our entire educational system is build on a five day week when clearly so much can be accomplished in weekly classes with project time at home when appropriate. It really has helped balance my kids' needs with mine. Thank you CLP!"
—Sharon, Creative Learning Place Parent
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"We are writing this email in support and gratitude for the Creative Learning Place program offered at the Westside Jewish Community Center for home school children. The CLP program is not only invaluable to the children, but also to the parents who seek community and friendship with other home school families in the area. When we moved to LA from Canada, just over a year ago, the CLP was a place we immediately found a sense of belonging and community. And we have been able to watch our son grow tremendously this past year in this supportive and nurturing environment.
In a city which can feel overwhelming at times, we feel like we have stumbled upon a hidden gem with Karen. We feel so grateful for her efforts to make the CLP what it is today. And we are also extremely grateful to the WJCC for providing the space where this kind of magic and growth can happen. We hope to continue to be part of this wonderful community and look forward to another wonderful year at the CLP."
With Warm Regards,
-Brenda, Creative Learning Place Parent
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"My son has joined this incredible math class at Creative Learning Place since last fall and he loves it. I chose this program to support my son’s intuition and interest in mathematics and I’ve been fascinated by the unconventional approach that CLP math class promotes. It's impressive how teacher Eric’s class emphasizes comprehension over memorization or practice drills. Eric is very patient and actively engages students with math ideas by using intuitive examples and stimulates them to develop critical thinking/problem-solving skills. Instead of training to master a short term test, this class at CLP helps students build a life long foundation and understand ‘why’ deeply. This class is differentiated from other institutions in so many ways and we’re lucky to be part of it. I sincerely thank teacher Eric and CLP for such an awesome and unique class."
-Jieun, Creative Learning Place Parent
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"Our son is a child actor and has been homeschooling for the last couple of years after we moved to LA, leaving one of the top magnet school in Houston. While we were able to continue the rigorous academic program through enrolling into a charter school with plenty of online courses, we still wanted to provide our son an opportunity to interact with peer students in a classroom environment and participate in social learning activities.
We discovered Creative Learning Place and it quickly proved to be the best place for us to achieve just that – it is a perfect platform for children who are homeschooled. Just after a few weeks of attending this learning center, it becomes evident that The Creative Learning Place has created something very special by carefully designing an optimal program that emphasizes academics, promotes creativity, leadership and friendship. Going to learning center is a favorite part of our child’s studying routine – he is looking forward to each and every one of his classes and we are so blessed to have this opportunity available for our son."
-The Uraimovs, Creative Learning Place Family
