2017 Golden Teddy Awards — Camps + Classes

Winner: Piano Playground

Seattle’s Piano Playground is a piano studio with a special focus on exploration, creativity and self-expression. Clearly this approach is working for your budding young pianists and you voted in droves in support of it. According to a parent testimonial on Piano Playground’s website, the instructor “knows just what songs to pair with each child, uses a mix of resources to engage their interest and encourages each child to experiment and take risks without fear.” 

Finalists

Not a year goes by that Seattle’s Creative Dance Center isn’t among your favorites in the Golden Teddy Awards. This non-profit organization’s classes feature the studio’s signature BrainDance, which you love for how it connects kids’ brains and bodies in remarkable ways. CDC offers a variety of classes, from parent and tot to early childhood to teens and adults. One voter praised the classes as fostering “passion, compassion, creativity and freedom.”

You want quality foreign language instruction for your kiddos and you clearly think that Sponge is doing a fine job at it. Voters praised Sponge’s “wonderful interactive language courses and exceptional teachers,” and its programs that “introduce foreign language to young children in an engaging and effective environment.” 

Everyone wants their kids to have a leg up in today’s competitive world and your votes show you like the edge that Bellevue’s Russian School of Mathematics (RSM) gives your kids. RSM provides after-school math enrichment, tutoring and test prep for kids in kindergarten through high school.

A newcomer to the Golden Teddy Awards, Seattle Magic Academy has already made a mark. Local performing magician Xakary seeks to train the next generation of magicians while helping build their communication skills and confidence through magic. Your votes show Xakary’s classes are doing the trick.