Do the benefits outweigh the cost?
Dd is 6. At the moment she attends a forest school once a week in the summer, and goes to dance class once a week year round. We have play dates but all her friends do extra curriculars and so it can be tricky organising them, so we have one every two weeks or so.
She really wants to give ice skating lessons a go. Money isn’t in great supply, so I would have to cut back to pay for them, but we would manage if it was just the lesson cost.
I think it could be really good for her as she is really insular and shy, but I’m worried about the cost of two activities. Is ice skating one of those activities that soon racks up financially? I was a bit shocked when she started dance as it isn’t dedicated ballet/tap, it is just a fun class, but then they had to buy a £20 t shirt and £40 jumper for the uniform, the tickets to the shows are expensive (£20 each) and then there are the tickets to the children’s parties and trips to the theatre, so I’m worried that this might be the same. We tried rainbows and beavers but she hated both, and I’m not sure of any other low cost activities near us.