To ask when you stopped going to toddler groups and classes?

[Inthemidstofamist]

DS is 3, feel he may be getting a bit old … when did you stop going?

Would you consider switching football or swimming to a weekday instead - which would also free up your weekend?

I have to keep the swimming lesson at the weekend because I go in the pool with DS and I have no one to have DD in the week. He does the football with his dad, it’s straight after swimming so works well .

Ah, I thought you meant that you thought he would enjoy it but had other reservations about it.

So some other things we have locally just in case they exist near you . . .
Climbing centre does toddler classes
Council gym has a playgroup in the sports hall with footballs badminton racquets etc
Tennis club runs a preschool group(v expensive though)
Basketball club has a preschool class
Dance school does "baby" Latin and Ballroom classes for 3+
Big Science preschool classes
Cookery classes for 3+
Lingotots - language classes for preschoolers
Forest school

Lots around but can be hard to find and of course not always at convenient times!

When they started school although some groups were more geared towards babies so we ditched those and found new ones.

It sounds like he does enough to be fair.

Could you arrange an outing out to a park or play date with another SAHM friend who has similar aged dc?

Thats what I’d do. You could ask a mum at the groups you attend?

Once mine were charging about in toddler groups and mums were diving to save their babies on playmats from being run over by the trike he was riding at speed, it was time to leave. 😂

Mostly when they started pre-school/nursery around 3 and did 5 morning sessions though because of their summer birthdays there was a point when they were oldest in groups and they did start getting a bit fed up.

Though I did a few afternoon and holiday sessions with older and younger child - but at sites with outdoor and older toys - and they needed watching.

It depends what is in the local area - though we also did local parks when the weather was better but that area had lots of good small local parks along nice walks and big park next to local library - current location has none of that so here we'd have struggled.

I found other parents at groups were best source of information to what there was locally.

Thanks, I’ll have a look. I can’t really rely on play dates so ideally would like something regular!

We did more of a mix of nursery and forest school type settings where the kids are slightly older, fun skills we'd have less time for once at school like swimming, ice-skating, gymnastics etc and term time holidays.