Would you attend a toddler class after 3.30pm? Please pick apart my idea!

[Yorkshiremum22]

I'm a toddler Mum and former English teacher (primary).

I work full time and my 20 month old is in nursery. I want to take him to some classes - both for his benefit, but also for mine to meet other parents - but everything in my local area for his age group happens during the school day. I pick him up at 3pm three days per week and we do some sort of activity until tea time but did find this especially challenging in the winter or when the weather is bad.

My idea is to run a toddler group from our local village hall centres around language development, stories and developing an early love for reading, that starts at 3.45pm and runs until 4.30pm.

If this was in your area, is this something you would attend?

Initial musings:

1. Ages 18 months - 3 years. Bigger kids are welcome to attend - they can join in and 'help' their siblings, or sit and read independently if they are old enough to do so in a dedicated area set up with cushions / bean bags especially for them.
2. £3.50 per child per week - no charge for adults or bigger kids.

Would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions! Not really looking to make a business out of this, per se - just enough to cover hall hire, resources and insurance, etc.

I wouldn't, because that point of the afternoon is easy for me to fill at home after a day doing other activities (I'm a SAHM). My son napped until 3-3.30ish and then my husband finished at 5 so it was a small enough gap to fill with playing at home.

I'd be surprised if many working parents were available at that time, and I think kids who've been in nursery or preschool all day would be too tired to engage much. And I wouldn't think older kids would be that content to just sit on beanbags and read for 45 minutes.

Very few paid for activities round here do classes in the afternoons, presumably because of lack of demand due to naps and school runs.

The church next to ds's school does a toddler group 1:30-2:30, attendance is hit or miss, even though it works well with pick up.

We always say we'd love something on a Sunday afternoon, especially in the winter!