how much do you spend on extra curricular activities

[katiestar]

for each child per week and how old are they
and how many activities do you think they need at reach age.

Termly Fees:

DD (age 6, year 2)
Tennis £90
Gym membership £60
Ballet/Modern/Tap £150
Kumon £200 (£50 per month)
Pondering violin for next term which may be in addition to above and may replace tennis.

DS (age 4, Reception)
Gym membership £60
swimming £130
Kumon £200 (£50 per month)

wow... that's £2370 annually. I hope they are learning something!

£110 a term on 2 clubs lasting an hour each

Athen blimey, your 4y is doing KUMON? How's it going?

Fine. He likes it. He just draws lines to connect pictures, counts dots (verbally), and circles a number when I call out which one. For example I say "fifteen" and he looks at a chart of numbers and circles "15".

My DS is a bit challenged in fine motor skills because he he is loose jointed so he needs a bit more muscle control to make up for his longer ligaments. And so this drawing of straight and curvy lines is good for him.

He's not doing arithmetic by any means.

6 months ago we only had violin (DD, about £50 termly). Otherwise it was nothing. Zilch, nada. Sigh.

Now:
DD8yo Brownies £25/term, violin £55 term, swimming £21/month, trampolening and skating (£1.50 - £4/session).

DS5yo: £1.50/week trampolening, swimming £21/month.

So in theory, about £80/quarter for DS, and £172/quarter for DD. If I average it out per school-age child, that's ~£30/month, I guess.