Language courses for small kids - is there a need?

[nataliajjw]

Hello mummies! I've been exploring the idea of setting up an educational play centre for kids (pre school and younger primary), with a focus on teaching foreign languages (Spanish, French), but also a variety of other classes, e.g. creative thinking, performing arts, crafts etc. Do you think there's a need for such a place? Would you enrol your child if there was one in your area? If so, how much would you expect to play per language class? Thank you so much :-)

Yes I would absolutely sign my children up to a foreign languages class.

—please get rid of the mummies bit next time—

sorry, clearly didn't read the etiquette bit ;-)

There was a company doing language classes for preschoolers and they also went into a couple of primary schools doing after school clubs once a week. They couldn’t get enough children to make it viable round here unfortunately, despite advertising heavily in all the right places.

I could see this being popular, if you made a session long enough for parents to dual purpose it as a bit of childcare so they got some free time! There's a limit on weekday evenings due to bedtimes, but if you did Saturday afternoon, say 2-3 hours (perhaps 3 separate activities, with a snack drink in the middle) I bet that'd be popular :-)

(And there doesn't have to be a 'need'for something, just demand....phone accessories like socks and charms are a good example of stuff which sells, which isn't needed!)

Around here there is a really popular French cookery class for children aged 3-7.
There is definitely demand for this kind of thing - I wasn't looking for French classes, but the idea of cookery in French really appealed and my DD loves it.

It's about £10 per session (hour and a half)