https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 27 May 2026 07:09:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068790 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 14:07:47 +0000 T-Mom 2068790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Various companies come to do extracurricular activities at my DS's preschool. Dance, tumblebus (gym class in specially outfitted school bus), art class, cheer. they are all for age 3 and up. My kids have been enrolled at various times for different ones. They never were bothered when they didn't go and other kids did. But they did ask to get enrolled in ones they really liked. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068770 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:56:35 +0000 daniellemybelle 2068770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think that's so expensive, but I don't like that some kids leave class to do something fun and some don't! </p> <p>I got an email about soccer classes at our daycare but it is for the older kids. They were trying to gauge parent interest &amp; offering trial sessions. I don't know what happened with that. I think it would take place after school, though. The school day is 9am-3pm with before care &amp; after care. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068757 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:51:11 +0000 Smurfette 2068757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: haha<br /> @regberadaisy: I think they do different sports and related activities. Like younger kids, working on throwing balls, etc. Parents are supposed to work on it at home too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068752 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:49:29 +0000 chopsuey 2068752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: playballatlanta.com<br /> They basically teach kids how to play different sports! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068751 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:49:25 +0000 Mamaof2 2068751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey: haircuts - now that's convenient! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068746 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:48:34 +0000 mediagirl 2068746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: maybe it's better this way, right now she loves her teachers more than the other kids. :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068744 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:48:12 +0000 regberadaisy 2068744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: @chopsuey: what's playball? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068742 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:47:35 +0000 chopsuey 2068742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They offer dance, piano, playball and a woman comes in to do haircuts like once a month! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068737 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:44:51 +0000 Smurfette 2068737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LuLu Mom: @mediagirl: I know most of Rs class does Playball and she doesn't but her teachers never have said her or other kids get upset when the others leave. They are just 2, or almost 2, so that could be a factor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068689 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:19:30 +0000 regberadaisy 2068689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DDs started offering soccer over the fall. It's ~$12 for 20m w week? It's too much for us but they need x kids each session so her teacher who is DH's cousin sends her sometimes to fill the quota as needed. :P</p> <p>@littlejoy: @LuLu Mom: @mediagirl: I know that one of DD's BFF goes to the soccer class. It's really not a big deal to my daughter?<br /> @littlebug: ours is also Soccer Shots. Yours is $15-20 for how many sessions?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068653 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 12:58:56 +0000 littlebug 2068653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours has Soccer Shots, starting at 2. D just missed the cut-off for the winter session, but we'll be enrolling him in the next one. I think it's around $15-20 for an 8-week session. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068648 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 12:57:08 +0000 mediagirl 2068648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LuLu Mom: exactly. I am really curious what they are going to tell the kids who are staying behind. I feel bad for my girl because I know her friend (who we play with outside of school) is going to do it. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068567 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 12:19:25 +0000 LuLu Mom 2068567@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha this is just nuts to me, I've never heard of having to pay extra for activities, isn't that what you pay for daycare for? I can see swim lessons, ect. if you take them somewhere else but a music class? Talk about an opportunity to single out a child whos' parents choose not to do it/can't afford to do it. My 2 year old would never understand why so and so got to go but she didn't, seems so unfair to me and it would break my heart. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068524 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 12:01:42 +0000 youboots 2068524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: I think it depends if it were a in outside music teacher that they are hiring for some enrichment, sure. But if it is just a regular teacher at the school I would have a problem with the upselling/exclusion of kids who did not pay more, but that would be a bigger issue to me beyond the music class itself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068515 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 11:58:39 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2068515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! They do a fitness class on Thursdays (which is of course one of the days LO doesn't go). It's $32.50/month, which I don't think is too bad for a class where they're active. They'll also do music 1 day/month, but there's no charge for that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068494 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 11:45:18 +0000 Smurfette 2068494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: I think that is cheap. Music class here, not at daycare, is $170/$180 for 10 weeks. </p> <p>Ours offers Playball and gymnastics for 1-5-3. Then at 3, Playball, gymnastics, ballet, soccerr, golf, and spanish. We paid $250 for gymanstics for Jan-May </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068367 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 10:48:08 +0000 aegie 2068367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>they offer extracurricular music, art and dance classes </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068305 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 10:17:21 +0000 mediagirl 2068305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlejoy: yeah that's the only thing that concerns me about these types of things. Some kids get to leave the room to go do a "fun" activity while the others stay behind. Hard to explain to a 2 year old.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068301 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 10:15:45 +0000 littlejoy 2068301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That seems super pricey. We do Music Together for 10 weeks at a time, and it's only $130/semester, and classes are an hour! Id feel a little stuck in that situation. I'd want my babe to be included, but daycare is already so pricey. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068224 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:32:25 +0000 looch 2068224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our day care did not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068218 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:31:21 +0000 nana87 2068218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>no, all the activities are included </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068209 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:28:56 +0000 Andrea 2068209@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They have art and soccer. We are doing art at $30 for 50 min, which is really expensive, but she does bring home nice things. For example, they painted shirts for vday so DD wore that to school today. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068185 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:19:38 +0000 lamariniere 2068185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. DS is in an extra gym glass and they also offered some English language music classes (didn't sign up for those). They also have monthly field trips, but you buy a "package" of three field trips that includes the charter bus transportation and lunch out. The gym class was expensive since we had to pay it as a lump sum up front, but I remind myself that our daycare is so cheap compared to anywhere, that it's really not a big deal in the overall cost. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068176 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:15:58 +0000 mediagirl 2068176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: not even. It's just an extra "class" of music....</p> <p>I think if they did something active I'd be up for it, like gymnastics or soccer. But, music?</p> <p>ETA: I love that your school does swim lessons! Do they have a pool at the center? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068173 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:15:34 +0000 autumnlove 2068173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They offer a gymnastics and dance class that we don't participate in right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068168 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:13:59 +0000 Mamaof2 2068168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: like to learn an instrument?</p> <p>Ours doesn't offer anything like that during the school year - the only thing that costs extra is swim lessons in the summer </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-daycare-offer-paid-activities#post-2068146 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:05:59 +0000 mediagirl 2068146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our daycare just sent home a form offering a music class. It's $12.50/week on top of your normal daycare costs. I think that's really expensive!! It's just a half hour a week. </p> <p>What does your childcare offer for extracurricular activities? Are they expensive? </p>