Childcare Excursions and Extracurricular Activities
I love my Childcare centre, but since DS moved up to the Toddler Room, I feel like I am forever forking out for 'extras'
I already pay $65 a day for child care, on top of this they have a Dancing Teacher come in every second Monday for some toddler dancing program which works out to about $50-60 per term. I paid for the last two session of last term as DS came in at the tail end of it, and as he was sick one of the days he missed out (and we don't get a refund), they've also had an excursion to TriSkills (which is like a childs circus training thing - eg trampolines, balancing poles etc etc).
While it's all a great idea, I guess I resent being asked to pay more ON TOP of my childcare fees. Seriously!! Put a Wiggles CD on and my DS will dance up a storm, and there is already plenty of great equipment at childcare to climb, bounce and play on. At age 2, it just seems a bit OOT to me. I don't want to be the one stingy Mum though whose kid misses out though IYKWIM?
Are these types of activities normal in most centres? I think I need to just chat to the director - I guess my expectations are that I expect for my $65 fee the carers should be engaging DS in these types of activities?
I dont mind the odd excursion or activity, eg like a Zoo visit once a year etc, but the regularly planned ones (eg fortnightly) seem silly, especially to me as DS only goes twice a week anyway
Bookmarks