Now there are lots of activities to choose from for any age group you could imagine. At least so long as I don't mind driving in to town for them. The only problem now though is the cost for these activities. We decided that we would only choose one activity per season at this point for a few reasons. 1. Monkey does not like to run the roads too much, and 2. it gets very expensive for fees and equipment depending on the activity, not to mention the cost of gas for all the driving.
With home educating my DD, I feel it is that much more important though that she be involved in activities outside of the home. With a lot of discussion, we had narrowed it down to two activities; figure skating or ballet dancing. For this term we have chosen the dancing class and so far it is a big hit.
This is also the time of year when one of the free activities she attends get started up again as well. Since the age of 2 she has been attending the "Pop-Up" program put on by "Maggie's Place" that takes place Tuesday mornings from 9-11am at the Elementary School where Monkey would have gone to school. It is a great program for ages 0-5 which allows for free play time, craft time, circle time, story time and snack time.
Now most of the children she did do this program with the last few years have all started public school this year so there is only one child close to her age. I am not even sure if we will attend this year on a regular basis as she may find it way too boring.
Another wonderful activity that we were able to attend quite regularly last winter was the free tot skate at our local stadium in town. It took place once per week and her friend from pop-up would go with us as well. Hopefully she will be able to attend the skating this year as well since she does not attend public school until next fall.
We are now just hoping that the price of gas doesn't go too high this winter. These activities are free to attend, but the fuel to get to them certainly isn't.
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