How many extra-curricular activities are your kids involved in?

i hate extra curricular activities i avoid such things lol i dont have kids so cant say lol

I have two daughters and both are involved in extra curricular activities mainly dancing and music. During their vacations both attended classes on drawing and painting. Both activly participate in school functions. I try my best to see that both get good oportunities to learn more rather than only bookish knowledge.

I have always been one to encourage my children to be involved in whatever it is that they become interested in because as a child I wanted to be involved but was so worried about how people looked at me. So I missed out on a lot. My kids are all involved in several activities. My oldest plays a sport each season and also likes to coach Little League sports. He also has a part time job and keeps up with his school work. My middle child is in volleyball, FFA and basketball. My youngest races go karts, plays football and basketball. Needless to say we are a busy family and have done quite well at the balancing act we call life.

My two daughters are three years apart in age. So my older daughter started in activities before my younger daughter. She tried gymnastics for a few years, her younger sister joined her later. Then she left gymnastics to do Taekwondo. My other daughter tried 5 pin bowling for one year and then she tried indoor soccer. I have tried to limit my girls to one or two activities, but I have also let them expose themselves to different things so they could see what they liked most. They both played house league basketball last winter but that didn't go over very well. They are now hooked on indoor soccer in the winter and outdoor soccer in the summer. My older daughter still takes Taekwondo (but has missed alot due to soccer) but my younger daughter only plays soccer, except for school. At school she tries out for a makes every sports team, as did my older daughter before she moved on to high school. My younger daughter also attended theatre arts day camp one summer; my older daughter went to overnight camp for one week for two summers. We are not rich by any means so we have to limit their activities. They keep busy enough and don't need to be involved in too many things. Like I said, my older daughter missed quite a bit of Taekwondo over the summer. She was supposed to be testing for her Black Belt but missed that; it will have to wait until next year. We have our own pool in the backyard so they have learned to swim on their own. They both took the babysitters' course when they became of age (12). In high school they have a rule that students are only allowed to play on one team at a time (if they make the team - the competition is fierce in a school of over 4,000 students). My girls know when their homework needs to be done, and when they are tired and should go to bed early. I don't believe they are doing too much and they have, over the years, been exposed to different things until they found what they liked best. I think that is the best way to do it, especially financially.

Hi there rocketj1 My kids are still quite young so alot of activities aren't available to them but this is roughly how their week goes:- Tuesday evening is Boy Brigade for two my two eldest. Thursday evening is gym for my middl child and football for my eldest Sunday morning is rugby for my eldest as my middle child is too young. My youngest is only 3 and there is nothing available for him but I wouldn't put him for anything anyway as this schedule is just fine for me right now, well spread out and not too much going on.

Both my girls do ballet, and my husband teaches them Zen-kwu do, a martial art. My elder girl is now of the age where I would like her to learn a musical instrument too, and she has chosen the flute. Sadly, money problems mean that she can't start lessons at the moment. I think a few activities are brilliant, but I know people who have children at after school activities every day. I'm not sure when these children wind down, or do their homework. Also, I am of the firm opinion that children should learn to amuse themselves sometimes. It is a skill not to be bored the moment they are not being given something to do .