He's 4. He's starting a saltwater swimming class this week.
We had him in T-ball but it was insane before we even started (one game day was supposed to last four hours - WTF?) He's also in pre-school eight hours a day with gym, Spanish and music daily, cooking twice a week. He also does yoga. Well, his class does, anyway.
My 7 year old DD (going into 2nd grade) has 4- gymnastics, figure skating, swimming and violin.
My 5 year old DS has 3-4 typically. Hockey is year round and normally a 2-3 day a week commitment, plus open skate times or stick handling skills lessons, etc. He also does swimming year round and then plays soccer in the spring/fall, basketball in the winter and is in tball now as well.
My almost 2 year old has 2-Little Gym and a music class (anyone in Chicago, all 3 of my kids have done Wiggleworms at the Old Town School of Folk Music and we LOVE it!)
ETA: My kids only have to take swim lessons until they can save themselves in the deep end lol so my DD will be stopping those soon. DS is almost there too.
She is in a Little Gym-type class (basic gymnastics, guided pretend play, etc) and swim lessons. We will drop swim lessons and start ballet in the fall. The gym class is particularly great during the summer because it's a great way for her to be active while being indoors. It's either really hot or storming here during the summer.
Exception being that I required swim lessons this spring, and they overlapped with another activity for a few weeks.
But generally one weekly activity at a time is all I can handle.
oh, we overlapped swimming and softball for 2 weeks and I wanted to cry. TOO MUCH. DH and I both work until 5 and it was nonsense. although, I didn't have to cook dinner much those two weeks.
Post by sineadorebellion on Jun 29, 2015 16:01:00 GMT -5
4 & 8. Both do MMA classes, different times, twice a week. We tried doing two activities during the fall but it got a little crazy so we're thinking of sticking to one for now.
My 7 year old DD (going into 2nd grade) has 4- gymnastics, figure skating, swimming and violin.
My 5 year old DS has 3-4 typically. Hockey is year round and normally a 2-3 day a week commitment, plus open skate times or stick handling skills lessons, etc. He also does swimming year round and then plays soccer in the spring/fall, basketball in the winter and is in tball now as well.
My almost 2 year old has 2-Little Gym and a music class (anyone in Chicago, all 3 of my kids have done Wiggleworms at the Old Town School of Folk Music and we LOVE it!)
ETA: My kids only have to take swim lessons until they can save themselves in the deep end lol so my DD will be stopping those soon. DS is almost there too.
All of this...sounds exhausting. And expensive. But mostly exhausting.
Post by adhdfashion on Jun 29, 2015 16:04:31 GMT -5
During the school year ballet, tap, piano, awana. Summer swim lessons and travel. Vbs thrown in there somewhere. They are still to little for camp. Ages 3 and 5. Oh year round play group meets like twice a week. Optional low key stuff.
DD is 5. During the school year, 2-3 depending what's available through her after school care program. I prefer not having lessons on the weekends because I want family time without having to skip lessons, especially since we have church on Sundays, so it's really only Saturdays that we would have free for lessons.
DS is 2.5, so nothing for him yet, but probably will choose one once he starts preschool since they have lessons available during school hours for an additional fee.
DS is 4 and he's currently doing nothing. We did soccer last fall and may do it again this fall. Honestly I hated committing my Saturday mornings to it. Soooo not going to be pushing for lots of activities going forward. I'll be the anti-tiger mom. Lol
Right now, nothing consistent - since it's summer DD #1 runs cross country in the fall. That takes up a lot of time. Last year she also swam 1x a week. In the winter she did dance and swim.
This year she'll do xc (fall) and dance (all year), dropping swim. Hoping to get her in another winter/spring activity.
DD #2 swims 1x week. This year we'll add dance as well.
My 7 year old DD (going into 2nd grade) has 4- gymnastics, figure skating, swimming and violin.
My 5 year old DS has 3-4 typically. Hockey is year round and normally a 2-3 day a week commitment, plus open skate times or stick handling skills lessons, etc. He also does swimming year round and then plays soccer in the spring/fall, basketball in the winter and is in tball now as well.
My almost 2 year old has 2-Little Gym and a music class (anyone in Chicago, all 3 of my kids have done Wiggleworms at the Old Town School of Folk Music and we LOVE it!)
ETA: My kids only have to take swim lessons until they can save themselves in the deep end lol so my DD will be stopping those soon. DS is almost there too.
All of this...sounds exhausting. And expensive. But mostly exhausting.
Well I stay home so it's not that bad, and my H and I don't mind it. We are on the go type people . As my kids get older they will for sure have to whittle down activities, since they will get more homework, etc. Hockey is very expensive but my DS loves it, has been playing for 2 years now and seems to have a proclivity towards it so we're rolling with it for now. The commitment is big but it's worth it to us!
6 & 8 yo: 1-2 a season, nothing in the Summer (I need a break by then) It ends up being 5-6 days a week that we are doing something.
3 yo: nothing. She sort of participated in XC and track this year b/c we are already there with the older kids, but she pretty much does what she wants.
Almost 7, and he's in swimming lessons 4 days a week. That's all I'm willing to commit to for him and for us. Anything more than that is just too much.
Post by copperboom on Jun 29, 2015 16:22:44 GMT -5
My 6 year old does dance, gymnastics, and one sport per season (softball in summer, soccer in fall and spring, basketball in winter). When she was 4 we only did dance and gymnastics. I think it's largely dependent on the individual kid, but mine was fine with two activities a week at that age.