Hmmm, ballet, girl scouts, and piano lessons until abotu 7th grade. THen I quit piano and girl scouts and picked up band. I did summer softball when I was little, but didn't like it much. Come to think of it, I'm not sure why I did it as long as I did. My bff and I were always on the same team, and during our first season of fast pitch (middle school maybe), we were like "WTF are we doing here? This is crazyness." That was the end of my sporting career.
In HS I was in the dance company, and in the musicals, so that took a lot of time and after school rehearsals.
I was also in church choir, hand bells, and youth group - all of which were on sunday afternoon, and non-negotiable for my mom. I was *never* allowed to skip those to get school work done, so any additional activities I wanted to do had to mesh with these and my school work.
I didn't really do any structured activities until high school, and even that wasn't much. I did colorguard for a summer (until they picked the "uniform" and it was HIDEOUS, so I quit). Mostly I did my own thing. My mom was a stay at home mom and so she would take me and my friends places, like skating every friday night. I didn't get into sports until last year. lol
I was in Girl Scouts for one year and hated it because my troop was mean. Lol
When I was about 10, I was on a swim team for a year. When I stopped that, I started piano lessons and stuck with that for a couple years. Then I did nothing until high school drama club.
I never had more than one activity going at one time, but I honestly don't know if my parents did this intentionally or not. I do think this was a nice balance for me, fwiw.
Post by amberlyrose on Jul 23, 2014 9:17:33 GMT -5
We usually did 2 paid activities a year. I did cheerleading and bowling up until 5th grade, then cheer and softball for a year. In 6th, I basically stuck to choir and cheer with different clubs (french, science lab, young dems) that didn't take up too much time. I had Catholic school and youth group, but those were free and not every year.
When I was younger I did dance and theater, a few times a week. That was enough when I was younger- I still had free time to play.
In high school I had activities every day. Dance (tap, ballet, jazz, lyrical, solo), cross country, and cheer. I was also editor of the school paper. Somehow I still found time to go to shows and get involved in my local music scene. I think being that busy helped keep me out of trouble and kept me focused. I definitely plan on enforcing a full schedule for my kids when they're teens.
Right now Ollie only has soccer on Saturdays. He's 2, so it's mostly just running around screaming while the parents hang and chit chat.
A LOT but that's only because I quit everything after a couple weeks. The short list is T-ball, gymnastic, baton twirling, karate, basketball (I actually stuck with that one for about 10 years)
When I was really little: swim lessons, dance, Brownies 4th - 8th: private lessons for flute (with one year of french horn and one year of piano tossed in there), newspaper, choir
9th - 12th: more flute, newspaper, literary magazine, youth group, choir, theatre stuff, peer counseling (lol, it was called "Natural Helpers"), mock trial.
I was in all the sports - swim team, softball, basketball, and soccer. I started focusing on soccer in middle school and my parents made me drop softball. It was a travel team with three practices a week and out of town games every weekend in the fall and spring, plus camps and training in the summer. I was a obsessed. I don't know how my parents dealt with all that time in the car.
I apparently did dance when I was little (I really don't remember it, but there is photographic proof) the occasional swim lesson, campfire for a year. Oh I forgot about softball in Jr. High. I was forced to stop because my grades slipped in math. One summer I did a summer theater program. Other than that, only band and chorus, which were during school.
At most, one activity at a time (except for band and chorus). generally during the summer I was outside all day with my friend from down the street.
Swim lessons from ages 7-10 Soccer from ages 6-11 Dance classes from age 6-13. Several classes a week for different types ( Ballet, Tap, Rythmic Gymnastics) Field Hockey ages 14-17 Basically I had something going on every day of the week except Sunday from the time I started school on. Once I hit highschool I stopped dance so I only had field hockey in the fall. The rest of the year nothing.
We started B with dance when she was 3 and now that C is three we're looking for something for him too. The hope is that they each find one thing they like. But I don't think we'll be juggling multiple sports/activites like my parents did. Maybe once they get older and are more into school activities, but not now.
Post by definitelyO on Jul 23, 2014 9:46:31 GMT -5
I had some swim lessons in the summers and I did gymnastics for 1 session when I was about 5.
Brownies and Girl Scouts for a little bit as well. All sports I was in were through school (basketball, volleyball, cheerleading, track in Jr High) and basketball and track in HS.
I also had guitar lessons from 3rd - 6th grade and piano from 7th - 10th.
Swim lessons as a toddler, dance for a few months when I was six and Brownies for a year or two. Other than that, nothing. I got really involved on my own in high school, My brother did little league, soccer and karate because sports are for boys? IDK.
Post by scribellesam on Jul 23, 2014 9:49:20 GMT -5
I had zero interest in sports and most organized activities as a kid, so I think my only permanent activity was piano lessons from age 7-18. I also did short term stuff over the summer: Girl Scout camp, horseback riding day camp, art/writing/photography classes.