informal survey

[Briar Rose 7457]

how old are your kids, what activities do the participate in after school, and how many hours a week do thy participate in their extracurricular activities?

 

[Serena]

girl 10 none
girl 16 student council, yearbook, junior class committee- afterschool a few hours a week.

 

[Lars624]

DS13-Ice hockey-a minimum of 3 hours a week
Odyssey of the Mind-1 hour a week from Oct.-Jan & then
increasing hours from Feb-competition in March.
DD13-Cheerleader-in August 5 days a week 2-1/2 hours a day.
From Sept-Oct 5-1/2 hours of practice & 1 game a week
From Nov-Jan 10 hours of cheer a week.
Odyssey of the Mind-same hours as DS
DS 6-Tiger Cubs-1 hour a week
Soccer Clinic-1 hour a week for 4 weeks

 

[The Mystery Machine]

girl, 5
ice skating Thur, 5:45-6:15
daisy girl scouts Tue, 6:30-7:30pm

girl 11
PSR class (religion) Tue 6:45-8:00pm
girl scouts every other Wed, 4:30-6:00pm
(includes ALOT of extra time for me) I am spending the week planning a camping trip for this weekend
She is planning on signing up for intermural things plus a few clubs that meet after school
Also the neighbor wants her to babysit 2 kids MWF for 1/2hour while she picks up her older son from preschool
Band, this will just be 3 concerts to attend thruout the year

 

[MerryPoppins]

DD 11
ballet- 2 1/2 hours a week
piano- 1/2 hour a week (not including practice time)
flute- just practice time, at this point, no extra lessons yet
Spanish Club- 1/2 hour a week
Scouting- 1 hour a week
Church Youth Group- 2 hours a week

DS 15
USA Club- 1 hour max. a week
trumpet- no private lessons at this time, just practice time
Scouting- 2 hours every other week
Scouting Leadership- 1 1/2 hours once a month
Troop meeting- 2 hours once a month
Church Youth Group- 2 hours a week
High School football game "fan"- usually 3 to 6 hours a week

Both kids know that they don't participate if homework isn't done on time.

 

[poohandwendy]

DD, 15, youth group..2 hrs per week..Interact 3-4 hrs per month on average , part-time job 6-10 hrs per week(cut out other activities due to slack-o-rama of homework)
DS, 13, soccer..8-10 hrs per week, youth group... 2 hrs per week
DD, 8, soccer.. 3 hrs per week, youth group...2 hrs per week

Having 3 'patrons' who use my taxi service, and the fact that both parents WORK also...I try to keep extra-curricular activities to a practical amount..as always, school comes first

 

[bsnyder]

DS age 16:

High school basketball
Off season - training and conditioning = 4 hours a week
In season - practice and games = about 15 hours a week
Drum lessons - 1 hour a week
Drum practice - 2 to 3 hours a week
Garage band practice - 3 hours a week
Part time job - 5 hours a week

DD age 8:

Ballet, tap & jazz - 2 hours a week
Brownies - 2 hours every other week
Bible Study - 2 hours every other week
Swim team April thru June - 7 hours a week

 

[Lucky4me]

Son 19, college sophmore- I try not to think about his extra curricular activities.

Son 20, college freshman - see above...

Daughter 16, 2x week-1hr after school student council meetings. part time job-teacher assistant Montessori school 2x week 3 hrs after school. Quit dance this year.

Daughter 7, Swim class 1hr week. gymnastics 1hr week. these taken at Y where classes are broken up into 2 month sessions. She gets tired and occasionally takes a session break. She's tried Karate, Soccer, and t-ball, didn't care for any of them...

My sons played sports from age 5-17 but quit after high school. My daughters spent most of their infancy and toddler years on ball fields and in the car.

I was never organized enough to keep straight more than one activity per child, per season. That still kept us at a field 5 nights a week throughout the year. I can't say I miss it and I'm glad my daughters have no desire to play team sports.....

 

[Michelle]

DD 9, band two hours a week, Indian Princesses 2-4 hours a month.

 

[Planogirl]

DS 9, no activities by his choice but hopefully he'll get into baseball/softball when the season starts.

 

[WDW2002]

DD11 & DD9
Soccer--- Aug - Oct 3 - 4 hours week
Basketball -- Mid-Nov - March 2 - 3 hours week

Hoping for both to start in a new Girl Scout Troup 1 hour week

DD9 Choir 1 hour week

Originally posted by WebmasterMichelle
Indian Princesses

Is this the same thing as Indian Maidens??

 

[luvdzny]

DS - 18 works full time, but when he is not working or sleeping he is BMX freestyle biking - MANY hours a week.

DD - 13 - Confirmation class 1 hour a week
Student council 1 hour every other week.
Forensics (during winter) 1 hour a week practice plus weekend meets.

 

[CamColt]

DS, 5 Soccer 1 hour, Sat mornings(8 weeks in fall, 10 weeks last spring). Starts the city league next spring then its more time each week.
Looking to find a beginner hockey clinic too.

DS, 2, nothing.

 

[kinlaw6450]

Boy 6 None
Girl 7 Soccer (2 days a week during the season) and Theater (4 days a week during rehearsal and the actual performance)

 

[Meriweather]

DS 23 (LOL)...oh well, you asked.
Working full time for another week and then school starts.
Plays role-playing games 10-12 hours a week (conservatively).

DD 20.....crew (4 hours a day)
Tennis intramurals....couple hours on Sunday (depends on how long the match lasts)
Campus government...1 hour meeting once a week and then many hours planning things (she's in charge of fundraising...what was she thinking!)
And....this is a slow semester for her!!

 

[browneyes]

6 yo ds
9 yo dd

My dd starts in the art club soon, I believe it will last an hour. This is her first extracurricular activity.

My ds hasn't had an extracurricular activity yet.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Originally posted by WebmasterMichelle
...Indian Princesses 2-4 hours a month.

I really miss the Princesses program, and the Guides also, great times they were, Michelle.

 

[Cindy B]

Ds- 7 nothing at the moment.

DD- 5 nothing at the moment as well, but MAY do ballet

I'm a firm believer in not OVER extending the kids, so we do one activity per kid, per session.

 

[Briar Rose 7457]

my girls:

dd, almost 12 -- religious school, 2.5 hours, dance, 3 hours, cheerleading (if she makes it), 4 hours, play rehearsal (after cheerleading is over), 4 hours. I'd like to sign her up for a class on saturday mornings -- add another 2 hours to the total. total: 9.5 hours

dd, age 10 -- dance, 4 hours, play rehearsal, 2.5 hours, religious school, 5 hours, satruday classes, 3 hours. total 13.5 hours

not as busy as some, busier than others.

 

[Talking Hands]

DD 24 - various orchestra and band rehearsals but starting Oct 17 fulltime work at Tokyo Disney so she's out of here

DD 20 - various orchestra rehersals, chamber music, practice time and job

I rarely see either of them except in passing.