informal survey

[jx3smom]

11 yo DS band, history club, computer club with school. Baseball,
hockey. A few hours a week.

22 and 21 yo college students. I do not want to know their after school activities!

 

[Buckalew]

DD age 8 tennis (this fall) one hour a week
basketball (Upward) (winter) two hours.
children's choir 1-2 hours per week.

Like CindyB. I allow DD to choose 1 sports activity per season.
Interesting question, BR.

 

[Briar Rose 7457]

you don't want to know why I asked, Buckalew. bet you can guess, though.

 

[wdw4us2]

DS 8 - CCD (religion) 1 hour per week
Bowling 1 1/2 hours per week

DD 11 - CCD (religion) 1 hour per week
Bowling 2 hours per week plus 1 hour practice
Builder's Club (Kiwanis) twice a month


Lisa

 

[aprincessmom]

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

We do that only because we don't want to overextend mommy!

DD is 6. She takes ballet 1 hr. a week.

 

[zurgswife]

DD 11 Soccer 5 hrs
DS 10 Tennis 1 hr, drums 45 min
DS 9 Tennis 1 hr
DD5 none...

 

[Pam]

DD -17:
HS Dance Line - practice after school 2 days a week - 2 1/2 hr. each day
Football game - every Friday (performs w/Dance Line) - 3.5 hrs.
Dance Lessons - (ballet & jazz) 4 hrs. every Mon. (includes 1 hr. drive each way)
Acrobatic Lessons - 1 hr. every Tuesday
Church Youth Group - 1.5 hrs. every Sunday
Part-time job - 15 hours per month
She also belongs to 3 activity clubs at the HS but they meet once a month during school hours.

DS - 14:
Boy Scouts - regular meetings every Wed. - 1.5 hrs. (does not include camporees, hikes, merit badge work or field trips)
Private Trombone Lessons - 45 minutes per week
Church Youth Group - 1.5 hours per month
His MS band practices during the school day and he has Band Performances twice a year
He usually performs a couple of hours of Community Service with either the Scouts or the Youth Group every month.
He works a couple of hours a month - this past Saturday he worked passing out newspapers at a truck show for 4 hours.
He is an avid outdoorsman and fisherman - so you can add a couple of hours each Saturday on as well.

Pam

 

[trayletha]

DD 3.5 - Creative Movements (Beginner Dance) 45 min a week and Kindermusic 1 hour a week (Wend Nights).

 

[jsmith]

DS 17-HS Football-15 hours week for practice, 4 for games + travel from august -nov
HS basketball-10 hours/week practice,6 for games + travel Nov-Feb,
HS track-15 hours/week for practice, 8-10 for meets +travel Feb-May
Coaching rec basketball for 7&8 grade-10 hours week in Nov and Dec (community service)
Private music lessons and practice time-6 hours/week
HS orchestra-as a class but there are extra performances
Works 20 hours per week (on weekends) but will quite when HSBB starts.

DS 13-
Little league-12 hours/week March-July
Rec Foot ball-12 hours/week August-October
Rec Basketball-10 hours/week Nov-Dec
Indoor track-8 hours /week Dec-Feb
MS basket ball-12 hours week Feb-March
private music lessons and practice-8 hours /week
MS orchestra.


Wow-now I understand why I am so busy!

 

[fklhou]

Boy 17-Junior Statesmen of America (statewide officer), Sea Scouts, Academic Challenge team (affectionally known as nerd squad), Latin Club Counsul (president), Temple Youth Federation officer, Teachers Assistant at Religious School, and other misc activities.

Girl 15-Junior Statesmen of America, Sea Scouts, Nerd Squad, Temple Youth Federation, drum corp, Teachers Assistant at Religious School, dog training and other misc activities

Girl 10-Hebrew lessons (bat mitzvah in two years), dog training, and Piano lessons.

 

[Krisu]

Much less this year
DS-14 Boys & Girls Club every day after school
Boy Scouts- once a week-1.5 hrs
Basketball to start soon, don't know when or how often yet

 

[damo]

ds-13-8 hours/week hockey

dd-16-3 hr piano lesson
6 piano students 3 hr/week
concert band 2 hr/week
jazz band 2 hr/week

 

[d.kurz]

ds,16 high school football..it seems like a FULL TIME JOB to me...i think it's at least 20-25 hrs a week. Football is like a cult...but that's a whole 'nother thread.

DD, 14..Stage manager for a 6th grade play (she's in 8th)...about 6 hrs a week, when that's over, she'll be involved in her own play, about the same amount of time. Babysitting about 10 hours a week. Girl Scouts 1 hour a week.

 

[tiggerlover]

Right now my 6 year old DS is playing soccer. He has practice for 2 hours a week and a game every Saturday. In the Spring his choice is t-ball. He has shown an interest in the computer club, but they have yet to begin for this year, but when they do he will probably join the club. We are not sure about boy scouts yet, he just became eligible because he just turned 6, we will wait and see about that one.