What does your kindergartner do after school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I already posted; swim 1x a week, art class 1x a week; no homework, and .....

sadly, the child watches an hour of television every single day. otherwise there's freeplay.

Why do you say "sadly"? If you don't like it, you can eliminate it.

We've eliminated TV and computer/screen-time from Sunday evening to Thursday evening and it's made life a lot easier.

[Anonymous]

Soccer, art class, clay class and Spanish. Otherwise, he drives me crazy!..

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I already posted; swim 1x a week, art class 1x a week; no homework, and .....

sadly, the child watches an hour of television every single day. otherwise there's freeplay.

Why do you say "sadly"? If you don't like it, you can eliminate it.

We've eliminated TV and computer/screen-time from Sunday evening to Thursday evening and it's made life a lot easier.

What do you your children do when you cook dinner?

[Anonymous]

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What do you your children do when you cook dinner?

At 5 they are perfectly capable of entertaining themselves or YOU. My DS does any number of the following activities instead of watching TV while I cook dinners:

- helps me by making the salad/setting the table/emptying dishwasher
- builds legos
- colors at the table
- reads me a story
- sometimes if we're running late he will also use this time to shower and get ready for bed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I already posted; swim 1x a week, art class 1x a week; no homework, and .....

sadly, the child watches an hour of television every single day. otherwise there's freeplay.

Why do you say "sadly"? If you don't like it, you can eliminate it.

We've eliminated TV and computer/screen-time from Sunday evening to Thursday evening and it's made life a lot easier.

What do you your children do when you cook dinner?

They read books, color, do their homework, play with Legos. They never ask for TV, computer time, or DS Lite time during the school week - it doesn't occur to them because it is just not part of the school-day panorama.

[Anonymous]

Same here. No screens on school nights.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I already posted; swim 1x a week, art class 1x a week; no homework, and .....

sadly, the child watches an hour of television every single day. otherwise there's freeplay.

Why do you say "sadly"? If you don't like it, you can eliminate it.

We've eliminated TV and computer/screen-time from Sunday evening to Thursday evening and it's made life a lot easier.

What do you your children do when you cook dinner?

They read books, color, do their homework, play with Legos. They never ask for TV, computer time, or DS Lite time during the school week - it doesn't occur to them because it is just not part of the school-day panorama.

Great. Are you at home alone with the kids at night, or is DH or nanny home to help out? Asking because I find it nearly impossible to cook with DS when I am alone with him.

[Anonymous]

I am home alone with a 6 and 2 year old and cook without screen time. In our case it seems to get them wound up so it's kind of counter productive. I try to keep a few activities that they like - say coloring with markers rather than crayons, that they can only do while I cook. They typically manage to keep themselves occupied. Often the K will tell me about her day. Sometimes I put on music and they dance around. If all else fails, they like to do chores, so I'll get them involved in dinner prep or light household stuff. If TV works for you and your kiddo and it helps you get dinner on, I totally wouldn't sweat it. I think it gets harder for them to think of things to do as they get more tired and hungry. I also found that if I do the veggies first and put them out that more gets eaten and they fall apart less, wonder if it's a blood sugar thing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I already posted; swim 1x a week, art class 1x a week; no homework, and .....

sadly, the child watches an hour of television every single day. otherwise there's freeplay.

Why do you say "sadly"? If you don't like it, you can eliminate it.

We've eliminated TV and computer/screen-time from Sunday evening to Thursday evening and it's made life a lot easier.

What do you your children do when you cook dinner?

They read books, color, do their homework, play with Legos. They never ask for TV, computer time, or DS Lite time during the school week - it doesn't occur to them because it is just not part of the school-day panorama.

Great. Are you at home alone with the kids at night, or is DH or nanny home to help out? Asking because I find it nearly impossible to cook with DS when I am alone with him.

I'm home alone cooking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am home alone with a 6 and 2 year old and cook without screen time. In our case it seems to get them wound up so it's kind of counter productive. I try to keep a few activities that they like - say coloring with markers rather than crayons, that they can only do while I cook. They typically manage to keep themselves occupied. Often the K will tell me about her day. Sometimes I put on music and they dance around. If all else fails, they like to do chores, so I'll get them involved in dinner prep or light household stuff. If TV works for you and your kiddo and it helps you get dinner on, I totally wouldn't sweat it. I think it gets harder for them to think of things to do as they get more tired and hungry. I also found that if I do the veggies first and put them out that more gets eaten and they fall apart less, wonder if it's a blood sugar thing.

I agree about the TV getting them wound up. My kids are noticeably worse-behaved after watching TV. It has caused us to cut way, way back (and none during the school week).

[Anonymous]

Aftercare 5 days a week. My daughter loves it. She actually gets upset when we come to pick her up. They have cooking, art, outdoor time, organized games, and she gets to hang out with her friends.

[Anonymous]

After care 5 days also. Very happy. I used to take her to piano but she quit so she could stay in aftercare with her friends instead.

[Anonymous]

I don't think an hour of TV is a big deal for a K student. I need my wind-down time after work - why shouldn't they? DD gets an hour from 7 - 8 (George and Zula Patrol).

Bedtime at 8.

In addition, she has an activity twice a week. The other three days are at home or playdates.

[Anonymous]

Piano lessons one day, karate one day, speech therapy one day, soccer one day (well, that's now over). No homework.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:bored and drives me crazy.

same but with ballet once a week, which, too, drives me a little nuts