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[quote=Anonymous]We're trying to not do a lot. We think it's good for kids to get bored. I think the number of activities depends on so many things - but should depend on the kid.

DS8 had never done more than one activity before 3rd grade. We asked him what he wants, and he's into swimming, art, and chess. The only thing we're requiring is one athletic activity - but he can pick. Swimming is on a weekend morning, so it's just two days after school. And chess is at school; and he walks home himself afterwards. So the only logistics are with the art class - he has a friend in the class, so we can carpool. He's a kid who is tired after school. I can't imagine that he'd manage through two hours of Russian Math after school like some of his friends.

DS3 is a different beast. He has a ton more energy and with winter and COVID, he needs activities to get his weekend zoomies out. He did Sunday morning swimming in the fall, thankfully at the same time as DS8. We'll continue in January. And I'll be taking him to a parent-child pottery Saturday class starting in January.  [/quote]

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