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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What does your son want to do?  [/quote]

Op here. His top choice is staying home doing screentime and video games. He says that he does not mind doing a bit math enrichment, but he is the type that he needs to be reminded and pushed even though it is something that he says he loves it. He does not have much passion for anything specific yet. He does not mind doing sports but he sometimes does not want to go to practice or skip games to stay home watching screentime. Especially on super hot or rainy or pollen day, he would want to skip them. Once he is at the game/practice, he is fine. He does not know what he exactly wants to do. [/quote]
Based on this OP, your priorities should be in the following order: 
1. play dates and getting outside for unstructured time so he can develop social skills (he's in 3rd grade, don't tell me he doesn't need to develop social skills) and learn how to relax without a screen
2. sports (doesn't matter what kind)
3. music, language, or academic enrichment - as long as he buys in [/quote]

+100 to this. The only thing I would add is:

Step 0. Eliminate screen time this summer and let him develop other unstructured interests (reading, biking around, building complex Lego sets, fiddling with tools)[/quote]

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