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[quote=Anonymous]When my kid was in elementary my goals for him were that across a week he did something that got his body moving and his heart pumping, he did something that had him working as a team with other kids, and he did something that exposed him to the arts.  At different points that combo looked different so it might be:

Tae Kwon Do (got his body moving), Being in the school musical (team/ arts)

Soccer (body moving, team), piano lessons (arts)

Hanging out at the pool or playground (body moving), summer robotics program (team), going to a show at the Kennedy Center (arts)

Hiking with the family (body moving),

I would also say that whether or not your kid is into sports at 8 is not a predictor on whether or not they'll be into sports down the road.  One of my kid's geekiest friends just went to the state finals for Ultimate Frisbee.  The spaciest kid on his soccer team lettered in wrestling his freshman year.  The entire crew team at my kid's school is made up of kids you wouldn't think would be athletes.

My kid enjoyed low key sports, very rec level, and then discovered a sport he loved in middle school, and now does it very intensely. [/quote]

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