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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Early elementary one activity per season, max.

We value and prioritize unstructured play time outside of school and time outside in addition to having a fairly flexible schedule for whatever we want to do.

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One activity at a time? I would like to know what your kid’s week looked like at 2nd- 4th grade! I don’t know anyone who only does even just 1 sport at a time.

Mine is:

Mon: free
Tue: piano lesson
Wed: sport practice or game
Thu: free
Fri:free
Sat: language class 
Sat or Sun: sometimes a sport game

But no before care or aftercare, so at school 8-3pm and he gets picked up right away for sport or music. 
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That’s an easy schedule.  [/quote]

That is my point. And it’s 4 activities. I can’t see people doing just 1 activity per semester with all the enrichment and optimization going on. [/quote]

DP. I have 3 kids. I am still missing 1 of 3 sports practices, but already we have:

Monday: 2 hour sports practice for 1 kid
Tuesday: ?
Wednesday: violin for 1 kid (30 min)
Thursday: ?
Friday: piano for 2 kids overlapping with 2 hour sports practice for the other - I consider overlap ideal as long as we have parents to cover it
Saturday: 3 sports games, 1 for each kid, occasionally 4 or 2 (usually anywhere from 4.5-6 hours of time depending on if games overlap)
Sunday: church, religious education for 2 kids, youth group for 1 kid, 2 sports games for 1 kid who does extra in her sport (5 hour total)

So we'll end up with 1-2 nights free, which is typical for us for any given season of the year. On that free night every other week at least 1 kid will be doing a lesson for her chosen sport, maybe 2 if we let the younger one do lessons. That said, 2 of my kids are late elementary and middle school and starting/continuing to specialize. When they were younger the sports private training was not a thing and the 3rd grader won't do it.

So they each only do 1 sport and 1 instrument plus religious stuff, but we're busier than PP.[/quote]

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