How many after school activities did YOU do at primary age?

[Hulababy]

Just reading through another thread and I am suprised at how many activities some young children do. I ahve no idea how people fit them all in and their children have time to play and relax.

But anyway - just wondered - do our children do more formal after school activities/weekend classes that we did when little?

When I was at primary I did one activitiy - Brownies.

[MrsQ]

Yep, that'll be a 'none' from me. Dancing on a Saturday morning... but thinking about it now that might have been so Mum & Dad could go round the supermarket with one less child in tow

[AMumInScotland]

Snap = just brownies

[Marne]

I did football (i was the only girl)
Ballet and tap dancing (hated it but mother made me go)
Horse ridding on a sunday (loved it)

Never went to brownies

[francagoestohollywood]

I did ballet twice a week at primary.
At 9 I started doing english lessons. But it was a very informal setting, as it was at a friend of mine place and her mother would teach us (she was good but with a strong italian accent )

Btw, I hated being interrupted in my games to go to ballet classes.

[MrsWeasley]

None for me I wanted to join Brownies but my parents said No

[mimsum]

my mum never did any so over-compensated wildly with me and my sisters - at one point I was doing violin, piano, recorder, choir, orchestra, ballet, swimming, ice-skating and horse-riding - it was absolutely exhausting and how my mum got us from one activity to another as well as working as a teacher I'll never know ...

[NoBiggy]

Recorder and dancing at school. Brownies, Girls Brigade and piano out of school.

[streakybacon]

Nothing, not a sausage. I don't even remember there being much available tbh - a few of the girlie-girls went to dancing classes but that wasn't my thing. Other than that we just did played outside.

Mind you, that was forty years ago so I guess that makes a difference.

[lizziemun]

Nothing, we played outside in the street with the other children in the street without adult supervision. Oh the joys of growing up in the 70's .

[pooka]

Did ballet briefly aged about 6. Hated it.
Did brownies for a year aged8 - 9.

Apart from that: nothing.

[ghosty]

I did ballet once a week and twice a week (sometimes 3) if an exam was looming. I loved it.
DS (8) does: Tennis and swimming all year round. Soccer in the winter and Cricket in the summer.

[IdrisTheDragon]

I did after school clubs - orchestra, choir, gym club and drama club. Not all at the same time though. They went on until about 4:15 or 4:30.

Out of school I did guides.

[DontCallMeBaby]

I did ballet for a while, not sure at what age.

I was a Brownie at one point, and after that I was a naval cadet for a while - not sure if that was late primary age or early secondary age though).

DH wants me to find DD a gymnastics class, but I've said no way is she doing THREE after school activities at just four, I want her to have friends round for tea, and go to friends for tea, and even play out with the kids next-door-but-one.

[lljkk]

There's another thread about this somewhere, chat? I usually did one thing a week, varied what it was (1970s).

[MrsMattie]

I did ballet twice a week and 'girl's club' ( a kind of youth group) once a week.

[surreylady]

Ballet and Brownies - hated ballet and gave up as soon as I could find a good excuse and tolerated brownies but manage to escape when it came to guides though

[harpomarx]

I was thinking about this too - it's not just primary school, is it? When dd was still 3 I knew kids going to ballet, gymnastics, swimming etc, etc.

I did ride quite a lot from about 6 or 7. Had piano lessons for a few years, tried ballet about twice, Brownies once. Oh, had swimming lessons because my mum was terrified of the water and was determined we wouldn't be. A few tennis lessons.

That sounds like quite a lot now I look at it, but I didn't feel like I was doing much, most of my after school activities involved playing in the garden or watching tv.

[EachPeachPearMum]

Brownies
Ballet
Tap
Modern
Swimming
Piano
Gymnastics
School choir at lunchtime

It didn't feel like too much at the tie- I enjoyed them.

[Flier]

was going to say no activities, but forgot about brownies, also did dancing but didn't like it. Did a kids club at the sport centre on a saturday morning.

[Pollyanna]

gymnastics in school, brownies, swimming, piano and drama out of school.

my chidren have have 2 after school clubs each (because they insist really)and piano and swimming on a saturday

[Smithagain]

Piano lessons from age 6ish.

Brownies from age 7 - then Guides at 10.

Violin lessons in school from age 8ish.

Sunday school.

[ForeverOptimistic]

Just Brownies.

[HeinzSight]

Swimming Club (about 5 hours a week)
Brownies

[islandofsodor]

I did piano lessons
School show during Autumn term
Choir
Sunday School (including church Eisteddofrd type competitions)
Brownies
Recorders