To ask of this is too much extra curricular stuff?

[carribeanqueenmumofthree]

Dd (8) - school choir on Monday. Basketball training on Tuesday.
School football on Wednesday.
Cricket on Thursday.
School sports club followed by brownies on Friday.
Football on Sat morning, tennis sat afternoon.

DS (6) - football on Tue eve
Afterschool sport club, then football training on Wed evening.
Cricket on Thursday evening.
Football on Sat morning.
Football match every few Sunday's

I have a 15yo Dd who has always done brownies, guides etc, but nothing else formal, just the odd afterschool club. It feels like the younger dc's activities have got a bit out of control! They really enjoy everything they do, and have lots f energy to use up.

Does it all sound a bit crazy?!

DD does lots of clubs but only 1 venue a night. I think going between venues is a pain and makes everything much harder, and if siblings are having to wait around why the other one is doing the activity then that needs to be factored in too.

Princess yep I agree. If there are two activities in a night, the first one is at school so that's easy. And at the moment we don't have any issues with siblings having to hang about. Could happen, though, I'm sure.

Why can't they just hang out at home and be bored!!

Way too much. Let them chill.

Oh and I should say, we are home by 7.15 every eve, except Brownies on Friday, which is a little later.

Here's my two DS's extra cirricular activities:

Sunday - Walk a dog we borrow and play Fortnite
Monday - Play Fortnite
Tuesday - Play Fortnite
Wednesday - Play Fortnite
Thursday - Play Fortnite
Friday - Play Fortnite
Saturday - Play Fortnite

so make the most of the activities!

Yes, I think it's too much.

Sounds perfectly normal to me. A lot of active children I know do Football which is always a mid week and a Sat am. Lots of those then also do beavvers/Cubs/brownies etc Then add on swimming as everyone I know does that. And generally a second sport; gymnastics, rugby, cricket, hockey etc Easily ends up 4-5 day’s a week. And add in a musical instrument by year 3/4
Both my DC 7/8 do loads and would do even more if they could squeeze it in. They are never tired and are performing well at school: they also do breakfast club everyday and afterschool club 2-3 day’s a week. The benefits to them outweigh issues and all are very local too (10min drives and lots of car shares)

DS 6:

Mon - club A (not sport)
Tues - sport 1
Wed - sport 2
Thurs - sport 3
Fri - clubB (not sport)
Sat - sport 4, sport 2 (again - he's good at this one, so twice a week thing!), sport 5
Sun - sport 6

Oh! ... and before school runs on 3 weekdays too!

He is still not tired!!!! ...... I am exhausted!!!!

The more sport he does, the fitter he gets, the more energy he has, and the more sport he needs to do!!!!

Sounds fine to me and very normal. I can very much relate to having active children!

Cake ok now that sound ms crazy, makes mine look positively sedentary!!!

Caribbean! .... yes indeed! And he was up at 5:30 this morning demanding a morning run :(

If they are happy and you can afford it all, let them.

It is a lot but if the DC are happy and not tired out by it, and you can afford the money and the time schlepping them around, it’s fine.

In an age of obesity (myself included), we should be encouraging kids to do sport, so it’s great that yours have several sports they enjoy doing.

Some kids love extra curricular stuff and are happy doing something every night, other kids prefer to relax at home, most fall somewhere in between.

My children are older but here is DD(12)'s weekly schedule:

Mon: Piano lesson
Tues: Helps at local Brownies
Weds: Theatre class, Guides
Thu: Bowls club
Fri: Theatre class, Youth club
Sat: Park run, Horse riding

Only you can say whether it is too much or not. Our schedule is slightly crazy (have a DS who does a few things but nothing like as much), but DD enjoys all the activities and is always keen to go. Just chilling isn't in her vocabulary. When she does have time to chill, she is writing plays or doing artwork.

I've just added up what we spend, never done that before! Dd is £25 per week, plus £40 over a term for the school stuff. DS is £15 per week, plus £20 per term. Not too bad, really.

I have 3 DC
Monday cubs/ beavers for Ds1 and 2
Tuesday karate for all three
Wednesday dd has maths tutoring
Thursday is guides for dd and athletics for Ds1
Friday I work late
Saturday is a family day
Sunday is gymnastics for all three.
I spend my week ferrying kids about but they like all the activities they do.

If it works for your family that's all that matters
The lack of unstructured time would concern me. They can be active in the woods etc whilst also entertaining themselves.

To be fair it sounds a lot but most of those will be what? An hour long ??

My son who's almost 11 has done pretty much similar
Mon - Football after school - then Tennis
Tue - Football Training
Wed - Football Training
Thur - Karate
Fri - Swimming
Sat - Rest
Sun - Football matches

Add it up its only 7hrs pw
That's nothing for kids, plus he's fit, confident and is able to concentrate easily in class Win Win

By comparison a few of his school friends who don't do anything except bloody Xbox have very poor social skills and their posture is shocking (shoulders slumped - a few cant even bloody run!!) when you consider they are still young children.