Kids Activities - How Much Is Too Much?

[Rouge]

With both my kids I gave them prep year off so they can settle. Over the years they have had up to 3 things a week. DD, now in high school has 4 things a week and DS has 2. Soon to be 3.

[Astrid]

We are keeping them to a minimum for financial reasons and family happiness.

They are allowed 1 paid activity, plus they can do a free Active After school session. I admit to pushing the Active After school, as I want them to be physical and participate in a range of activities. Plus from a selfish mummy point of view, I only need to pick up, not drop off, which gives me some breathing space once a week to not have to rush out of work.

We also want to keep weekends fairly free, so we can do things as a family. Even though we will be fine with something like Scouts, which is mid week with some weekend activities. DD1 really wants to join(and we want her to), but she wants to continue with recreational gymnastics

[~Hestia~]

Our guys are 2 and 4 so not at the stage you're talking about. But we seem to have kept it to one paid activity each. That is on top of kinder hours and playgroup. Both boys were doing swimming on a saturday but we're a little over the rushing to get there each week! So are now looking into replacing that with something else, Rookie Sports for the 4 year old and possibly Gymbaroo for the toddler.