LNC Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 (edited) 10yos: *Piano - must *Baseball (fall and spring) - must *Basketball (winter, not demanding church league and great exercise)- must *Science Olympiad Div B team (1 1/2 hr. week, 3 min. away) - must *Math Olympiad Club - (meets with a math prof monthly on Sat. but 40 min. away) - maybe *First Lego League - first year homeschooled group underwritten by college prof. All 9/10yo. 1 1/2 hr. a week and maybe more - 40 min away and during the travel time to my daughter's ballet 12yod: * Piano - must * Ballet 3x week plus performances/rehearsals - must * Science Olympiad Div B team (1 1/2 hr. week, 3 min. away)- must * Keepers at Home group - must I'm thinking of eliminating the FLL bc of distance. Plus I have to take my daughter to ballet during that class. I've been looking for a FLL all summer though! Please tell me he will be able to get into learning Robotics in an older grade instead. :tongue_smilie: Edited August 8, 2011 by LNC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NittanyJen Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Skip the FLL for now; let him have fun with a Mindstorms set if you can afford it. That is a pretty packed schedule, says the pot, calling the kettle black :). You want time for actual schoolwork, and good old unscheduled downtime, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 4 musts for each dc? I have no experience with older kids, but I would limit to 3 extracurricular activities for that age. My dd does 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 My dc have done FLL for a few years (and one has moved on to FIRST.) The two things FLL provides are practice with the NXT and team work. Your ds are getting that teamwork practice from the science group and sports. I would buy him an NXT and a few books for it and call it a day. :001_smile: (And your schedule looks perfectly fine to me, fwiw. Different families/kiddos can handle different levels of outside activities.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmrich Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Can you carpool with anyone? I would not survive if I didn't carpool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorMom Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 We usually limit to two - with very few exceptions. I wouldn't count piano, as that is mandatory for your dc's... And if Keepers at Home is mandatory as well, well - that's more a part of your curriculum than an extracurricular. Extracurricular to me is something the KIDS want to do - not something the parent makes them do :) What I've experienced is that if you make them chose the two they want to do the most, they will be more dedicated to them. As for the sports - I never let mine play more than one sport at a time. I think it is just too much. That helps immensely. I know you say the basketball is easy to manage, but it is "one more thing" and takes time that could be spent elsewhere.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 4 "musts" per kid seems like an awful lot! I'd want that to be 3 or less. But if yours are definitely "musts" then I'd absolutely get rid of BOTH of your other "maybes." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNC Posted August 8, 2011 Author Share Posted August 8, 2011 (edited) Thanks so much! I think we'll buy stuff from Lego education for Christmas. They also have robotics classes at the Lego store. I wish I could carpool, I'm going to try to set up one for ballet! Edited August 8, 2011 by LNC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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