Yep, also struggling with this one! I've tried to curtail things a little this term and feel like I've had some success. Miss 8 does piano (Mon) and art (Wed). Miss 5 does piano (Mon), violin (Wed) and 2 x gymnastics. I ensure that they have Tues and Thurs free for free choice play, and have so far managed to keep the weekends free so that they can deconstruct and recover from the school week. I am finding that tiredness is an issue this term, mainly because Miss 5 seems to come home from school VERY GRUMPY and Miss 8's art lesson goes until 6.30pm on Wed night which makes it a late night. I feel that we're in a pretty good place at the moment and will probably add swimming back into the mix when the weather warms up... jojo
