If there's no after school activity, DD7 and DD5 play on the playground for about an hour. After school activities include Girl Scouts, dance, chorus and choir. I ask if they had any challenging math at school and if the answer is no, that is included as part of their homework.
We aim to have them in bed between 7:30-8pm. DD5 usually falls asleep right away and DD7 stays up reading another 30 minutes to an hour. They wake up around 7:15 for school and around 7:30 or 8 on the weekends.
On weekends, we travel/play as a family (camping, kayaking, flying) or give them a chance to catch up on unstructured play time. TV is last on our agenda and is rarely on when the kids are awake.
This year they have more structured after school activities than last year and it feels a little over scheduled with not enough time for unstructured play.
see cartoon:
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