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Are Extracurricular Activities Overtaking your Homeschool?

Sometimes I have to remind myself that the “extra” in extracurricular is there for a reason. The reason is these types of activities are enhancements to your lesson plan but not the plan. Now, like many, I enjoy going off road on the homeschool trail. However, the more time I spend off road the further I feel lost. During the first part of the school year, each of my kids had an activity. We had something going on every week night except Friday but we had homeschool co-op on Friday mornings. No rest on the weekends since we had soccer … Continue reading →

Are You Spending Too Much on Extracurricular Activities?

Are you selling your children’s education short? Many parents feel a tremendous amount of pressure to have their children involved in extracurricular activities and sports. Many of these activities cost a lot of money. The older the children get the more expensive the activities get. It is not only the expenses for the lessons, but also the expenses for the equipment. If you sat back and added up the cost of all these activities you may be surprised. I am not against extracurricular activities, but it is important to put them in perspective, especially when it comes to finances. Are … Continue reading →

Free Kids Sports and Activities

Two of my children are at that age where extracurricular sports and other activities are coming in to play. Some of these activities can costs thousands of dollars per year for each kid. That is a lot of money that could be spent paying down debt or for other expenses such as food or rent. Don’t worry, though, if you can’t keep up with the costs but still want your kids to be able to have the various valuable experiences. There are a number of ways of getting these things for free. Try School Sponsored Activities Schools usually offer so … Continue reading →

Is Your Child Involved in Too Many Activities?

Children are involved in all types of after school activities. There are sports teams, clubs, music lessons, and more. It is not uncommon for children to have practice or a ballgame almost every night of the week. Parents are very busy running from here to there to get each child to a different activity. At some point in time we must stop and ask ourselves if it is possible that our children are too busy. Are they too involved in too many activities? Many times it is hard to decide if the children enjoy the activities that they are involved … Continue reading →

Perks of Public Education: X = Xtracurricular Activities

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Yes, I do actually know that the spelling in the title is wrong. However, there are very few words that begin with the letter “X” that I could use for my series. Therefore, I decided to go with a word that begins with the sounding of the word “X”. So for this article, I chose xtracurricular (extracurricular) activities as a perk for public education. This perk for public education usually takes place outside of the typical school day. Extracurricular activities are activities that are “extra” for education. They are not taught in a classroom as a regular subject during the … Continue reading →

Encouraging Youth to Attend Weekly Activities

As your young men and young women enter high school and become involved in extra curricular activities and begin to work part-time jobs, it can become more difficult to find the time to attend the Wednesday night activities. It is important that you help your children to find a balance so that they can still have the time to attend these uplifting activities each week. Here are five suggestions, which might help. 1) You may want to limit the number of extracurricular activities that your teenager participates in. Teenagers often stretch themselves too thin, as they try to experience all … Continue reading →

Young Women: Helping Young Women Attend Weekly Activities

As the young women become older they become busier and often find it hard to fit the weekly activities into their schedules. As a leader or as a parent there are several things that you can do to encourage young women to remain active during this busy time of their lives. As parents do not enroll your daughter in programs that take place on activity night. As they begin to plan activities in high school, remind them to keep that night free. If your daughter is becoming too busy with jobs or extracurricular activities encourage them to cut back in … Continue reading →

When You Can’t Afford Sports

It is an odd child who does not attend two or three different activities in addition to school. These activities are generally concentrated in sports or the arts and can take up a lot of time and money. Well, I have three such odd children. We just don’t have the means to support so many activities for so many children. At an average of $3,000 to $5,000 a year on average for each serious sport, you can see how it all adds up. I just don’t know how these parents do it. So last year, we cut out all of … Continue reading →

7 Ways to Manage Kids’ Sport Fees and Costs

There are so many reasons to give your kids the opportunity to be involved in sports, and one big one not to do so–the costly fees. Before you decide to give up the sports altogether, consider trying the following strategies that will help you manage kids sports fees and reduce the amount you spend. 1. Get some perspective Parents can get a little crazy when it comes to sports. They all want their kids to succeed and will provide them with all of the extras that they think will make this happen, such as extra training or lessons, top of … Continue reading →

Managing Family Paperwork

You know, I just had a realization. This realization involved the family paperwork. I do far too much of the stuff. Our paperwork takes at least 45 minutes every day, and that’s with one child. Granted, we have some complexities, but so do all families. I have a medical condition that involves paperwork. We’re members of a number of farm shares that need paperwork-related attention. We go to church. My daughter has extracurricular activities. She goes to school. I attend classes. We have a lot of pets. I run a couple of small businesses. Oh yes, and there are the … Continue reading →