what should a typical day after school for a "7" year old be like?

Question

After they get home from school (4:15) until bedtime? please be descriptive-details. I have a 7 year old daughter and wondering what other parents do at this age. Thanks

Answer 1

I also have a 7 year old daughter,she has been diagnosed with adhd though,so shes hard to get to sit still sometimes.When she gets home from school this is how our routine goes
3:30 gets home
3:30-4:45 homework
4:45-5:30playtime
5:30-6:00supper
6:00-6:15cleanup
6:15-:6:30shower
6:30-7:00wheel of fortune
7:00brush teeth and blessings bedtime!
I am a real stickler for routine,that even when my daughter was almost 2 she knew the routine so well, I didnt have to tell her what to do next

Answer 2

My son is 5. I pick him up from school at 3 p.m. When we get home, he gets a small snack and drink to hold him until dinner is ready. While he's having his snack, I check his backpack for homework and notes from the teacher. Then we work on his homework together. After that we may play a game together while dinner is cooking, like what letter does --- start with, what sound does the letter - make, etc. Age appropriate games. We sit down to eat dinner around 4:30 p.m. My 5 year old and his 2 year old brother may spend 1/2 - 1 hour playing together or watching a video together or if the weather is nice, we'll play outside or go for a walk. Some nights we have soccer practice or a game. I bath my boys at 7 p.m. and let them play until they are ready to get dressed for bed. When they get out of the bath, they have a bedtime snack and drink and we read a few books together. Both boys are in bed at 8 p.m. We are very routine and don't break out of this schedule hardly at all.

Answer 3

Hi PL! (Pretty Lady)

Well my daughter is 19 - when she would come home from school - even at an early age I gave her a schedule - a routine to follow.

1) get changed from school clothes
2) homework - many days the teacher did not assign homework but Dad did! I bought those learning books they sell near the books and coloring books. If she did nothave assinged homework I still gave her ea few pages to complete each night while I made supper. Then I would check it over. I wanted her int he habit of doing some school work every day.
3) play time until dinner
4) dinner
5) more play time/or maybe a movie
6) getting ready for the next day by getting clothing ready, bathing that sort of thing...
7) some Dad & daughter time - what ever we could do together, reading, a small craft project, playing with her toys with her
8) ready for bed (teeth brushed, hair brushed)
9) story and bed time
10) glass of wine for dear old Dad


I was a single parent so our schedule was very important otherwise the next day could be a diaster.

Sadly she is in college now - I think she has changed her shcedule some!

Answer 4

Welll, mine has three sisters to help occupy her, but an average day might go like this--home at about 3:15, watch a video and have a snack, then either go outside or upstairs to play with siblings. Dinner is 5 or 5:30; after dinner she does her homework, any chores she still has to do, and practices the piano if she didn't do it before school. by then it's bedtime, or if not I might let her play her Barbie computer game for a while. We start the bedtime routine for all the girls at about 7pm.
So, in a nutshell it's
1) relax/play
2)dnner
3)homework/chores
4) bed

Answer 5

My kids are 10 and 12 now, but the routine is the same as it has been since kindergarten. Come home (I pick them up), have a snack, do your homework, play outside until dinner, take showers, read books for 1/2 hour and play or watch TV until bedtime (9:00 this year). We got a Playstation two years ago, so they can play for 1/2 hour each sometime during the day, if they chose (after homework is done). It's worked for us.

Answer 6

When they get home we say our hellos and go through the backpack. This way it gives me a chance to sign anything that needs to be signed and write anything on the callendar that needs to be noted. We also sort anything that needs to be completed at night right away.

Then we have a snack. And plan the night meal. At times if there is something that can be helped to get the meal started there is some help, like, helping empty the dishwasher, or wash potatoes.

If there is no homework to do, then it's outside time before supper.

Supper is usually between 5:30 and 6pm. Sometimes there is a night activity if there is a club joined like brownies or cubs or whatever. 6:30pm But if there isn't then we read a couple story books. 7pm Have a bath and wash hair.

7:30 pm Cuddle time watch a little bit of TV or a portion of a movie and then 8pm off to bed.

I hope this helps!

Answer 7

Get home at 2:30 - snack
One page of homework at 3:00
Play outside until 4 or 4:30
Another page of homework when we come in
If all homework is done, play with brother or watch tv while I cook dinner
Dinner at 5:30
Spend some time with mom or brother until 6:30
clean up living room/toys - pack lunch
in tub at 7:00
Pick out clothes for tomorrow
brush teeth
read book with mom
in bed by 8:00 at the latest (sometimes as early as 7:30 depending on how tired she is)

Some nights we run errands or have people over, but this is a typical night.

Answer 8

Well a snack when they get home is always nice, like some fruit or graham crackers etc. Then go through the backpack together and see if there are any notes for you or homework for her. Depending on how long that takes maybe she can help you make dinner if she is bored or have her play with a neighbor friend or color at the kitchen table while youre getting dinner ready. Then dinner, a bath, quiet time, reading a book or something like that, and bed time. I think that's what I will do, thats what Ive done for kids I babysat for all the time... GOOD LUCK

Answer 9

Wow! Your daughter gets home pretty late! I have to entertain my 7 year old from 2:20 until 7:30 pm! Anyway, the first thing we do is have her change clothes into play clothes. Then, I offer her a little snack and drink, and I start sorting through her bookbag while she's doing that. Next, we'll start doing her homework. So far, nothing has taken more than a half hour. If it takes less than that, I'll have her practice some of those "need to know" words that you can't sound out, or sometimes I'll practice working with time and/or money. So, around 3:30 or so, I'll let her play with her little brother for awhile. Usually they like to do their version of arts and crafts, or sometimes they make up little plays with each other. When they start fighting with each other (usually after being together for more than a half hour), I turn on PBS and let them watch a couple of shows while I start making dinner. Before I start serving dinner, I make them clean up any toys that are lying around. We then start dinner (which takes like forever at my house!). While they're finishing up dinner, I clean the dishes. Then, it's time to pick out 3 books. We read, I bathe each of the kids, we do our nightly prayers, then it's night night time! (At last!).

Hope that helps!

Answer 10

the first five minutes of the return home set the tone for the rest of the night. So, take time to sit and have a snack, talk about the day...the good things that happened.
Do homework after time together.
relax play with friends
cook dinner together
eat together
have some family time playing a game
watch about an hour of tv or a movie
shower
read
bed