Well, for sports we have a local league of baseball and soccer teams. The baseball leagues are run through all the local churches and each church has a team. The soccer teams are through the three area schools. My oldest is thinking of joining the soccer team next year and I'm stocking up on Neosporin. My girls are taking piano, guitar and lap harp lessons and they have music workbooks. We do buy all the supplies to teach various arts, using various art mediums at home but there's also a local art society that gives art lessons to children and we attend that. The outside programs do help with the "socialization" but I also agree that children need to be able to relate to adults as well. I love to watch my girls easily converse with an elderly friend at church and then turn to a younger child and meet them on their level as well.