This study is intended to investigate children's daily lives according to the type of educational institutions(kindergartens vs english education institute), the child's age, and their mother's employment status (employed vs a traditional housewife). Data was collected from 152 parents from private kindergartens and English educational institutions located in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. The questionnaire focused on after-school lives for young children and was developed based upon Newman and Beauchamp(1997) and Kim(2008). The results showed that watching TV was a major activity during free time, both in regular kindergarten sand English educational institutions. Among structured activities, 75.3% of children in kindergartens and 90.1% of children in English educational institutions, participated in home work and study related activities; specifically, children in English educational institutions were higher than those in regular kindergartens. The data highlighted that time associated with structured activities, for example doing homework, studying for different subjects or having extra curricular lessons, had remarkably increased but that sleeping hours decreased proportionally as the children grew older. Children, whose mothers were housewives, spent more time in academic activities compared with children whose mothers were employed. The results may be used as a fundamental information in helping to form educational policies for our society. The data also serves as a valued source to aid parents nurturing their children.