Extracurricular activities are an important part of the planned and organized free time for pupils. The aim of this research was to investigate the involvement of children and their parents in extracurricular activities. For the purposes of the research, a sample of 105 parents of pupils from the 1st to the 4th grade of primary schools in the City of Zagreb and Zagreb County was collected. Respondents completed an online survey questionnaire consisting of 21 questions. As a result, we learned that very few pupils are actually involved in extracurricular activities, because schools do not offer a sufficient selection of extracurricular activities for their pupils, and especially are neglected extracurricular activities focused on the physical and health area. Accordingly, the analysis of the results shows that most pupils are involved in extracurricular activities in some other educational areas as opposed to the physical and health areas. Furthermore, the results show absolute parental support for children involved in extracurricular activities and parental consent for the need of children to move themselves besides the regular physical education class.