With summer in full swing, it is the season of outdoor play. Day trips to the zoo, weekend getaways, park and cottage trips abound. Getting in some outdoor play is beneficial to a child’s well-being as it improves their social skills, increases attention span, reduces stress and lets them soak up some vitamin D, but vacation and even just those day trips can often mean being stuck in a car. So it is LeapFrog and VTech to the rescue!
When I was a child we played outside from sun-up to sun-down, usually riding our bikes, playing games or reading while sunbathing, but kids today require a bit more stimulation. It is the age of technology, after all. Whether you are playing in your yard or stuck in the car for a three hour ride to the cottage, these toys can enhance the outdoor play experience all summer long.
Filled with more than 400 activities across a library of 25+ books, the LeapStart helps children (ages 2-7) learn to read and write, with an interactive and personalized system that promotes confidence in children. It’s the perfect toy for family vacation with its carrying handle for portability and minimal assembly required. Imagine having story time around a campfire, with your kiddo’s LeapStart. It is a great way to keep an old family tradition alive, just with a twist!
VTech 4-in-1 Stroll & Grow Tek Trike
VTech takes pride in developing high-quality, innovative educational products that enrich children’s development through fun and smart play. VTech takes summer fun to a whole new level with the 4-in-1 Stroll & Grow Tek Trike. Parents and children will both appreciate this toy as it grows with the family – perfect for children from 9 months to 6 years old. My two year old niece has this trike and just loves the electronic panel that features kid-friendly riding content that changes with each stage. The LED screen allows little ones to explore left and right directions, reinforce read safety and encourage role-play!
LeapFrog Musical Rainbow Tea Party
This adorable tea set is perfect for your toddler to have her first tea party in the backyard – you just need to add some sunshine! This sweet set lights up in six beautiful colours and plays nine lovely tea-time songs. Your little one can listen to music or play a range of learning activites featuring colours, shapes, numbers and fruit! How tea-riffic is that?!!
Connect, share and play with KidiBuzz™, the hand-held smart device for kids! Send texts, voice messages, photos, drawings and animated stickers over Wi-Fi to mom, dad and a parent-approved contact list. Kids can even check out popular websites through the kid-safe web browser or download Android apps. KidiBuzz™ is also preloaded with more than 40 exciting learning games and awesome apps. Perfect for kids on the go, its bumpers and shatter-safe screen let them take it anywhere. My son plays with his KidiBuzz in the car, on the deck at the cottage and even on the playground! Despite being designed for kids ages 4 to 9 years, my teen has even played with it!
The Kidizoom® Smartwatch DX2 by VTech® lets children take pictures, videos, play games, tell time and more! This durable smartwatch includes 55 digital and analog customizable watch faces to help kids learn to tell time. My son’s favourite features are the two cameras that allow kids to capture everything from action video to selfies that can be customized in the Silly Yourself app and made into new watch faces! The smartwatch includes an assortment of new games including Monster Catcher, which uses the camera and augmented reality to help kids find and capture monsters in the real world. Kids can also use the watch’s motion sensor for active play challenges or to track steps. Using the included Micro-USB cable, upload photos and videos as well as recharge the battery. The Kidizoom Smartwatch turns ordinary outdoor play into an adventure with the ability to record it all!
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What is your favourite way to enjoy the outdoors in the summertime?
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We love to head to the beach and take a dip or swim.
We love playing in the backyard – in the sandbox or the sprinkler. I enjoy going for a swim when we can.
We love to go camping with our family.
We love to go fishing and when we can;t get away we enjoy jumping on our trampoline.
We love going to the park, beach, and the pool
Going to the playground and waterparks
We love going camping in the summer. 🙂
we love camping! its a taste of all the best things about summer! – swimming, BBQ, hiking, etcetc
We love swimming!
Would be perfect for the nieces kids
I enjoy camping in the summer!
Walking the dogs on the trails .
I love to go for hikes in the summer
I love going camping with the family.
my kids enjoy swimming!
We love to go camping
We like to go swimming!
We go to our family cabin to swim, tube and kayak!
We love going camping!
We love to go swimming and just relax outdoors on the deck.
My family and I love to get out to the parks and to go swimming a lot during the summer months. Thanks! 🙂
We enjoy going to our local parks for picnics, strolls along the beach, trails, splash pads, & playgrounds.
Going to the beach for a picnic
I am out on my veranda everyday
I love to spend time in my pool during the summer.
I love to garden.
We love riding our bikes.
Day trip to the beach with the family!
Swimming at the beach!
I love to go golfing in the summertime
we love to hit up the local splash pads and the nearby parks
We love playing at the beach!
we love to go camping 🙂
We enjoy the outdoors in the summertime by going to the beach or playing with water soakers
we enjoy going to the beach and local parks
My favourite way to enjoy the outdoors in the summertime is to spend the day at the beach with my kids.
My favourite way to enjoy summer is just being outside collecting some sunshine and playing in the sprinkler with my granddaughter!!
We love going for walks to the park
Summer means lots of bike rides.
I like walking in the morning, before the day heats up.
I like exploring the park trails in the summer
We love playing in our backyard in the sprinkle and little pool and going to the beach as a family.
We like to go to the park, splash pad and outdoor pool. Thanks
We absolutely love getting outdoors to do anything but our most favourite activities are making sand castles at the beach or camping!
Beach time!
we love playing at the splash park and wading pool (but in the evenings after dinner when its not so hot)
Family bike rides
My favorite way to spend a summer day is at the lake, love the water, sand and sun!! 🙂
going to the spray park, blanket and book in hand and reading a story to the little one.
My summers are best enjoyed on fishing trips to the lake with my husband. We enjoy doing this is as much as we can so we can escape the city. My husband actually proposed to me on a fishing boat.
Beach Time with the kids.
A favourite outdoor summer activity is hoing to the beach.
We pack a picnic and go to the water park.
I love bicycle riding.
I love going to parks and walking. Always things to see, to learn, to talk about. Great way to enjoy the fresh air.
My favourite way to enjoy the outdoors in the summertime is day trips to the mountains with my family!
love going camping and exploring the outdoors! at home love having the grandkids over to splash in the pool and play
We like going to the beach and hikes
Bike riding is our favourite thing to do
We ride bikes around our lake almost every day.
A splash park is always popular on a hot day.
I really like packing up a yummy basket, and going to the beach for an awesome picnic
We love getting out on the ocean! Kayaking, swimming, and paddle boarding!
My family loves to go swimming in the hot summer.
we LOVE to go camping
We like taking road trips to the Beach
Going hiking is our optimal choice!
We love to go to the park
I enjoy going for a swim.
playing in the water
I love to go golfing in the summertime
We love biking, splash park, the beach and going to the park.
Taking my kids to the beach!
My family loves to play tennis. It’s a great summer outdoor activity for us.
My kids love going swimming at the beach.
We love getting out and spending time going for walks and enjoying the beach.
I enjoy my summers picnicking in the yard with BBQ meat and kids running around.
Kayaking on the lake!
Spending time with my grandchildren, and loving when grandson comes over to swim in our pool!
My favourite way to enjoy summertime is enjoying the water splash pad with the kids!
Our favorite thing to do in summer is go camping!
We enjoy the local parks with the grandkids
I love walking my dog at the canal by me in the summer because there’s a great path for my wheelchair and the dog gets to swim so he can cool off,
Probably having water balloons fights is our fave thing to do
I love having picnics outdoors in the summertime.
We head out to the trails at our local park.
my favorite way to spend the summer is having a small fire in the back yard roasting hotdogs and smokies while the kids play in the pool.
Camping
I love going for a walk or seeing waterfalls in my cuty of hamilton,ON. There are sooo many waterfalls here!!
Eating at local bars/restaurants on the patio with friends/family.
Playing soccer outside with the family!
We like playing in the water when we are outside. The splash pad at the park, pool at grandmas or sprinkler in our yard are always fun,
go to the beach.
anywhere we can find a pool to swim is a great time for summer outdoors
We love to go or walks
We love to go fishing at the lake closest to us in the summer.
We go to the beach, Camping, splash pads and the park or just play in the kiddie pool!
We love doing road trips in the summer; short day trips and longer, vacations. And on these road trips we often randomly go hiking, mountain biking, climbing, kayaking, etc. etc.
Going to the beach , camping , swimming , bbq’s , fairs . you name it i just love summer !
Love to swim, and read outdoors! Thanks
We love going to the beach!
Our family loves to go camping and kayaking!
We live the spray parks!
We love to go camping and swimming in the summer.
we enjoy fishing
There are so many ways I enjoy the outdoors in the summer! I love swimming at the lake, hiking and just hanging in the backyard with the sprinkler on. Hiking to a lake to swim is probably my favourite!
During the summer we like to visit local parks.. Free pools.. And enjoy a picnic
we go fishing. if we’re not fishing then we’re at the splash pad or in the backyard with the wading pool
Our family really enjoys going to the beach and lake by our house!
i love to walk ty 🙂
Poking around the garden
We try to go camping at least once maybe twice
Camping and day trips to the lake to hang out with my family and/or friends!
A day at the beach followed by a picnic dinner
Long hikes around the lake.
We love hiking around the lake on a hot sunny Saturday morning.
I like to tend my vegetable garden
I love To travel…short little trips!
spending time in my back yard and garden with my grandkids!
backyard campfires
I love taking my 4 grand daughters to the beach! 🙂
I love watching the kids and the dogs play on the trampoline, They are so cute together
I love going for a hike
I love spending quality time outdoors camping with my family
We love to go to the local pool during free swim and enjoy the fun
I like to relax in the garden area.