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School Holiday is Fun! Get Some Summer Vacation Ideas

Summer vacations may be joy for pupils, but quite a tricky time for parents. Often childcare costs are unaffordable for working mums, or for those who stay-at-home or work from home, screaming kids and chaos might get a bit too much. Relax. While I cannot offer affordable childcare (it’s down to the government, isn’t it), here are some lovely (and eco-friendly) ideas to have fun with your kids.

Summer time in the UK is wonderful this year, so make the most of it! Activities in the park will not only help you fight the stress, but it’s a great way to stay close to nature and spend quality time with your kids.

Enjoy a walk in the park… with a kid on a scooter

You can choose the scooter type depending on your child’s age – they are various and usually start from age of three. I find it a great way to spend time outside and keep my little princess active. Besides, this will help ME stay fit without the need to pay for a gym membership.

The very first day we received the red, limited edition, mini micro scooter, we ended up in the park with my daughter: me – chasing her and screaming “STOP”, and she – the happiest child in the park, probably thinking “I’m getting faster than mum – this must be a good sign I’m growing”. After a couple of days only she’s riding her scooter perfectly well and enjoying her time in the park to bits No more frustrating morning trips to the nursery, I recon, when she wants to jump off the buggy and run in the opposite direction. It’s good exercise for me, and great fun for her every time we go outside.

The scooter itself is a must-have: an award winning, Swiss designed product. It’s light weight, portable (so we’re definitely taking it with us on our family vacation abroad), and it’s also great design! There are 3 new limited-edition mini micro scooters in red, green and yellow. It gives toddlers independence whilst helping to develop their critical balance and co-ordination skills. It comes apart in two pieces and will fit easily on top of a buggy or in the corner of a cafe. Comfy!

Mini Micros are low to the ground, which makes them very easy for young children to feel comfortable on. Basically, they do not need to have one foot considerably higher than the other, as with some other scooters. Because they are low to the ground, this also aids balance. Additionally, the foot plate is made of light-weight plastic, which is actually an excellent material as it avoids the danger of your child scraping or banging his ankles on a hard piece of metal - which, believe me, can happen a lot with the metal models.

The Mini Micro Scooter does not steer in the usual way i.e. by turning the handlebars left or right. Basically, it turns when your child leans to one side, thus putting his bodyweight in the direction that he wants to turn. Whilst this may seem strange at first (to you, perhaps, more than your child) this is actually a very good method of changing direction for a young child. With my own son, it was not long at all before he was effortlessly gliding around corners.

It's also very easy for my little one to balance on it as it's got 2 wheels at the front as opposed to the back. I can recommend it as a perfect starter scooter!

So what else you could do while you’re enjoying your day in the park? Pick up flowers and leaves. Make beautiful summer flowers bouquets to decorate your child’s room! Or… get crafty later in the afternoon (especially if weather is drizzling – we can’t expect the summer is always bright in the UK, right) and make wonderful…