Spending Summer in the North East with the Kids

Are you looking to spend some quality time with your kids while having them engaged? A range of fantastic options are waiting for you to make summer interesting for the entire family.

Here are a few you could explore.

Exhibition Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

With lakes, parks, playgrounds and cycling clubs, the Exhibition Park is an attractive destination for children, including pre-schoolers, toddlers and older kids.

Enjoy a super game with your kids or indulge in a game of golf in the spacious croquet lawn. Set up a beautiful picnic and spend time in the wonderful outdoors with your family.

Let your kids enjoy a wonderful game of cycling at the Park’s cycling club exclusively for children. There is also a skate park to give your children a crazy fun time.

If you are looking to enjoy the weather and wonderful outdoors, then the boat lake and playground are waiting for you!

If the weather plays spoilsport, there is a wonderful Military Museum waiting to reveal its secrets to you!

There is some serious action waiting for you at the Park – so claim it!

Little Learners

While there are numerous activities for older kids, it can be quite difficult to discover activities that keep babies and toddlers engaged. Little Learners breaks the mould with its educational messy play programme.

This summer, deviate from the routine indoor play activities of building blocks, climbing and sliding through sliders, and indulging in ball games. Make play interesting and learning easier for your kids with Little Learners!

A preschool company with multiple awards to its credit, Little Learners offers educational messy play programmes for babies to pre-schoolers. Educational messy play uses painting, play dough, dancing, scribbling and messy play to encourage kids to explore, identify, learn and understand colours, shapes, patterns, textures and other concepts.

A messy play class teaches kids to make marks based on The Mark Makers characters in the way they know best – play. Kids use their hands, feet, fingers and toes to make these marks. Tools such as pens, papers, chalks and paintbrushes are made available to enable kids to explore and experiment.

Messy play classes improve your kids’ core muscle strength and develop their fine and gross motor skills. With a messy play class, your kid will be prepared ahead for crucial futuristic skills – writing, creative thinking, problem-solving and social interaction.

The baby & toddler classes are great fun and offered in a safe and comfortable environment. You can book your class or learn about the programme here!

Newburn Activity Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

This is an epic action centre for kids across ages, including toddlers and older kids. The place bustles with a range of indoor activities, including climbing, table tennis, wall climbing and trampolining. For kids looking to stretch their bodies more, there are gymnastic and martial arts activities.

Whether you are looking to get some exercise for your kids, flex their body and mind muscles, or get them to have some plain fun, Newburn Activity Centre is the place to be!

Down at the Farm, Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear

Give your kids a taste of the outdoors with Down at the Farm.

With its wide variety of animals and interesting farm activities, this place engages your kids and enriches their minds. Introduce them to farm life and a variety of farm animals, including lambs, donkeys, giant tortoises, reindeers, snakes, raccoons, cows, prairie dogs and red deer.

Little ones can have a memorable time of holding beautiful chicks and fluffy lambs.

The time spent outdoors with the animals will teach your children to be respectful of the planet and its living beings.

Make the time interesting and adventurous by indulging in tractor and barrel train riding, and quad bike riding. There is a giant sandpit and an adventure playground to add more liveliness to the time at the Farm.

Make this summer about fun and family. Watch your kids explore and learn new things by choosing memorable destinations.