5 Best Kids Sports Watches

By: Kelly Cannon

Break Studios Contributing Writer

Choosing one of the 5 best kids sports watches for your child can help them learn about punctuality and keeping a schedule. This is really important in these days of constant on the go activity for kids. A good sports watch can help your child show up on time for soccer practice. It can also help them know when its time to come home for dinner. Giving your child a watch helps to teach them responsibility, but you need to make sure that you choose a good watch that will stand up to rough treatment that comes natural for kids. These are some of the best kids sports watches available.

  1. Speedo Kids' Active Swim Polyurethane Watch. This tough kids sports watch features quartz movement and is water resistant up to 165 feet. It has a sporty, modern design that can stand up to rough treatment. It's available in a variety of great colors, sure to please any kid.

  2. Timex Kids' Time Teacher Watch. A great choice in kids sports watches, which can actually help children learn to tell time. Remember analog watches with hands that move around the face? Yeah, this is one of those. The watch is marked with time coded hour and minute hands, and the face lets kids know if it's ten minutes to the hour, or ten minutes past. It features a durable case and is water resistant to 30 meters (99 feet).

  3. Quicksilver Kids' Digital Windy Watch. This watch is made to handle everything your kid can put out, with a solid steel screw down back and a tough polyurethane strap. It can change between 12 or 24 hour time and has an alarm and a stopwatch. It's water resistant to 50 meters.

  4. Timex Ironkids Sports Watch. This is a perfect choice for a kids sports watch. It's shock resistant and water resistant to 50 meters. It features a stopwatch and a countdown timer with an alarm. Easy on and off for kids with a Velcro strap band.

  5. Timex Kids Digital Stretch Strap Watch. Timex makes this reliable and durable sports watch especially for young kids. The watch features a large easy to read digital display and has a stretchy elastic strap for comfort. It's water resistant to 30 meters.

Posted on: Oct. 25, 2010