Garmin vivofit jr. 3, Fitness Tracker for Kids, Includes Interactive App Experience, Swim-Friendly, Up To 1-year Battery Life, Lilac Floral

My 8yr old girl loved getting this as a gift. It has definitely made her more excited about being active whereas she used to just want to play in her room all day. She actually said “Let’s go farther so I can get more steps” on a walk we took the other day. The active minutes is another helpful metric for her to try to hit. This watch uses gamification to establish healthy habits in kids. Incidentally, it is also a great way to build math skills. Just having them read off the steps in the thousands and ten thousands is great practice. We’ve also had convos like “How many more minutes do you have to move until you reach your goal of 60 min?”Three observations:1) it is a little hard to read indoors, but not too bad.2)I had issues syncing it after I set it up. Garmin’s support forums and pages helped me solve that.3)I haven’t dug into the chores and rewards yet, but that could help with incentivizing in other areas too.I am actually going to buy another one for her older brother who is wanting to track activity and earn rewards. There is an option to allow profiles to go head to head but I haven’t decided if that will inspire or discourage, but it could be fun depending on how your kids are wired.

Love this watch for my 7 year old. Durable and Easy to use and I like that it does not have games available so it’s not overly distracting. The app is fun to use and she loves knowing the time and seeing her steps and things on the watch itself. I also love that it doesn’t need constant charging. Highly recommend!!

I was looking for a watch that doesn't have a ton of games on the watch for my daughter. She wanted to track her steps and sleep but didn't want to get in trouble like some of her friends at school (who have the ability to play "games" on thier watch). My daughter and I picked out this watch and it has been everything she wanted! She loves the color, the personalization options, and the fit. She can wear this all day without complaint and says the material is comfy. I love the corresponding app, too! On the app, chores and goals can be set and it will sync to the child's watch. We loved this watch so much that we also bought my son the star wars one! In my opinion, this is the best children's watch.

We actually bought this for our 7 year old as a potty watch (long story). All the watches we were finding didn’t have the option for multiple alarms, but this one does. We set an alarm every 2 hours and it works great. There’s also alarms for bedtime, chores, etc. it’s cute and comfortable as well. It’s a bit expensive for a kids watch, but it was worth it to us. It has held up great, especially considering she has broken watches in the past. My only complaint is the app, it’s supposed to track her sleep and steps, but it doesn’t. We synced it to my phone and everything. It just won’t stay synced, but that’s okay. We didn’t buy it for those reasons anyways.

My nine-year-old son already had one of these but an older version. My daughter has been begging for one because of that. She is thrilled to track her steps and loves the other features that come with it. We are very happy with the Garmin as a smart watch, just wish I could make calls or text. That’s a whole different watch though.😏 highly recommend as a starter watch.

Both my husband and myself wear Garmin watches, so we were thrilled to find this for our child. Cute band, seems comfortable to her, and she loves doing step challenges against us.I was slightly hesitant to purchase from several reviews stating the screen face was dark and you can’t adjust it, but my daughter has worn her watch every day since Christmas and the screen lighting has not once been an issue for her or us to to check the time, her steps, etc.Great product, would recommend to anyone interested.

I read all the reviews and we decided to try it even though many reviews said the screen was too dark, as we couldn't find anything else that offered what we needed. There are many things we love about it and it is ALMOST perfect for our 8 year old ADHD daughter.HOWEVER the other reviews are spot on. The screen so dark it is unreadable in anything other than bright light. Such a disappointment as this seems like it would be such an easy fix for Garmin to make the screen more visible. If they would just fix that one thing this watch would be absolutely fabulous. As it is, we are returning it because the darkness makes it almost . C'mon Garmin!

The girls enjoyed meeting goals on this watch. They quickly learned how to navigate the menus and buttons. They also loved playing the games on the Garmin jr. App. My only issue was that I needed a smaller band for my daughter and couldn’t find one so it was a little loose. A plus is that the battery lasts a whole year before it needs replacing.