We can thoroughly recommend Entertaining children with i-SPY guides and they are something my son has enjoyed since I first introduced him to the range of books a couple of years ago. We’ve got quite a collection of the guides and have just added four more with the newly published i-SPY Butterflies and moths, i-SPY Garden Birds, i-SPY At the shops and I-SPY In the City.
Entertaining children with i-SPY guides is so easy and cheap too, as the books only cost £2.99 each. They’re also the perfect size to fit in coat pockets and bags on days out.
If you’ve not come across these books before then basically the books are full of items for children to find. Each item has a points value, and you tick the items you find on your adventures. Once you’ve reached 1000 points you can even apply for a special i-Spy certificate too!
We’ve been making good use of the new In the City i-SPY guide so far over the Easter holidays with trips to London and Oxford.
This guide has sections where children are looking for objects on the footpath, in the road, looking for different people at work, things that keep the streets clean, adverts and architecture. They can also spot city animals and different places to visit. That will certainly keep my son entertained and he’s been swatting up on what he needs to look out for to get the most points.
We’ve already been making use of the i-SPY Garden Birds guide which is helping my son earn his Animal Carer badge with Cubs. He needs to keep a record of the birds that visit our garden and the guide has given him a really good visual aid, plus he’s been adding up his points as he goes along.
I normally do the shopping when my son is at school but I think I might keep him entertained around the supermarket with the i-SPY At the Shops book. He can look out for dairy items, fruit and veg, packets and jars as well as items from the bakery to name a few.
One guide I know will get well used as the weather improves in the months ahead is the i-SPY Butterflies and Moths book. With a bug hunter Gramps to help him when we visit Portugal in May, I just know there will be two heads over this book as they look for caterpillars as well as butterflies and moths. We’ll also be on the hunt at home I’m sure.
You can see what I mean can’t you, entertaining children with i-SPY guides is fun, educational and enthralling. So much so that we might have bought the i-SPY Zoo guide too for our next adventure.
I’ve included the Amazon Affiliate links below for the guides featured, and they are also available from all good book stores. We love them, and I’m sure your children will too.
disclosure: we were sent the items mentioned in exchange for an honest review
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I Spy At the Hospital to entertain and distract a child who has an appointment or is an inpatient.
I spy at the supermarket, this is where the kids get very bored.
I spy on a car Journey, keeping them entertained in a car is a nightmare
I spy at the Seaside because we live beside it and spend many Summer days on the beach x
I spy in the forest, as the forest is at the bottom of my road
I would create a butterflies book as my daughter loves them
A theme park as my family are obsessed with them
I spy at the park – there’s so much more to see than slides and swings
id have an i spy for the doctors surgery
I spy at the zoo because we love visiting the zoo and seeing all the different animals.
number plates I spy cars lorries
I Spy at the Dentist, so that it would make an appointment something else to think about and perhaps make less scary.
I Spy At the Doctors to help distract a child.
I Spy… flowers (in gardens, parks etc.)
I Spy… flowers (in gardens, parks etc.) to teach children about nature.
i spy birds xx
I spy at the supermarket, my kids hate coming food shopping, an I spy book would entertain them
I would try I spy at nannys house, to keep lillie pops entertained and gives nanny a break
I spy at the airport to keep children busy and entertained during the wait
i-SPY at the doctors because my son always gets bored waiting to be seen
I spy on long walks when they get bored
I spy on the pier, looking for traditional features as we go to lots of seaside towns
Scottish Landmarks and animals as we are going on holiday there in May and my little boy loves I-Spy books!
I Spy at the hospital because it is so useful for children and their anxieties they may have being at the hospital
I spy at the beach – great for holidays!
Woodland animals and fauna would be good as there’s a wood we walk the dog through all the time 😉
I would create ones that are based around specific countries and the animals you can find there, so when you go on holiday you can i spy for the native wildlife! 🙂
I spy dogs
I would go for I Spy UFOs I am pretty fascinated with all the recent mass sightings lately that pop up on facebook
Maybe I spy at the beach would be good for when we are sitting eating lunch or putting sun cream on
I Spy at the hospital, there is so much to spy which youngsters would find distracting and explain some things, would be really useful as a mini giveaway booklet which could also introduce those who haven’t encountered the series
iSpy Boats at Sea – I live looking across the English Channel and we love the sea so wherever we go we look at boats, ships, yachts
All the cats in our neighbourhood, complete with their names!
i spy at the seaside it could teach you about fish
I would do ispy in the car.. keep the kids entertained in long journeys x
I spy in the house. Will be a good way to keep the kids entertained while you’re busy
I spy castles- the boys love them.
I spy around the house, for those days when they need something to do
I’d do an I-Spy Humans – points for baby in a pram, old lady with a walking stick, bloke with a bear belly etc 🙂
I SPY litter – its everywhere!
iSpy Rabbits – to help educate people about rabbits
I’d do one in a cathedral. Because there’s lots of things to see there if you stop to look at the detail, and loads of interesting history behind them.
I would create an i-spy for plants, trees and flowers which will help people identify them.
I spy in the sky
I spy in the sky
I’d like to see an I spy farm.
ISpy at the Hospital, to help kids understand illness
Love these books so much, they’re brilliant for keeping everyone (grown ups included!) entertained on long days!
iSpy at the hospital would be an amazing addition to keep kids minds busy if they’re ill 🙁
I’d like to see a guide for the zoo.
I spy mess, to encourage kids to do chores!
I’d like to see a Greek mythology one. Would be really interesting for the kids.
I spy in the castle, as it would get the kids looking closer at Interesting historical items
i spy on the bus or in the car because kids always get bored travelling
I spy at the supermarket to keep the children entertained
I spy at sea
I spy at the zoo
iSpy mythical creatures – though how you’d get a full set is a mystery! 🙂
ISpy at the shopping centre, as my kids complain if i’m looking at clothes! Would give them something to do!
I-Spy Marvel Characters because both my kids love Superheroes so it would be a good way to keep them entertained!
I would have an I spy in the woods or when camping
I-Spy at the Shops, as this could make shopping more interesting
i-spy in London as we are visiting later this year
I Spy at Walt Disney World
I spy at Merlin theme parks and museums as its a huge family fave to go to these attractions and boredom killer in the queues at legoland, chessington… and keeps kids attention around ie Madam Tussauds, Shreks adventures etc as they cost enough to go!
I spy On The Beach
I spy at the airport to calm them down before they fly
I spy different breeds of dogs as having two labs I love dogs
I Spy at the supermarket, because I love food and it would occupy the kids whilst I’m trying to shop.
I spy at the airport and I spy in an aeroplane. It’s challenging keeping kids entertained for so long on a long flight
I Spy from the bus
I Spy breeds of dog would be fun if we were in a town or city.
I would chhose I spy in the marshes- there are lovely marsh walks around England and are full of birds,animals and insects native to the marshes only. Also seabirds usually known to be seen at the coast like the Cormorant and new comers like the Chinese water deer in the Norfolk Marshes! its a great place for spotting.
I spy birds because we love birds 🙂
Wild Flowers. When I was a child in the 1960s I loved I-Spy books and my favourite was the Wild Flowers one, from which I learned a lot about the flowers and plants growing all around me, whether on urban wasteland and verges or out in the countryside. I’d love it if my grandchildren could have the same experience.
I spy trains as My little grandson is a fanatic
Cruise ships as loved seeing QE11 on tv as a kid and later sailed to New York many times on her.
I spy at the supermarket, it would keep the kids quiet and from wanting everything
I-Spy street furniture as I’m a little bit obsessed with taking pictures of cool examples on insta!!
I spy on the farm, because we live in the countryside and there’s so much to see!
I-spy Jersey because we are about to take our daughter there for the first time.
I spy food to help fussy eaters broaden their diet.
I Spy At The Seaside! That’d be a fun distraction for when they’re tired of arcades!
I-spy mini beasts, my niece loves all insects and creepy crawlies at the moment
I spy at the park or down the river
I Spy on the Road, to keep them occupied on long car journeys. Include vehicles such as car transporter, coach and cement lorry, animals such as horses, sheep and cows, and buildings such as church, pub and castle.
We live on the coast so an I Spy at the Seaside book would be fun.
I spy lighthouses, simply because I find them fascinating
Dogs because my little niece loves them she is fascinated by them all
There’s so many already that it’s difficult to think of a new one, but maybe I-spy people as I love a bit of people watching!
I’d create one about mini beasts as my girls are obsessed with them!
I-SPY at the Park, it would be a mix of play equipment and then things in nature like types if trees, animals etc
iSpy an airport to keep the kids entertained and focused as you go through all the checks but also helping them understand importance of it all
I spy at the doctors x
Ispy at the airport. It would cover all the things you can find whilst waiting to board. Would keep the kids busy