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Can Five-Year-Old Kids Go Kayaking? Yes!

1/21/2020

 
Can a 5-year-old paddle a kayak?

Most 5-year-old kids are ready to practice paddling their own child-sized kayak.  In addition, five-year-old children can enjoy kayaking in the following variety of ways:
  • practicing their paddling in a pool or other calm water (6 or 6.5 ' kayak) 
  • riding on the back of a sibling's Lifetime Wave or similar sized kayak on calm water
  • being towed while paddling a child-sized kayak while they practice their paddling
  • riding duffer (middle of the boat as a non-paddling passenger) in a tandem kayak
  • assisting with paddling on a sit-on-top kayak with siblings or parents

Last year our youngest son  was four (we have three boys), and he tried paddling a kayak for the first time!  Though his first excursions were short, he absolutely loved it!  This year he is turning five and eagerly awaiting spring so he can practice paddling the kayak up and down the banks of the calm river that runs through the back of our property. ​

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