School’s out and it’s time to play. Here are some of this year’s hot options.

Fortamajig: Happy Kid Co., 6+, $70. (Available at www.thehappykidcompany.com.) Build a tent, fort, clubhouse or just a sunshade with this eight-foot square of high-quality tent material loaded with fasteners and loops. It’s great for indoor forts, too, because it’s so lightweight.

Maxi Kick Scooter: Kickboard USA, 6-10, $150. This super-smooth scooter is more like a skateboard: There’s a handle for balance and an excellent brake, but you lean your body to steer it. Even with double wheels in the front that add the stability of a skateboard, this scooter has a high cool factor.

Sky Ball: Maui Toys, all ages, $9. This ball looks like any other mid-size bouncy ball — until it pops up over your head. The bounce in this ball is incredible, so get your friends together and see who can make it go the highest.

Wind Chaser Stunt Kite: Spin Master, 8+, $30. If you’ve never been able to do much more with a kite than barely get it airborne, you’ll like this version’s built-in stunt action. The controller at the end of the line makes the kite dip and dive! You’ll need a pretty windy day for this one, though!

AquaGlider: Zing Toys, 5+, $10. (Available at www.aquaglider.us.) For every foot deep it is released, this cool glider will travel 10 feet through water. (Release it three feet down, and watch it glide for 30!) Adjustable wings make it curve or go straight.

Submergency: Swimways, 6+, $20. Set this ball to float, sink or suspend in the middle of the water, then get to it before its timer goes off with an alarm that you can hear underwater. You can set the timer for 15 to 90 seconds.

Turbo Fill Blasters: Fisher-Price, 3-12, $35 (one gun, one filler) or $50 (two guns, one filler).

Water Splashers Water Bombs: Imperial Toy, 8+, $3 (for 175 balloons). The least fun part of outdoor water games is refilling your ammunition, whether you’re using a blaster or a balloon. With clever attachments that fit directly on a hose, these toys make the task quick and easy, allowing nonstop water-fight fun.

Motion and Sing Scene TV Games, Jakks Pacific, 5-10, $30. These are a huge step up for plug-and-play TV games and are easy to take along for a rainy day. The microphone loads a fun singing game on your TV with 20 pop or country songs. The motion-sensing controller gives Wii-style control (it’s not wireless, though) over the action on-screen.

TRIPtivities, Klutz, 8+, $10. The people at Klutz put it this way: “The world has a deep and unquenchable need for kid-friendly travel toys.” So they’ve released a new edition of their travel activity book full of brainteasers, puzzles, tricks and games that will keep you busy for hours.

Cards to Take Along

Boggle, Hasbro, 8+, $15. A fantastic revision of the original word-search game, with everything in one simple, sealed case, plus a built-in timer and smart turning mechanism that “sets” the letters after you shake them.

Scrabble Slam, Hasbro, 8+, from $7. Skip-Bo, Mattel, 7+, about $7. These are great options if you’ve had your fill of Uno. In Scrabble Slam, you’re constantly trying to change the word in play by adding your own card on top of one of the letters, for example, changing “plum” to “plus.” In Skip-Bo, you try to get rid of your cards by placing them in sequence on four piles. Both games are quick and fun for the whole family.

Tic Tac Chec, Dream Green, 6+, $19. (Available at www.dreamgreen.org.) This game is a cross between tic-tac-toe and chess. The object is to get your four pieces in a row, but you learn the basic rules of chess to get there. The high-quality wood travel game comes in a convenient zipper case.