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If you are looking for a fun gift idea this holiday season that is educational as well, then you are in the right place. I plan to write an entire post about how I prepared my daughter for Kindergarten and is now on her way to the gifted program at school. Educational toys played a key part in that. I also believe a hands on approach is important as well. In fact, I think that taking time and working with your children is the number one thing you can do to help them succeed. I also believe reading to them every day is a must, here is a great list of classic books that I think should be on every child's book shelves. Please let me know what educational gift ideas that you think are perfect in the comments below.
Please check out the fun, education gift ideas below that kids are sure to enjoy. Please make sure to check out the recommended age range of each product listed. And don't forget to enter the giveaway below as well!
Dig It Up! The Big Egg from MindWare
Take a crack at this egg and discover all seven different species of dinosaurs hidden inside! Will you find the stegosaurus first, or the mighty T-Rex? Learn more about each creature with the excavation guide when you’re done. Just soak the egg in a bowl or sink, chip away with your chisels, and discover!
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Dig It Up! Discoveries: Mermaids from MindWare
12 deep sea shells hide magical mermaids from all over the globe in this excavation activity. Once excavation is complete, learn about each mermaid’s special powers using the exploration guide. Simply soak the clay seashells in water, then carefully chisel away the sedimentary material to reveal the mermaids inside.
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Lettersaurus™
Learning letters is dino-mite with the Lettersaurus™! This adorable alphabet dinosaur has colorful letter buttons on his back that lets kids explore letter names and the sounds they make. Press the dino or footprint button to hear friendly phrases or add sounds to a jungle beat. Spinning the tail wheel introduces numbers and plays a counting song. For more music, pressing the light-up star button plays three upbeat songs. The dinosaur toy is also a pull toy that turns his head side-to-side as he wobbles along.
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Magic Adventures Globe™
Young explorers can travel the world and see everything in it with the Magic Adventures Globe™. Using the stylus, children can tap on the 10 interactive learning globe and experience new places, languages, cultures, animals, geography, habitats and more through high-quality BBC videos. Featuring a 2.7 integrated video screen, animations and live-action videos fully immerse kids in the curriculum to provide a better understanding of the world through more than 5 hours of videos. They can also play three interactive games called Around the World, Quiz Show and Where in the World to explore the globe, challenge a friend and solve mysteries.
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hand2mind Slime! Science Slime Making Lab Kit for Kids
SLIME! SLIME MAKING LAB KIT allows your kid to become an expert at all things slimy! They will learn the science behind polymer chemistry. With our real lab tools and materials, your kid gets to create an educational experiment and experience. Unlike most educational toys for girls and boys, our kit provides them with the experience to think like a scientist and engineer! The 17 experiments include making colored worms, mixing up homemade play dough, creating and catch invisible worms, shooting a basketball with a bouncing ball, and more! The fact-filled lab guide is jam packed with pictures and information needed for HOURS of fun experimentation in your own home laboratory! STEM at Play Kit is designed by educators to be 'smart-fun'. For children 8 and up under adult supervision. A great way for you and your child to work and learn together through a purposeful science-based play.
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Learning Resources Botley the Coding Robot Activity Set
Meet Botley, the code to fun! As the newest member of the Learning Resources Family, Botley the Coding robot is here to introduce coding in an easy, friendly way. Children as young as 5 can learn to code with Botley, and with his advanced features, he can grow with them for many years to come. Botley is ready to use right out of the box, so he will have kids coding in minutes (plan ahead: Botley requires 5 AAA batteries, not included). Botley is also 100% screen free; no phone or tablet required. Explore Botley's advanced features and code him for up to 80 steps, with 40 more you can discover. He can also follow looping commands or be programmed to go around objects with If/then logic. Turn on the black-line follow mode and set up a path for Botley to travel. Botley even has hidden features to unlock! Botley includes a one-piece activity set, which includes coding cards, detachable arms, interactive obstacles, and code games that are ready for endless hours of fun and learning. Learning coding With Botley helps kids foster creativity and develop problem solving and critical thinking skills!
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LeapFrog LeapBuilders ABC Smart House
Welcome home to the LeapBuilders ABC Smart House! Build, create and learn with this interactive 61-piece house-themed block set. Kids can build using the easy-to-hold building blocks and double-sided learning blocks that feature letters and objects. Insert the 20 doubled-sided learning blocks into the interactive Smart Star cube and it will respond with educational songs and encouraging phrases about letters and numbers that enhance building play with learning content. Build on the Smart Star cube to trigger sounds. Press the question button on the Smart Star cube to hear requests to find specific blocks in the set. The music button plays three learning songs and three melodies. Use the learning blocks from other LeapBuilders sets in the interactive cube to unlock additional content responses. Get building with smart blocks for smart kids.
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We are huge believers that children learn through experiences as well. Make sure to check out my Experience Gift Ideas to Give This Holiday Season post too.
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My son would love the STEM slime kit
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ReplyDeleteI like the LeapFrog LeapBuilders ABC Smart House :) My great niece just turned one year old so this would be perfect for her to learn things from and play with :)
ReplyDeleteI would love to win the Lettersaurus because it has a lot of fun element to it like learning letters and numbers,sounds,and music and it's also a pull toy.
ReplyDeleteI like this one: Teach My Kindergartener Learning Kit. It would make learning both fun and easy.
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I like the slime making kit. My 9 yr old loves playing with slime, she would most definitely love this for Christmas.
ReplyDeleteThe Teach My Toddler kit would be perfect for my nephew.
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the pre school one for my cousin!
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I love the Dig it Up Mermaids. It looks fun.
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I like the Science Slime Making Lab Kit. My oldest granddaughter loves to make slime and would enjoy this kit.
ReplyDeleteI love the Dig It Up! Discoveries: Mermaids from MindWare and think my niece would love it too.
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ReplyDeleteI love the slime making lab kit! My boys love science and getting their hands dirty so it would be perfect!
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My kids love to build things, so I think they would love the LeapFrog LeapBuilders ABC Smart House.
ReplyDeleteThe LeapFrog Leap Builders ABC Smart House is so cute my grandkids would love playing with it when they come to visit me.
ReplyDeleteI really like the LeapFrog LeapBuilders ABC Smart House. I have always loved Leap products as they are always a fun and interactive type of learning.
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I would love the Lettersarus for my grand daughter.
ReplyDeleteI really like the LeapFrog LeapBuilders ABC Smart House. I know 2 little ones that would enjoy.
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ReplyDeleteMy daughter would love the Dig it up discoveries, mermaids
ReplyDeleteI like the LeapFrog Magic Adventures Globe. My grandson would love it!
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ReplyDeleteI like the Dig It Up! The Big Egg from MindWare
ReplyDeleteI think my kids would enjoy the hand2mind Slime! Science Slime Making Lab Kit for Kids.
ReplyDeleteThe dig it up dino is my favorite. This is something my son and I could enjoy together.
ReplyDeleteI like the Lettersaurus pull toy because it teaches letters to my littlest granddaughter Rosanne
ReplyDeleteThe slime making lab kit is my favorite. I want to win this for my daughter.
ReplyDeleteThe Abc smart house is my favorite. I know that the kids learn from those toys.
ReplyDeleteTeach my kindergartner. I am homeschooling and this would be a great resource!
ReplyDeleteSlime for sure
ReplyDeletei like the Magic Adventures Globe,,it would be great for my grandson
ReplyDeleteMy grandson would love Dig It Up, The Big Egg.
ReplyDeleteMy grandson would love Dig It Up, the Big Egg. I would like to win it for him.
ReplyDeleteI like the hand2mind Science Slime Making Lab Kit for Kids. I think my nephew would love it.
ReplyDeleteMy niece will love the Lettersaurus!
ReplyDeleteI like the Magic Adventures Globe™, it would be perfect for my daughter.
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