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My favorite types of gifts to give children are fun and educational gifts because a love of learning is a gift that keeps on giving. With the majority of children behind in school due to the pandemic, it is imperative that we give them gifts they can enjoy while getting them caught up. This list is aimed at elementary and preschool aged children, but please feel free to list any educational gifts ideas that you have for older children in the comments below.
Featuring the exclusively designed light gray reversible transport base and two clear motion bases with real rubber wheels, along with a range of CONNETIX magnetic tiles in the signature pastel colors, this pack will inspire endless vehicle designs.
Encourage hours of STEAM learning through play as children navigate magnetism, shape and color to create trucks, trains, ambulances, aircrafts, forklifts, fire engines and more. With strong magnets and the signature CONNETIX bevel design for durability and clearer refractions, this pack will grow with children as play and learning develops.
Purchase on connetixtiles.com
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50 Piece Pastel Transport Pack - Connetix
Gear up for epic vehicle fun with the CONNETIX Pastel Transport Pack! Following the success and popularity of the Rainbow Transport Pack, CONNETIX will launch the multi award-winning Transport Pack in the exclusive 8 earthy Pastel colors.Featuring the exclusively designed light gray reversible transport base and two clear motion bases with real rubber wheels, along with a range of CONNETIX magnetic tiles in the signature pastel colors, this pack will inspire endless vehicle designs.
Encourage hours of STEAM learning through play as children navigate magnetism, shape and color to create trucks, trains, ambulances, aircrafts, forklifts, fire engines and more. With strong magnets and the signature CONNETIX bevel design for durability and clearer refractions, this pack will grow with children as play and learning develops.
Purchase on connetixtiles.com
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Rainbow Picnic Game
Race to fill your rainbow with a food token of every color with this easy to learn game for preschoolers ages 3+! Beautifully designed with Eric Carle’s illustrations, this playful, screen-free learning activity helps kids with color recognition, matching skills, and more!Purchase on Amazon.com
Smart Teddy
Available at Amazon.com | MSRP: $199.95
MEandMine
Aha! Emotion Science Available on Amazon | MSRP: $29.95
Online Education Gift Voucher
Although gaming was once just an entertainment-driven pursuit, games are now widely accepted as an impactful educational tool. CodeMonkey is an AWARD-WINNING educational computer coding environment that teaches kids to learn computer programming concepts and languages like CoffeeScript and Python. This educational game is the best gift for 8-year-old kids. Teaching children the ABCs of coding is so beneficial in our ever-evolving digital world since coding is the language of computers.
Pinxies
Through the enchanting world of Pinxies, kids will learn to expand their imagination, play creatively, solve problems, and hone early construction skills with the new Pinxies Butterfly Hot Air Balloon and Pinxies Star Wish Tower creative building sets. They'll join adventurer and expert builder, Koral, as she navigates her way through the Pinxies' world, where discovery and making new friends is just the beginning.Pinxies Butterfly Hot Air Balloon and Star Wish Tower retail for $29.99.
Available on lukilab.com and amazon.com
Dexor
The new brand Dexor invites kids to enter the world of 10-year-old Derek, a regular kid who has a secret life as a young inventor! Not only does he love to design and build robots, but he also uses them to save his town from one disaster after another. When Derek is in the cockpit of his robot creations, he becomes Dexor, where he must save the world while also finishing his homework on time!Kids can help Derek transform into Dexor with three action–themed building sets: Robot, T-Rex and Mini Jets. The Dexor figure from each set also fits inside the completed build's hatch for added play and storytelling, and all sets are compatible with one another for even more fun.
Dexor Robot and T–Rex retail for $19.99 and Dexor Mini Jets retail for $17.99.
All sets are available on lukilab.com and amazon.com.
The Wiggles - Super Wiggles CD and DVD
The Wiggles, who are touring Canada this fall and will be coming to the U.S. in 2023, continue to thrill their millions of fans of all ages and persuasions with their irresistible music and performance style.
The album has received awards, critical acclaim, and international radio play this year.
Check it out HERE
BlueOrange Burger ASAP Game
This game is recommended for Ages 7 and UP, 2-5 Players
Purchase at BlueOrangeGames.com
MAGNETIC BLOCKS TOUGH BUILDING TILES
Purchase on Amazon
Step2 Adventure Camper™
Purchase at Amazon.com
Kwik Stix
Teach My Busy Board ~ Montessori Toys
Montessori busy boards can teach your child how to dress, strengthen hand-eye coordination, and develop problem-solving skills through play.
The busy board is a sensory toy to help kids learn basic fine motor skills. Perfectly designed as a handbag, making it easy to carry and the perfect gift. The busy board is a great holiday gift.
SimplyFun Games
Since then, it’s been their mission to help children at every skill level develop their unique gifts using the power of play. Their games are educational yet fun to play and help kids unplug.
Readyland Books
Readyland is a library of printed books that come to life with innovative voice technology, creating a whole new category - Alexa Interactive Books - where screen-free reading meets audio entertainment. Using an Alexa-enabled device at home or the Alexa smartphone app, kids explore books in a new way with engaging dialogues and interactive games revealed each time they turn a page.
The ability to talk to the book’s characters. Expressive character voices engage in dialogues with the reader and play games such as I Spy and Name that Tune. The characters listen and respond to the reader’s voice, giving kids control of their experience.
New surprises every time. With hundreds of recorded phrases in each book, the reader’s responses and choices create new ways to explore each storyline and activity. For example, in Jack and the Beanstalk, the reader’s choices to create the magic spell on one page will change the story outcome on later pages. These surprises keep kids coming back again and again.
Screen-free, interactive fun. The books are highly interactive, with no screen required! The stories are brought to life, bursting with surprises, sound effects and songs to delight young readers and take their attention away from screens and into the books.
Encourage literacy and comprehension. Readyland books make reading more fun, encouraging children to read, listen and respond. The engagement with storylines helps develop important language and comprehension skills.
Ages 3+ | MSRP $14.99 | Amazon
UpRoar
Take two cards, spot the matching pair of words, and first to sound them out wins the cards.
Whoever has the most cards at the end of the game is the winner! Easy … or is it?
This award-winning party game is perfect for adults, grannies, grumpy uncles, trendy teens, and kids aged 7 years plus. If you can read, you can play.
UpRoar is 100% plastic-free, biodegradable, compostable and carbon neutral, making it light on the environment, but heavy on the laughs.
Ages 7+ | MSRP: $9.99 | Amazon
Feltman Brothers heirloom doll
Feltman Brothers heirloom doll with a matching holiday outfit so your little one and her friend can shine in their matching outfits. The Feltman Brothers hand embroidered holiday loungewear collection pays tribute to a long-standing tradition that many families share, choosing and bringing home the Christmas tree. Perfect for opening gifts under the tree, holiday photoshoots and creating special family memories.Since 1916, Feltman Brothers has been providing the world with timeless, authentic clothing for little ones in classic tradition using hand embroidery and hand detailing. Feltman Brothers' use of hand detailing is a skilled craft and trade, one that Philippine mothers pass down to their daughters, working on machines that are almost 100 years old. This long-standing tradition provides fulfilling work for this Philippine community of mothers.
They would love the game beagle or bagel
ReplyDeleteBattle Sheep looks like fun.
ReplyDeleteI would love the Tongues Out game because pugs are the cutest!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun options! Uproar sounds like a funny game my girls would love!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun options! Uproar sounds like a funny game my girls would love!
ReplyDeletethey kid i am trying to win this for would love the burgers asap game that is so darn cute.
ReplyDeleteI would like Clouds for my youngest grandchild
ReplyDeleteclouds is perfect for my grandchildren
ReplyDeleteWe would love tongues out!! We love blue orange games
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