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As a school psychologist and homeschool mom, I am constantly on the hunt for educational gifts that are high on fun. Educational gifts spark creativity, boost learning, and inspire imaginative play.

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How to Select the Best Educational Gifts for Your Children

I am a huge fan of stealth learning and today I’m sharing our favorite educational gifts, organized by subject. When you have finished reading, I’d love for you to share your favorites in the comments! Let’s grow our stealth learning stash together.

Educational Gifts: Mathematics, Logic, and Problem-Solving

In the following post, I share a list of our family’s favorite math gifts to give. It says ten, but I’ve been adding to it so you get more than that, promise!

More great ideas for math gifts here:

Educational Gifts: Literacy, Reading, Writing, and Language Arts

There are countless ways to make language arts exciting. Here are some of our family’s favorite language arts, literacy, and reading gifts:

Here are more gift ideas for stealth learning in this area:

Educational Gifts: Science & STEM

We love science and STEM over here, and I have oodles of ideas for hands-on learning. Be sure to check out this post, featuring our favorite science and STEM gifts to give:

Here are some other ideas for STEM and science gifts:

Educational Gifts: Nature

So much learning occurs when we leave our four walls and immerse ourselves in nature. In the following post, I share some of our family’s absolute must-have nature resources:

Here are some other ideas for nature gifts:

Educational Gifts: History & Geography

My kids love to explore history and geography, and I have enjoyed learning alongside them. There is so much I don’t remember from my youth- and this has been a wonderful experience for all of us. In the following post, I share some of our favorite history and geography gifts:

Here are more ideas for history and geography gifts:

Educational Gifts: Arts, Creativity, and Play

First of all, I must mention our favorite toy of the year, Build & Imagine. This kit is amazing. It is STEM meets play meets dollhouse meets colorforms (I’m dating myself here) meets magnatiles meets stories …. I could go on and on and on. Another fun play-based gift would be a recipe for BIG bubbles and a bubble wand! You’ll notice I also included the famous Yodeling Pickle because it deserves a moment. It is hilarious and would make a fantastic gag gift! (This pickle is my one exception to noisy plastic toys!)

Now that I’ve gushed, here are our favorite gifts to inspire creativity, play, and imagination:

More ideas to fuel play-based, creative learning:

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**Now, it’s your turn. Tell me: What is your favorite educational gift to give? Share here!**

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Half of the gifts for my daughter are books! We both love them. I even wrote an essay about my love of books and how it impacts my relationship with my homeschooled daughter. You might like it ?
http://www.sarahbadatrichardson.com/an-army-to-keep-her-safe/

Aloha! Sarah

Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley says:

December 12, 2016 at 8:03 am

Love this, Sarah! I’ll be sharing it with my book club <3

Thanks for the guide. My son loves nature and all the exploring staff, so I thing we could choose something from here.