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.
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:
- Gameschooling: The Best Math Games for Your Homeschool
- Educational Stocking Stuffers: Math and Logic
- Gameschooling: The Best Math Games for Your Homeschool
- 10+ Math Picture Books Your Kids Will Love
- 10+ Amazing Math Games for Your Homeschool
- Logic Games for Your Homeschool
- Improve Quiet Time with Educational Logic Games
- If You Read Your Kids a Math Book…
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 Stocking Stuffers: Language Arts
- The Most Amazing Journals to Use with Your Children
- 20+ Fantastic Reading and Language Arts Games
- 100 Games and Picture Books for Play-Based Learning
- The Best Picture Books for Your Little Bookworm
- Easy Ways to Foster Early Literacy At Home
- How to Promote Literacy During Quiet Time
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:
- The Best STEM Games for Your Homeschool
- Gameschooling: The Best Coding Games for Your Homeschool
- Educational Stocking Stuffers: Science & STEM
- Gameschooling: The Best Science Games for Your Homeschool
- STEM Resources for the Whole Family
- 10+ Science Games for Your Homeschool
- 15+ Superb Books for Young Scientists
- Our Five Dollar Tinker Kit
- Teaching Kids to Code
- Homeschool Science in the Early Years: 5 Ways to Keep it Fun!
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:
- Gameschooling: The Best Nature Games for Your Homeschool
- Educational Stocking Stuffers: Nature
- The Best Nature Journaling Books for Creativity and Inspiration
- 5 + Nature Games for Your Homeschool
- Exploring Nature with Children & DIY Nature Explorer Packs!
- DIY Nature Explorer Pack
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 Stocking Stuffers: Geography
- Gameschooling: The Best Geography Games for Your Homeschool
- Educational Stocking Stuffers: History
- Gameschooling: The Best History Games for Your Homeschool
- How to Make Your Homeschool Geography Amazing and Fun
- Discover the World Through Stories
- Read Your Way Across the Globe
- Easy Ways to Learn Geography
- DIY Traveling Journal Homeschool Project
- 6 Books for Teaching Map Skills
- History Unboxed: Hands-On History Fun
- Family History Project: Grandparent Journals
- Including World Folktales and Fables in Your Homeschool
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 (Iām dating myself here) meets magnatiles meets stories ā¦. I could go on and on and on. Another fun play-based gift would be a recipe for BIG bubbles and a bubble wand! Youāll 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:
- Educational Stocking Stuffers: Art and Music
- How to Add Art Appreciation to Your Homeschool
- The Best Art and Music Games for Your Homeschool
- 100 Games and Picture Books for Play-Based Learning
- The Best Art Books for Children
- ThinkFun Compose Yourself: A Game for Budding Musicians
- Easy Outdoor Art
- Calm Kids Down With Doodle Diaries
- Fuel Creativity and Learning Through Art
- Homeschool Art Lessons Keep Little Artists Happy
Add more joy to your homeschool routine…
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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
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.