{"id":1423,"date":"2013-11-19T00:03:01","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T07:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/2013\/11\/19\/fun-educational-gift-ideas\/"},"modified":"2013-11-19T00:03:01","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T07:03:01","slug":"fun-educational-gift-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/fun-educational-gift-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun & Educational Christmas Gift Ideas for Preschoolers"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my biggest challenges as a mom is what to get when it come time for gift giving. I feel like my children are blessed with so much, it’s hard for me to justify bringing in truckloads more toys to the house when we already seem to be loaded down. When it is time for presents, I really like to do my research and find gifts that aren’t just another toy to add to the pile, but things that have educational value too. I researched diligently and with the help and input of a lot of great moms, teachers, and friends I put together a list of items especially for preschoolers to keep them busy and their minds active! Here are our ideas for a variety of preschool ages and in a variety of price ranges.<\/p>\n

Babies 0-1 year olds<\/h2>\n

B Squeeze and Stack Blocks<\/a>LeapFrog Learning Table<\/a>Alex My Busy Town Wooden Developmental Toy<\/a>VTech Sit-to-Stand Learning Walker<\/a>Vulli Sophie the Giraffe Teether<\/a>VTech – Rhyme and Discover Book<\/a>Priddy First Words Numbers Shapes and Letters<\/a>Fisher Price Ball Popper<\/a><\/p>\n

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Younger Preschoolers 2-3 year olds<\/h2>\n

LeapFrog Letter Factory Phonics<\/a>LeapFrog Learning DVD Set<\/a>Melissa & Doug ABC 123 Puzzles<\/a>Play Doh<\/a>Melissa & Doug Lacing Beads<\/a>Mega Bloks Building blocks<\/a>WEDGiTS Deluxe Set – 30 Piece Set<\/a>Strider Balance Bike<\/a>Melissa & Doug Shape Sorting Cube<\/a>Melissa & Doug Geometric Stacker<\/a>Go Dog Go<\/a>Dr Seuss Books<\/a><\/p>\n

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Older Preschoolers 4-5 year olds<\/h2>\n

Melissa & Doug Giant Floor Puzzles<\/a>Melissa & Doug Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles<\/a>Alex Toys Ready, Set, School<\/a>Magna Tiles<\/a>Hot Dots Jr. Let’s Master Pre-K Reading<\/a>Where The Wild Things Are<\/a>If You Give A Mouse A Cookie<\/a>LeapFrog Leap Reader<\/a><\/h2>\n

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We love these gift ideas and think they would be a hit under the Christmas tree or as a birthday gift for any preschool aged kid, but our list is by no means exhaustive.
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You can see more of our\u00a0<\/span>preschool gift ideas on The Pinning Mama.<\/a><\/p>\n

What have been some of your children’s favorite gifts though the years?<\/span><\/h2>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of my biggest challenges as a mom is what to get when it come time for gift giving. I feel like my children are blessed with so much, it’s hard for me to justify bringing in truckloads more toys to the house when we already seem to be loaded down. When it is time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":12457,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-1423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fun","tag-christmas"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}