If you love finding the perfect holiday gifts for your children, look no further. Below are several recommendations for books and games that are equally as educational as they are fun!
Early Literacy Games
When children play literacy games with adults and other children, they develop oral language skills, alphabet knowledge, phonemic awareness and social-emotional skills. The following games make great gifts because they help your child build a strong foundation for future reading and writing:
- Melissa & Doug My Own Mailbox
- Zingo Word Builder Board Game
- Magnetic Letters & Numbers
- Picture Window: Sound Sorting Set
- Alphabet Puzzles
- Rory’s Story Cubes
- Melissa & Doug ABC Lacing Train
- Carson-Dellosa Publishing Time to Rhyme
- Sight Words Bingo
- Didax Educational Resources CVC Unifix Letter Cubes
- Twist and Spell Exercise Cards
- Alphabet Bingo
- Rhyming Sounds Magnetic Match
- Brown Bear Felt Figures for Flannel Board Stories
Children’s Books
Children’s books also make wonderful gifts because they promote a special time of bonding with your child. Additionally, they can be used for years to come – first by being read aloud together and later as an independent reading activity. The books below are notable award winners (Caldecott Honor, Newberry Medal, etc.) from 2016, and each would be a great present for children ages 2-7 years old.
- Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music by Margarita Engle
- Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick
- Grandma Lives in a Perfume Village by Fang Suzhen
- Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Péna
- Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina
- A Pig, a Fox, and a Box by Jonathan Fenske
- Supertruck by Stephen Savage
- Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews
- Waiting by Kevin Henkes
- The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy by Beatrice Alemagna
Note: Anyone who shops through Amazon Smile and selects Primrose Children’s Foundation as the nonprofit of choice will help to support charities focused on building literacy such as Save the Children and Zero to Three.
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