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Educational Gifts For ChildrenBeing a teacher I couldn't resist a page on Educational Gifts For Children!What follows is a selection of very popular educational gift ideas that will engage the brain as well as being fun. Let's start with a game that would work well for the younger child. Shopping List 
is a fun memory game which teaches turn taking, extends vocabulary and improves concentration.
There are 4 shopping lists, 4 shopping trolleys and 32 item cards with pictures of foodstuffs and other things that you can buy in the supermarket. Each player takes a shopping list and a trolley, and all the item cards are placed faced down. Players then take turns to pick cards and try to find the ones which match the pictures on their shopping list. The aim is to fill your trolley with the items on your list before anyone else gets all their things. An extemely popular, low tech game that will really engage pre-schoolers. Recommended for ages 4 - 8, the Leapfrog Tag Reading System (Green) 
enables young children to access reading and become independent.
There is lots of attention to detail in the books and children can simply listen to the stories or interact with them. Amazon has a special Leapfrog Store 
which offers a wide selection of books and laptop-type toys for young children (see next item).
The LeapFrog LeapPad Explorer Tablet in Green 
is a learning tablet designed for 4 - 9 year olds.
It has a built-in camera, video recorder, and a huge library of games and activities including apps, an art studio and a storybook studio. If your child is fascinated by your i-phone or i-pad, get them this! They won't be disappointed - and they'll leave you alone! Bananagrams 
is a fast and furious word game for the whole family where you make up words with the tiles you have. I haven't played it but it's meant to be '100 times more fun than Scrabble'!
Everyone who plays it seems to love it - plus the banana case is fun! Scaredy Cat 
is a fun counting game that will engage children from 3 years upwards.
The aim of the game is to assemble a scarecrow while collecting birds. When a Scaredy Cat is drawn however, the birds 'fly away' ie. you have to put them back! When the Scarecrow is complete, the player with the most birds wins. This is a well established, low tech game that works on many levels - and most importantly, children love it! BrainBox World 
is designed for children aged 8+.
You have 10 seconds in which to memorise as much information as possible about a country - flags, towns, exports etc. Then you roll a dice and have to answer a numbered question about the country. If you answer correctly, you keep the card for that country. The person with the most number of cards at the end of the game wins. The egg timer and dice add excitement and children learn while they play. There are many other Brainbox Games
including facts to learn about football, animals, maths, history, nature, inventions. A very popular and truly educational range of games.
I couldn't finish this page without a mention of Rush Hour Junior. 
This particular version is for slightly younger children (6-8 years) although I use it with some of my 10 year old students.
It's a game that starts off in quite a straightforward way, building up children's confidence and developing strategic thinking as well as coordination. There are 40 graded levels building up in a very cumulative way. Children play on their own working out how to remove one of the cars by sliding the other vehicles around the board. Every child I've introduced this game to - from 6 to 11 has loved it. For older children, I would say for 9+, the original Rush Hour Traffic Jam Puzzle Game 
might be a better bet. Both are great - the first Ive mentioned is a little easier.
Search here for more Educational Gifts on Amazon.co.uk
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