Best educational toys for Christmas?

I want to buy a few things to help her learning / development wondering if anyone has any ideas? Can be small stocking fillers or bigger gift. She already knows all her abcs, phonics, colours, shapes and has things related to these subjects .. what should we be teaching over the next year?

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My son got a Mr. Pencil for his birthday.

Is she able to read already? If she knows her phonics but can’t read yet you could start playfully showing her how to blend words if she’s interested. You could get pre-reader books (like Dr Seuss). You could also introduce her to number sense, counting everyday objects, weighing scale to measure and compare, cash register with ‘real’ money, number blocks related materials, 3D geometric solids… Days of the week, months of the year, the seasons and time can be introduced too - we have things a like calendar that our LO can change the day, date, weather and month of everyday, books in this area, LR does a great clock for teaching time, sand timers, a visual timer… Interactive books like those by Herve tullet - we love mix it up, let’s play, press here, twister right hand here… I believe most toys can be made educational!

@Denise thank you for the ideas. Could you share what calendar you have please? X

Any of these are great pre writing skills, great small stockings fillers; threading, scissors, lacing boards, tweezers, playdough

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