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Gift Ideas for Homeschoolers

Dateline: 11/28/08

By Ann Zeise

If you want to know what real homeschoolers who love this site are getting their kids for Christmas, here is a list taken directly from my Amazon sales reports.

Pre-Homeschoolers

Fisher-Price Smart Cycle
Smart Cycle

Fisher-Price
A Plug & Play (TV), Hardware/Software system. The child can customize his/her vehicle on screen (color/model etc.) and explore different themes (environments) that are sold separately.
Recommended Age: 36 months - 6 years

Barbie Surf's-Up Cruiser
Barbie Surf's-Up Cruiser

Mattel
Tropical Beach Vehicle. Load up the cute and sporty Tropical Beach Cruiser for the most glamorous beach party ever! The cool ride to get there is half the fun. The Tropical Beach Cruiser vehicle seats two dolls and it comes with a cooler with drinks that Barbie and her friends can pack up when they are ready for a picnic at the beach. Doll not included, sold separately and subject to availability.
Recommended Age: 3 years and up

Huffy Green Machine H2O Trike With Water Guns
Green Machine H2O Trike With Water Guns

Huffy
* Shoots water over 20 feet * Extreme ride and slide action * The Ultimate water battle * Oversized, easy to fill pressurized water tank * Firing Controls on Joystick * Super Wide Racing Slick Wheels * 16" Rubber Front Tire "Puts the power to the pavement" * Extreme rear wheel pivot action for ultimate control * Measures 50" x 26" x 20" * Weight Capacity 150 lbs
Recommended Age: 4 years and up (thru weight limit)

Homeschooling in the Middle Years

Bakugan Battle Brawler
Bakugan Battle Brawlers

Battle Pack of 6 - Red and Green Spheres (one of each of the other colors).
Bakugan
Answer the call to brawl and decide the fate of the galaxy! These small spheres magnetically morph into powerful Bakugan warriors when they roll onto the real metal Gate Cards! Use strategy to place your metal Gate Cards effectively as each card affects the battle differently. Then master your precision shooting skills to roll your Bakugan into battle and win! Styles are selected at random when shipped.
Recommended Age: 5 years and up.

Extreme Bug Vac
Extreme Bug Vac

Summit
Capture and study bugs without harming them. The Turbo Bug Vacuum has new boost button that gives you extreme power for capturing any bug. The 9V vortex provides five seconds of pure turbo power. The turbo power lights red when ready to boost. The capture core with its 5x magnification lets you view bugs up close. Requires six "AAA" batteries, included.
Recommended Age: 5 - 10 years.

Wobble Deck
Wobble Deck

Diggin
An Indoor/Outdoor Electronic Balance Board! Play 3 Multi level balance games: Memory Match, Speed Play and Freestyle. Great for the mind and body. Improves sound and color recognition, reaction and reflexes, and fitness and coordination.
Recommended Age: 5 - 12 years.

Lap Loom A With Accessories
Lap Loom A With Accessories

Harrisville Designs
With Harrisville Designs' simple, sturdy, authentic hardwood lap loom, children and teens can learn basic techniques for weaving tapestries, wall hangings, bags, pillows, place mats, purses, and more. Equipped with slanted nylon pegs, this 12-by-16-inch loom comes with enough cotton warp string and wool yarn to weave one 9-by-15-inch project.
Recommended Age: 7 - 99 years.

Snap Circuits SC-300
Snap Circuits SC-300

Elenco
Electronic Snap Circuits by Elenco is an award-winning toy for budding engineers eight years old and above. The SC-300 model includes over 60 parts for creating more than 300 exciting projects. With lights, sounds, motors, and more, you'll not only enjoy creating beeping games, but also learn about basic electronics as well!
Recommended Age: 8 years and up.

A To Z Electronic
A To Z Electronic

Fundex
Quick! How many words can you think of that rhyme with night? A to Z is the think-fast, shout it out electronic game that makes players scour their minds for items within categories that begin with different letters. Race the clock and your opponent as you rack your brain in the game that lights everything up from A to Z. Be the first player to turn off all the letters and you win! Includes electronic game board, A to Z category cards and instructions. Requires 3 'AA' batteries (included). For 2 to 6 Players. Ages 8 & Up.

Pleo Dinosaur Robot
Pleo Dinosaur

A Ugobe Life Form
Open source, life-like robotic dinosaur with loads of potential. Come watch the videos and see!
Recommended Age: 8 years and up.

Ripstik Caster Board
Ripstik Caster Board

Ripstik
Best described as a cross between a skateboard and a snowboard, the Ripstik caster board is the perfect ride for kids looking for the next big thrill. The board is distinguished by its pivoting deck and 360-degree inclined caster trucks, which offer a snowboard-like carving ability. A simple weight transfer lets you turn or accelerate without pushing, just like when you're carving down the slopes.
Recommended Age: 8 years and up.

K'nex Serpent's Spiral Coaster
Serpent's Spiral Coaster

K'nex
At a whopping five feet tall, the Serpent's Spiral Coaster towers over kids with its impressive network of spirals, looping tracks and obstacles. With over a thousand pieces and more than 38 feet of track, kids can spend hours building the massive coaster - then another few hours running cars though it. Includes two chrome finished cars which are carried up the motorized vertical chain lift, plus a combination of original and micro K'Nex parts. 1,082 pieces in all. Requires 2 "AA" batteries, not included.
Recommended Age: 9 - 14 years.

Xbox 360 Console
Xbox 360 Console

Microsoft
* Family Settings allow parents to restrict game access for younger players * Wireless controller * HDMI lets you get HD video (up to 1080p, cable sold separately) * Go online with Xbox Live * Includes Sega Superstars Tennis game and 5 bundled Xbox Live Arcade games

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Star Wars

The Force Unleashed
by Lucas Arts
Confront and associate with familiar faces from the Star Wars films, including Darth Vader in addition to new adversaries such as fugitive Jedi and Force-sensitive Felucians. Purchase this video game product and get a select video game magazine at 50% off.

Gift Ideas for Homeschooling Teens

Thames & Kosmos CHEM C3000
CHEM C3000

Thames & Kosmos

  • The ultimate chemistry kit
  • Designed and manufactured in Germany for safe experimentation
  • 387 experiments in 32 sections
  • Start with fun experiments to learn basic chemistry principles
  • Recommended Age: 12 years and up.

    Grid Perplexors Level D
    Grid Perplexors Level D

    MindWare
    Build logic skills, one story at a time, one clue at a time! Match characters to characteristics, actions to adverbs, and logical leaps to your students' learning. Each Grid Perplexors puzzle starts with a story that challenges the reader to figure out who, what, where and when details using a list of clues. Each clue is a puzzle in itself, offering as much information about what's not true as what is.
    Recommended Age: 12 - 14 years

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