Welcome to Cedar Classical Academy’s Christmas Gift Guide!

Our staff has compiled gift recommendations for the children in your life. Keep scrolling for our practical, tried-and-true, and sometimes unconventional picks for this Christmas season!

This post is not sponsored.

For even more gift ideas, check out our 2020 guide and our 2020 read-aloud and book list.

Boys Kindergarten-2nd Grade

• Mrs. Peng’s pick under $30: Thor’s Hammer “for imaginative play.”

Girls Kindergarten-2nd Grade

• Mrs. Peng’s pick for $15: Giant Tub of Markers

Girls & Boys Kindergarten-2nd Grade

• Mrs. Hull’s pick for $10: Taco, Cat, Goat, Cheese, Pizza.

• Mrs. Peng’s pick under $25: Mancala.

• Mrs. Berggren’s pick under $30: Adventures in Odyssey.

 

• Mr. Hummel’s pick under $40: Morakniv No. 2 “A great starter knife for training knife skills for ages 6 and up.”

• Mrs. Berggren’s pick under $100: Elephant and Piggie book set.

Boys 3rd-5th Grade

• Mrs. Peng’s $10 pick: Rubix Cube

• Mrs. Moll’s pick under $20: Morse Code Light.

• Mrs. DeGoffau’s pick “for hours of fun and learning”: Electronic Snap Circuits. Prices vary, starting at $20.

Girls 3rd-5th Grade

• Mr. Hummel’s pick under $10: A tourniquet, especially if they just learned about first aid and the circulation system.

• Mrs. Peng’s pick under $15: Johanna Basford Coloring Books.

• Mrs. Hummel’s gift pick for $20: Bohnanza.

• Mrs. Hawkins’s pick under $30: Crocheting Loom.

Girls 6th-9th Grade

• Mrs. Moll’s pick under $30: Felt Wee Folk ($19) + supplies (felt, wooden beads, embroidery floss)

• Mrs. Hawkins’s pick under $40: Miniature House Kit.

Family Gifts

Fifteen of our favorite read-alouds:

• Mrs. Ackerman: The BFG by Roald Dahl.
• Mrs. Berggren: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
• Mrs. DeGoffau: Little Britches by Ralph Moody.
• Mrs. Hawkins: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
• Mrs. Hull: A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus
• Mr. Hummel: The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
• Mrs. Hummel: Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfeld and Murder for Her Majesty Beth Hilgartner.
• Mrs. Peng: Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien
• Mrs. Moll: The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson and Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree by Robert Barry.
• Mrs. Hull’s pick under $30: Cover Your Kingdom.

• Mrs. Ackerman’s pick under $40: Pickleball Paddles. “It’s like tennis and ping pong had a baby.”

• Mrs. Ackerman’s 2nd pick under $40: Kam Jam. “Fun for the whole family!”