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Blog Christmas Gift Guide 2022: Staff Picks for Kids

Christmas Gift Guide 2022: Staff Picks for Kids

December 16, 2022 by Sydney Ackerman

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.

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  • 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!”

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