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Playing Up the Holidays – Great Gift Ideas from RITES

December 11, 2019 by Halley Lavenstein

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Scroll down to check out our top picks for great gift ideas for the holidays with fun, engaging games the whole family can play that work on key educational skills for your kids – they won’t feel like they’re learning and you’ll feel good that they are!

And…all of these great gift ideas below can be purchased through Amazon Smile – this is a special portal for Amazon that donates 0.5% of all purchases to specific nonprofit organizations. Simply go to smile.amazon.com and select Rhode Island Tutorial & Educational Services as your charity of choice, then shop as you normally would – your support will help other families get the high-quality, personalized, multisensory tutoring they need, but can’t afford. Remember to bookmark the smile.amazon.com URL for future purchases!

Happy shopping and Happy Holidays from all of us at RITES!

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Lisa Bigney                            Halley Lavenstein
Co-Director                            Co-Director

Play can be an important part of learning new skills. Playing a board game or playing with a toy can help children learn a concept, increase critical-thinking skills or discover something new about the world. This holiday season, consider picking up something playful for your kids. Here are some great gift ideas for new games and toys, all available on smile.amazon.com.  Remember, many of these games have different versions for different ages:

Click on each image to go to that page on smile.amazon.com!

Bananagramsfun, eganging game 1 - Bananagrams
Grades: 1st – 12th
Subject: Spelling
Simple and flexible enough to be enjoyed by all ages

Appfun, engaging game 2 - Apples to Apples Jrles to Apples Jr. Edition
Grades: 4th +
Subject: Languagefun, engaging game 3 - Apples to Apples

Apples to Apples
Grades: 6th +
Subject: Language

Develops language skills, vocabulary and thinking skills

fun, engaging game 4 - SETSET- The Family Game of Visual Perception
Grades 1st +
Subject: Math
Pattern-finding game that helps kids recognize patterns, shapes, and family sets – fun for all ages, and challenging enough for even adults to play!

 

fun, engaging game 5 - Snap Circuits

Snap Circuits
Grades: 3rd – 8th
Subject: Science
Electronics kit that lets students complete projects on their own or by following a booklet of ideas – a great way to make the subject accessible to even reluctant learners

 

fun, engaging game 6 - Timeline

Timeline
Grades: 6th – 12th
Subject: Social Studies/History

Kids work together to build a timeline of major inventions and events by placing cards in the order they think they go – a good tool for developing sequencing skills and memorizing important historical events

 

fun, engaging game 7 - magnetic poetryMagnetic Poetry Kits
Grades 1st – 12th (different kits for different ages and interests)
Subject: Language Arts/English
Increases both vocabulary and sentence structure, encouraging wordplay with meaning and creativity

 

fun, engaging game 8 - fractiles

Fractiles
Grades: 1st – 3rd
Subject: Art and Math
Magnetic tiling toy that allows students to create a variety of beautiful geometric designs, exploring principles of geometry

 

 

Q-Ba-Maze
Grades: 1st – 4thfun, engaging game 9 - Q-Ba-Maze
Subject: Science
Stacking blocks let kids create their own marble towers, experimenting with building a multitude of shapes, leading to a greater understanding of physics

 

 

uKloofun, engaging game 10 - uKloo
Grades: Pre-K – 2nd
Subject: Reading
Build literacy skills with reading lessons designed as a treasure hunt for kids to read clues and hunt for a hidden surprise – a perfect game for beginning and reluctant readers

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