Two Great Christmas Gifts for Kids
Since I am in the retail business, I like to do polling the old-fashioned way: Ask People. And so when my contemporaries inquired about the best Christmas Gifts for kids, I went straight to the source: my kids and my numerous nieces and nephews. (We seem to be an expansion-minded family.)
To all of the young kids, I asked, "What Would You Most Like for Christmas This Year?"
I received several answers from each child of course-they all had big wish lists. But, there were two choices that rose above all the others and that each child seemed to want: The Kid Tough Waterproof Digital Camera and the Littlest Pet Shop Organizer.
Since I am in the biz, I knew what each of these products were but not in detail. I did a little research for you and would like to explain why the kids love these so much...and why the adults love to get these for kids.
First, the Kid Tough Waterproof Digital Camera.
As parents, you will love the Kid Tough Waterproof Digital Camera because it will preserve your nice digital camera. You know your kids and you know that your kids love to borrow your digital camera. Well, this only lasts for so long until the kids inadvertently drop it, spill something on it, or otherwise harm it in some way. In this way, the Kid Tough Waterproof Digital Camera actually saves you money!
However, this camera is not just a toy. It actually takes great pictures. I bought the Kid Tough Waterproof Digital Camera Pink for my daughter and the results have been amazing. Her creativity has skyrocketed. In fact, with this camera, she often takes better pictures than I can!
And, it is truly kid-tough. She has put this camera through the paces and it still operates perfectly and seems like it will continue to do so.
At around $50, this easily makes it one of the best Christmas Gifts for kids.
The other gift that the kids adore is the Littlest Pet Shop Organizer. My other daughter has the Littlest Pet Shop Organizer Pink and she can barely put it down. These little organizers are like little-kid versions of a PDA. However, the Organizer is actually a two-in-one gift. The primary function of the Littlest Pet Shop Organizer is for the kids to take care of a virtual pet like you've seen with some of the other toys. Kids feed the pet, play with them, and make them happy. On top of that, they use their organizer as a scheduler so they can learn how to plan out their days.
Both of these gifts, the Kid Tough Waterproof Digital Camera and the Littlest Pet Shop Organizer, are loved by the kids and make superb Holiday Christmas Gifts.
Richard Mas is a shopping aficionado and contributing editor to the Best Christmas Gifts for 2008 list at the The Christmas Store Online. His one suggestion to all who shop during the Christmas Holidays is to avoid the brink and mortar and Buy Christmas Gifts Online.
How psyciatrists test to find out for gifted kids for kindergarten?
Answer
Most children are not tested for gifted programs until the first grade. Many schools do not offer special programs for gifted children until they are in 1st grade. Kindergarten testing is usually reserved to some very basic knowledge and reasoning skills. They also try to determine if the child is ready to be away from their parents for several hours of the day. I would enroll your child into kindergarten and see how he/she does before asking for tests. A lot of children feel isolated and unhappy in gifted programs because they do not interact as much with most of the kids. This was my experience. My daughter tested into the gifted program but asked to be removed after only a few months because she didn't like being seperated from her friends.