CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR CHILDREN: WHAT TO GIVE FROM 0 MONTHS TO 8 YEARS

In collaboration with Chicco

For children, Christmas is the most beautiful and happy time of the year, especially as it brings its nice load of presents to unwrap under the tree. For mum and dad, Christmas is just as beautiful but definitely more challenging, as they have to step into the shoes of Santa Claus to fulfill their children's wishes. A task that, it must be said, they carry out with great joy, given that making Christmas gifts for children is one of the most rewarding activities of parenting. However, provided you have clear ideas and know what to give for Christmas: every age requires in fact, his right toy that knows how to entertain and excite, but which at the same time stimulates the curiosity and creativity of the child in the different stages of his growth. A list of the best games for children based on age can help you make the right choice to turn you into a super efficient Santa Claus and make your little one very happy!

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Christmas gifts for babies from 0 to 12 months must stimulate their motor and sensory skills

What to give to a newborn to make the first Christmas of your life unique and unforgettable? At that age it is too early to expect suggestions from those directly concerned, and so it's up to dad and mom (and uncles, grandparents ...) to find the best ideas to pack under the lighted tree. To be sure not to make a mistake with Christmas gifts for babies from 0 to 12 months, it must be borne in mind that in the first year of life, especially after the first few months, babies need to experiment and see the effects they produce with their actions: therefore avoid toys that do everything by themselves and instead focus on gifts that can be touched, grasped, pressed and shaken to hear if they make noise.
We therefore provide children with toys full of stimuli and curiosities, suitable for this fundamental phase of their development: musical carousels for the cot, wooden animals to be pulled, colored xylophones, games with joints, multi-activity carpets, books and others. soft games. Chicco offers, for example, the Magie di Stelle Mobile, which cuddles the newborn in his bed (if he cries, it turns on automatically so as to reassure him thanks to the atmosphere created by the projection and music) but also accompanies him when he becomes larger, becoming a practical projector from bed with a rich selection of melodies and anti-dark light, Sam the Mole Acchiappaforme, a bilingual game suitable from 9/12 months where the child can have fun inserting all 5 shapes (of different shapes and colors) to make them jump together with the mole, and the XXL Forest Carpet, on whose surface of over one square meter many colorful animals attract his attention and intrigue him.

Christmas gifts for children aged 1, 2 or 3: room for imagination and creativity

To choose Christmas gifts for 1, 2 or 3 year old children, one must take into account the stages that mark the psychomotor development of our little ones: at 1 year or so, the child tries to stand up, is the first steps, and is already able to handle games and other objects with increasingly coordinated gestures (for example, he knows how to put objects in and out of a container). Also, between 12 and 18 months, learn to pronounce the first words. A 2-year-old child already knows how to walk and speak quite well and even starts drawing with crayons and pencils (for the moment little more than scribbles, but he will have time to learn). His coordination improves and he is able to perform more structured actions even in the game. If, on the other hand, you have to give gifts to 3-year-old children, know that at that age they can complete simple puzzles, draw and color with greater dexterity, begin to use constructions and also know how to indicate the various parts of the human body and recognize animals. .
To answer the question of what to give to children of 1, 2 or 3 for Christmas, we therefore think of first-step trolleys, puzzles and not very small constructions, colored rings to stack, plastic cars, spinning tops, musical games, etc. If you want some practical suggestions, we point out some Chicco toys such as Baby Rodeo and Miss Rodeo, rocking horses first and interactive riders then, with lights and music, to have fun in total safety, the Detective Dog, a cute colored hound dog equipped with luminous sensors that the child has to push around the house in search of a bone, Basket League, to improvise as little basketball players trying to put the ball in a basket, Food Truck, a game with 18 electronic and mechanical activities that easily transforms from a full kitchen to become little chefs to a vehicle with free wheels to drive, the Jump & Fit Musical Carpet, the modern interpretation of the classic game of the bell with different levels of play and difficulty (each suitable for a different phase of the child's development), and Family Games, the first line of board games designed for children aged 2 and over, ideal for playing together with the whole family lia (for the little ones, Under the Sea, a memory card game where you have to find all the animals in the right sequence to win the game, and Bee Happy, a collaborative juggling game of image recognition and visual associations are more suitable. Then as they grow they can move on to games from 3 years old).

Christmas gifts for 4 or 5 year olds, the age they want to "challenge" adults

Anyone looking for advice on Christmas gifts for 4 or 5 year olds, keep in mind that in preschool age children are no longer satisfied with playing alone or with their little friends (even if they continue to do so often and willingly), but having by now developed good intellectual, linguistic and "imagination skills, they feel ready to" challenge "adults (not only mum and dad but also older brothers and sisters, cousins and so on) with games of skill and society that involve all the family, following the rules, implementing the first simple strategies and, if necessary, also resorting to the collaboration of the other players ideas for Christmas gifts for children 4 and 5 years old, therefore, choose without delay educational board games to share with the "grown-ups", developed to play with the family in a fun way and to test the ever increasing skills of children. At this age they also begin to whiz around on a bicycle or scooter and are still attracted to great classics such as radio-controlled cars, toy car tracks and dolls' houses, as well as watercolors, brushes, colored pencils, magic slates and books. magnetic
In relation to what has been said so far, we recommend some Chicco toys including Bobby Buggy, a "radio-controlled car that moves in four directions and jumps all obstacles, and the other products of the Family Games line of board games, those for little children" older children: Zero, a speed card game that helps develop the recognition of illustrations and colors, Balloons, a collaborative card game in which children have to help the balloons fly up to the sun before a gray cloud goes to darken, and Playroom, a memory game whose purpose is to tidy up all the objects and put them back in the chest of drawers, in the end the player who remembers everything wins.

Christmas gifts for children aged 6, 7 or 8: learning while having fun

And we have come to Christmas gifts for older children, those aged between 6 and 8 who have now started attending school, gradually becoming familiar with letters and numbers. They are children who begin to develop their own personality and to cultivate their first little passions in an increasingly independent way. They have finally achieved full motor control and refined the techniques for folding, creating, decorating and gluing materials. They are very curious and are not satisfied only with playing with an object but want to understand how it works.
Paradoxically, it is much easier for parents to choose Christmas gifts for a child of this age, since they know his tastes and inclinations and can buy him something he really likes (even at the suggestion of the person concerned). , the best Christmas gifts for children aged 6, 7 or 8? In this phase of growth, the watchword is "learning while having fun": space for educational games, creative kits, board games, adventure books, puzzles with many pieces or 3D, constructions with smaller bricks and more complex and articulated playsets, globes and musical instruments for beginners.