{"id":20125,"date":"2022-12-15T14:17:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T20:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/?p=20125"},"modified":"2022-12-15T14:17:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T20:17:03","slug":"holiday-gift-giving-with-a-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/2022\/12\/15\/holiday-gift-giving-with-a-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Gift Giving with a Purpose!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don\u2019t forget that offering experiences can a great gift that lasts throughout the year. A pass to swim at a local indoor pool during winter, a pass to the childrens museum; try skating at Greenheck Field House (they have red gliders for those who don\u2019t skate to push on the ice), or a pass to the movie theatre for a favorite movie night out. Some of these will provide exercise and social experiences of a night out in the middle of winter. These are just a few ideas so be creative and offer your child.<\/p>\n

Here are some holiday gift ideas for all ages and with a purpose!\"\"<\/p>\n

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Nesting and Sorting Garages and Cars<\/a> or Barns and Animals<\/a> by Melissa and Doug: Great for hand-eye coordination, concepts of color, size,
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Stack and Sort board<\/a> by Melissa and Doug: Practices hand coordination, shape identification, counting.<\/p>\n

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Adventurer Kit<\/a> by Lovevery: Practice two-handed coordination, process and manage emotions, explore gravity, motion, and changing direction, build finger strength and dexterity. There are other sets available for ages up to 6-7.<\/p>\n

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Button Art<\/a> by Alex Discover: Practices fine motor skills, creative thinking colormatching, eye hand skills.<\/p>\n

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Tall Stacker Pegs Pegboard Set<\/a> by Lauri: A great early construction set that promotes STEM, encourages fine motor skills, counting, color sorting, matching and more, and allows children to use their imagination!<\/p>\n

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Kinetic Sand<\/a>: For older kids (who will not eat it) Kinetic sand offers endless fun working on fine motor, imagination and sensory play.<\/p>\n

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Slice and Bake Cookie<\/a> set by Mellisa and Doug: Pretend play and fine motor skills.<\/p>\n

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Magna – Tiles<\/a> by Clear Colors: Promotes imagination, fine motor skills, color and shape identification. Come in a variety of fun sets such as forest or arctic animals.<\/p>\n

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Roll ‘n Go Wooden Marble Run<\/a> by Fat Brain Toys: Practices visual tracking, fine motor skills and counting.<\/p>\n

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Teeter Popper<\/a> by Fat Brain Toys: Practices balance and coordination.<\/p>\n

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Kids Explorer Sofa<\/a> by Member’s Mark: This is a slightly cheaper version of the Nugget. It offers cushions for lounging, fort play and practicing motor skills. Great for all ages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Don\u2019t forget that offering experiences can a great gift that lasts throughout the year. A pass to swim at a local indoor pool during winter, a pass to the childrens museum; try skating at Greenheck Field House (they have red gliders for those who don\u2019t skate to push on the ice), or a pass to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":342,"featured_media":20140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[251,238,239,1],"tags":[256,20],"class_list":["post-20125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gigis-playhouse","category-resources","category-special-education","category-uncategorized","tag-downsyndrome-giftgiving-specialneeds","tag-gigis-playhouse-wausau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/342"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wausau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}