Gift suggestions for 5 year old boy

citygirldc

Happy new year everyone. I'm looking for birthday gift ideas for a gifted 5 year old boy. Not sure what to get as I don't anyone who has kids that age. Any ideas or recommendations?

3 years ago

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brita

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I teach kindergarten. Popular toys are magformers (magnets that connect), lego, dominoes, brio builder and k'nex. The boys also enjoy discussing anything marvel super hero related (Hulk, Ironman). They enjoy non-fiction books about dinosaurs and creatures that are unusual (i.e.deep sea life). The Magic Treehouse is a popular beginning chapter book series that take Jack and Annie on adventures back in time. Hope this helps.

3 years ago

Stagiaire Fash

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Gifted kids are tricky, because their intelligences so be so varied. At his 5th birthday, mine was reading easily (not chapter books yet—got The Wind in the Willows for his 6th & read it all immediately, also learned German & read chapter books in it that year) but he didn’t know to put bodies on his drawings of people—their legs came straight from their heads. His art skills have never kept up with his language abilities. Lego and IKEA instructions & assembly were a breeze, indicating good fine motor control, but his handwriting has always been beyond dismal. When he was 4 & 5, he knew all about astronomy & a bit of geology, and wanted to read more. Can you tell us any more about where this kiddo’s strengths lie?

3 years ago

columbine(erin)

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Hmm I was thinking of open ended Montessori type toys on Etsy. We have really enjoyed Mirus Toys on Etsy.

3 years ago

cjh

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I also recommend books, big thick ones, with pictures of everything. Dinosaurs, bugs, sea life, spiders, birds, owls, space, machines, weather, anything nature.

3 years ago

Helena

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I've never gotten more value out of a toy for my former-littles than I have from Lego .. the kits if there are any characters or activities they are really into (lots of cars, buildings, superheroes, etc.), or just as good, an assortment of bricks for them to make whatever they like with! Books are always fantastic too; those kid encyclopedia-esque books were always a hit and hold interest for many years.

3 years ago

JAileen

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Yes to Legos. Yes to big fact books. Yes to chapter books. If the child can’t read them, he can (and should) be read to. We started reading to our son when he was still a baby. In fact, there was a book about books to read to your children. My brother, a librarian, thought so highly of it that he gave it to us twice.

3 years ago

Bijou

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I would ask the Mum for recommendations. At that age my son was really interested in Power Rangers and Pokemon, whilst my nephew loved Star Wars and Lego. I always appreciate people running things past me for my son, as I don't like them wasting their money. I have a number of unopened toys and books that were gifted to DS but which he had no interest in.

3 years ago

slim cat

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Legos all the way .

3 years ago

citygirldc

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Thank you all. Legos are #1 on my list and believe he likes Spider Man so I'll keep those in mind.

3 years ago

Stagiaire Fash

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Have you dipped into the world of Lego lately? When my son was younger, Lego was becoming stupidly gendered, with strange superheros and space thingies for boys, and pastel-colored “friends” with figurines skinnier than normal Lego people for girls. Yuck. We mostly chose “City” sets, which have cute characters that everybody can enjoy.

3 years ago

rachylou

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Playmobil!

3 years ago

Anonymous

Legos

3 years ago

Runcarla

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Legos and books!

3 years ago

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