50+ Educational Stocking Stuffers Your Kids Will Love (2024)

by Cait Curley 101 Comments

Today, I am sharing a list of over fifty educational stocking stuffers. These stocking stuffers are fun for kids, but they also pack an educational punch.

Psst! This post is one of my all-time favorites, but I would be remiss if I didn’t share some news here.

I’ve recently created a brand-new stocking stuffer post with new items and recent family favorites. It has over 100 educational stocking stuffers. You can read that post here:

• 100 Educational Stocking Stuffers Your Kids Will Love!

In order to make things a bit easier, I’ve grouped them by subject. Is your child struggling with math? Sneak in some math fun this year… stealth learning at its best!

10+ Educational Stocking Stuffers: Mathematics, Reasoning, and Logic

Our familyloves to play math. I’ve written several posts about how we use math games, play, and stories in our homeschool. These stocking stuffers provide wonderful math play… and they are fun for kids! I’d like to highlight what an impact Extreme Dot-to-Dots have had on our family. My kids are obsessed and, over the summer, I had a four-year-old happily counting past 1,000!

10+ Educational Stocking Stuffers:Science, STEM, and Nature

Keep your budding scientist happy with these fantastic stocking stuffers. These items will fit in a stocking and provide endless entertainment and learning! In particular, I’d like to mention our portable microscopes and compact binoculars. Each child has his or her own and we’ve had them for years. We rarely hike without one or the other! Another great idea would be a subscription to Groovy Lab in a Box– it’s a gift that keeps on giving! Another wonderful way to include science in your home is to enjoy what I call TUB STEM. I’ve included these amazing bath toys below.

10+ Educational Stocking Stuffers:Reading, Writing, Language Arts

Build a love of reading and writing with these fun stocking stuffers. I’d like to mention (again!) how much we all love this book light. It has fueled so much reading over here!

Oh my goodness, you guys! I am over-the-moon excited about this one. • Have you read ‘Wonder’ with your kiddos? We are deep in it right now. Although, I’ll be honest. I read it years ago and i knew I wouldn’t be able to get through a lot of it without crying so we are listening to the audio story. • (Audiobooks and audio are *not* cheating. They just help families to read aloud MORE.) • Anyway, the book is all we think about. My kids have been banging those “daily homeschool must-dos” out of the park so that we can snuggle up and listen to Wonder! • We plan to see the movie as soon as we finish and then move on to ‘Me and Auggie’ but I was super excited to find THIS. • This book features a quote a day about kindness, courage, friendship, and love. •• I love it so much that I woke up this morning and added it to my 50+ Educational Stocking Stuffers post. • It’s THAT GOOD! • What will you read today? Share here! • Follow the link in my profile to read about those stocking stuffers- educational goodies kids will LOVE, organized by academic subject! • https://my-little-poppies.com/educational-stocking-stuffers/

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I am also super-excited about this new book and if you read and loved Wonder, you’re going to want to check it out. It is called365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne’s Precepts: A Quote for Every Day of the Year About Courage, Friendship, Love, and Kindness. I plan to use it daily to spark conversations and for copywork!

10+ Educational Stocking Stuffers:History and Geography

This year, our family has fallen in love withAround the World Stories. I cannot recommend these stories highly enough. While eating lunch, or snuggled on the couch, we have traveled the globe and learned so much in the process! I’ve also included three of our favorite DVD collections:

• Kids’ Animated History with Pipo
• Liberty’s Kids
• Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego

Finally, I have to mention History Unboxed, a monthly hands-on history subscription that we have enjoyed for the past two years.

10+ Educational Stocking Stuffers: The Arts

Here are some of our favorite art-related stocking stuffers. I’d also highly recommend checking out online art courses- they would make a great stocking stuffer! We have loved chalk pastels and studying the masters.

10 Educational Stocking Stuffers: Play & Imagination

Every year, our family picks our favorite toy of the year. I know that the year isn’t over yet, but we have a winner. I have a post and giveaway planned soon, but I wanted to give you a sneak peek.Our favorite toy this year, by far, is . This kit is amazing. It is STEM meets play meets dollhouse meets colorforms (I’m dating myself here) meets magnatiles meets stories …. I could go on and on and on. Another fun play-based stocking stuffer would be a recipe for BIG bubbles and a bubble wand! You’ll notice I also included the famous Yodeling Pickle because it deserves a moment. It is hilarious and would make a fantastic Yankee Swap gift! (This pickle is my one exception to noisy plastic toys!)

Want to keep those kiddos busy throughthe holidays and make gifts in the process?

My holiday plan is to set up a craft invitation on our rarely-used dining room table and complete as many of the ornaments from this book as possible. And then, we will give them as gifts!

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Curious about our family’s curriculum choices?

Here they are:

Now, it’syourturn. I’ve listed some of our favorites and now I’d love to hear yours! What educational stocking stuffers would you add?