8 wonderful gifts that you should offer your children this Christmas

Christmas presents. You already have them? Sure that By now you will be thinking about what to choose for the little ones in the house. Every year we have the same doubts and the same concerns. Do we choose something more educational or something that our children have asked us to do? Both, but… what if we go overboard and offer them "too much"?

The gifts that we offer to the little ones must be adjusted not only to our budget, but to what allows them to grow, entertain themselves, encourage imagination and instill in them some value. Podemos ser variados y sobre todo, no limitarnos solo a obsequios «materiales». En Madres Hoy queremos darte 8 sugerencias que os encantarán.

Wonderful gifts - a different experience

We have to be clear: most children await Christmas for the presents and gifts associated with this time of year. Now, we must remember an essential aspect: what will truly remain in your heart will be meaningful experiences and positive emotions rather than physical objects.

To do this, to get your children to have a Christmas they won't forget, keep in mind one of the most recommended gifts:

• Offer your children a new experience in your company that you have not had before.
• Surprise him. Communicate the experience the day before you go to do itThus, the emotional impact is higher.
• The experience can be a trip, going horseback riding, spending a few days in the mountains camping, going to a nearby theme park ...

Wonderful gifts: growing up for a day and learning to make decisions

This is one of the gifts that we can offer our children as a challenge. A challenge where it is necessary to show the following capabilities:

• Show maturity.
• Show responsibility.
• Originality
• Imagination
• Respect for others

Let give our children a day where they will be the ones to make decisions. It is their day to play at being adults where the only rule will be to be with us, with the elderly.

• They will choose what to eat during the day and will participate in preparing the meal.
• They decide what to do during the day, where the activities bring all the members of the house together.

Wonderful gifts: the day of generosity

We have offered our children the day of responsibility and now, we are going to offer them another of the best gifts with which to instill an essential value: generosity.

• From the time the child gets up to bed, you should develop your generosity whenever possible.
• Each act that he performs will be written down in a notebook. It can be a fun game between siblings.
• They can be generous when it comes to doing chores at home, helping us out.
• When they go out, they must sense in which situations they could offer help.

It is simply a matter of making them reflect.

Wonderful Gifts: Eco Awareness

This is one of the most wonderful gifts that every mother or father should offer their child at some point. It is something as simple as planting a tree. Surely at home they have already planted the typical lentils or chickpeas to see them grow.

In this case, we are looking for something more impressive. Planting a tree will make it grow year after year, It will be a memory that they will always keep.

Wonderful Gifts: Let's get creative!

We are going to offer our children the possibility to deepen their capacities to be creative. We must not forget that creativity is also a form of freedom, and there is nothing better than "turning on their brain" than offering them new experiences.

• Take them to a museum or exhibition.
• Offer them new materials to create that they have not discovered before: clay, modeling newspapers, fabrics, cardboard, wood ...
• Encourage them to create something lasting, something to always remember that day.

Wonderful gifts: a book

An error that we often make and that is also often repeated in schools is to impose certain literary titles on children so that they read. Reading should not be imposed, it should be discovered, and for children to approach books freely, they must be given new experiences.

If our children see us read, they will see it as a normal act that they will end up internalizing, however, we can dedicate a day during these holidays to encourage "their self-discovery."

• We will take them to a bookstore and allow them to choose the book they want, but under one condition: that they choose the one they think goes with their tastes and personality.
• We will encourage them as if that search were a game, "discover a treasure."
• Do not hesitate to bring them closer to the comic-style graphic books. It is a way of approaching reading like any other, and it is a first step that can open up new worlds for you.

Wonderful gifts: discovering who I am

Another of the most necessary gifts that we must offer our children is that day by day they discover themselves. We must bear in mind that It is a long road where we must never impose on them what they should be according to our own goals.

Our purpose as mothers, fathers and educators is to guide and give strategies so that each step they take, they do so with happiness and maturity. Do not fear that at any given moment they make mistakes, from every mistake a learning is derived.

• We will dedicate a day to our children to discover themselves. And for this, we will ask them what they think they will be tomorrow.
• This experience should be prepared in advance, and if it goes well it can be as uplifting for both of you as it is fun. If your child tells you he wants to be an astronaut, we will take him to an observatory. If you want to be a vet, we'll go to a zoo.
• As far as possible, we will bring them closer to those contexts that they have chosen and we will explain a little what they consist of.

This experience aims above all to consolidate a memory. Showing interest in the dreams and aspirations of your children consolidates a great emotional tranquility and is something that will always be remembered. And there is no better gift than a pleasant memory.

Wonderful Gifts: A Treasure Hunt

With the search for treasure we are going to foster in our children the power of family relationships and affection for those who are part of our closest social circle.

It is a gift that requires time and the complicity of parents, uncles and grandparents. Or in essence, the closest and dearest people of the child.

• The game will consist of leaving a letter on the child's bed. When you wake up, you will discover that there is a gift waiting for you, but to get it you must first pass some tests.
• Each test will take you to a family member. The goal is that each person offer you a new clue after spending a few minutes with them, and tell them a special story. Grandparents can explain what his birth meant, the joy when seeing him for the first time, or anecdotes associated with those days.
• Each member of the family will show you what it means to them through a story. With this, we offer recognition to the child, we reinforce his self-esteem and we explain aspects that perhaps he did not know and that he will always remember.

In the end, with the clue of each family member, the child will also end up discovering that gift that we have chosen for him. We pretend that finally assess what is more exciting, the material gift itself or what the people who love it have given you.