How much should you spend on your kids for christmas: How Much to Spend per Child at Christmas – NO GUILT GUIDE
How Much to Spend per Child at Christmas – NO GUILT GUIDE
Christmas is around the corner, but hopefully you are planning in plenty of time to make this fun! If you are looking at your overall budget, check out this guide on budgeting for Christmas in YNAB.
The national average on Christmas gift spending per child is between $200-$300 for the last 5 years.
This year is no different, but choosing the amount to spend on Christmas per child is a personal decision with your budget as the main factor. That said, don’t forget to take into account your family traditions, desires, and ages of the kiddos!
Christmas Spending Trends
I was stunned when I saw the following:
17% of American parents spare no expense when it comes to Christmas gifts.
Jovana Kentic for Capital Counselor
I discovered a survey through RetailMeNot that 66% of households plan to spend the same amount or more. I keep hearing about a struggling economy, so as long as the spending isn’t debt-fueled, this is a relief!
Notice in infographic they share that Christmas spending is up per child by $40 over last year’s spending per kid.
This falls in line with what I’ve seen for national polls over the last 5 years, but to make sure these surveys include real people, I reached out to a financial Facebook moms group and a local Facebook moms group for an unscientific ask. Very unscientific, but I’m finding the same thoughts this way, as well.
In both groups, 70% of moms plan to spend under $400 per child with a pretty even split between the $0-$200 and $200-400 camps.
Consider this against the average expected spend to be $942 according to Gallup.com.
Find the Right Gift Budget per Child
1. Determine Your Overall Budget FIRST
It is helpful if you start by looking at what you are able to spend for the holiday season. When you start putting pen to paper, make sure you include all of the parties and expectations that tend to crop up.
That’s why you have to start with knowing what you’re willing to spend, and then you can dive into how that money gets spent.
Planning will keep your finances in a good place.
I credit a lot of my planning & keeping debt out of my life by moving over to the budgeting software, YNAB, and you can read more about budgeting for Christmas using YNAB here.
Step #1: List out your holiday expense expectations.
Our family knows the ebbs and flows for the most part. For example, in my husband’s friend circle, we buy 1 gift for the party under $100, 1 gift for the host, and we bring a dish. For my friend circle, I buy 1 gift under $50 and pay for an evening at a wine bar.
We literally list all of these events plus things like work functions, holiday decorations, or any other pieces of the season that are important to you and your family.
Here’s a full list to help you get a comprehensive list to plan well, but you certainly can trim to what your family prioritizes!
- Gifts for those in your home
- Family Gifts
- Friend Gifts
- Coworker Events or Gifts
- Special dinners
- Potlucks
- Parties
- Christmas tree
- Ornaments
- Outside decorations
- Inside decorations
- Don’t forget the stocking stuffers!
- Charities
- Goodies for neighbors
- Christmas Cards
- Bonus or gifts for your service providers (house-cleaning, daycare, & such)
Notice that as you start listing out what the expectations are, they almost line up with your priorities.
Step #2: Prioritize each item in your list
I find this helpful because once I start putting each thing in order, it helps me start to question whether I want to sign up for that item again this year.
Just because it’s what you’ve done in the past, that doesn’t mean that it’s a requirement every year. I’m not saying ditch your traditions!
Just think through the priorities, and if you got all full of angst thinking I’m asking you to knix your traditions – you can clearly see that the tradition in your mind is top in your list of priorities!
I’ve been caught needing to buy a nice pie for a get together I didn’t account for when I go through this exercise! I generally know what is expected of me each year. Certain friends and family members have certain get-togethers.
It’s so easy to overlook those things, though!
Step 3: Allocate your budget to each of the priorities – in order
The final step is to allocate what you have to spend to each of the buckets.
That’s it. You’ve got a list of traditions, parties, and people you’d like to spend money on this holiday season. You ordered them. Now assign dollar values to each!
Now the whole point was to uncover how much YOU have to spend on your children in relation to what you hoped to spend for the whole holiday. Are you happy with the number?
If you have money leftover to allocate, you can be more generous with the kids, or you could always just leave a buffer. Those toys need batteries that are easy to overlook!
If you hoped to spend a bit more on the kids, feel free to make the cuts you need to make. Is there an opportunity for a new tradition here? Like making something you’d buy in the past for a party with friends or your decorations?
Can you cut overall items for the list of expectations of you and your family?
Can you shave 5% off each item?
You can decide which options feel right, but by going through this exercise, you get to choose your financial priorities while also spending wisely yet keeping the spirit alive for the family!
This covers the overall financial budget, but you may not quite split your children’s allocations 50/50.
Next, we’ll dive into some other considerations on a per-child budget plan.
Don’t forget to budget for Christmas dinners and gifts associated with the get-togethers!
2. Consider the Age of Your Children
When deciding what to spend on each kid, the age of your children is important. For example, teen gifts tend to be fewer but more expensive, but smaller children are quite happy with 30 tiny gifts instead.
My sister and I have a 10 year age gap. As a young adult, I worked at a drugstore. One year I bought beauty items that were marked down for the months leading up to Christmas. I put all of the goodies I collected in a simple basket to store them and wrapped that with crazy glittery bows.
We are now 20 years out from that, and she still talks about that as being the best present she ever got as a child. I’m sure I spent less than $20, but I also had fun finding the goodies and playing with her. It’s the simple things, right?!
There is no hard and fast rule here, but be sure to take the age and how they perceive gifts into account.
While you want to make things even, sometimes even is in the eye of the beholder and completely mental!
The age of your children is a big factor in how your children perceive the gifts under the tree. Especially in comparison to their siblings!
Consider Your Children’s Needs
If you have a child in need of a bigger ticket item, it may warrant a split in your overall budget that isn’t balanced, too.
I recall a year where one of our teens wanted a laptop, and it made sense for schoolwork at the time. Yup. Before they were a norm at at school.
At the time, even inexpensive laptops could make a budget get out of hand. Normally, we spend $200 per child, but that year we spent around $400 on the laptop. We did not feel good about cutting the budget on the other kids that year, so we just bumped our overall Christmas up that $200 to make up the difference.
Over the next year or 2, the other kids ended up in a similar boat where we ended up going over to meet a need like a bicycle that doubled for commuting and another laptop down the road for another kid.
Eventually the amount you spend will average out if you make conscious efforts.
Of course, the unbalanced spending is easier if your kids are old enough. Old enough to set expectations and old enough to buy-in to your thought process here!
Consider Your Family’s Traditions
Part of what makes the holidays special are the traditions that go along with them. Baking together, the parties, the crafts your kids will make in school. All of these things make up what will be your children’s nostalgia years from now.
Why does this matter to how much to spend per child? Bake those things into your budget as a priority!
For example, I buy 1 set of pajamas EVERY year for all of our kids. Even the grown ones get a pair of pajamas still.
They know it, and the surprise comes through what design they will get. They also get the LifeSavers StoryBook candy plus other random candy. I got them every year growing up, and I like carrying that tradition on.
So as soon as I set the budget for each kid, a pair of pajamas and candy is baked into the budget. Generally this means $20-$30 for each kid, but I have bought more expensive pajamas for my step daughter from time to time. She enjoys the pajamas more than the boys, so her preferences are accounted for.
They generally roll their eyes at this tradition as teens and young adults, but they DO like them. They like the tradition, so going back to that priority conversation – it’s a priority for our family.
Christmas Budget Mantra: Give WITHOUT Debt and Stress
Rest assured that your kids do NOT want you to go into debt.
Be a different kind of statistic and come out of the other side of the holiday season with no additional debt! The inverse of what the financial gurus will be talking about in January.
-Renee McKinney
Emphasis the togetherness of the season, and be sure to look for places for lessons to help them understand that your love for them is not wrapped up in the number of toys under the tree or how much you spend.
An example here is that my 14 year old recently mentioned how his step-mother was “high maintenance” because of expectations he perceives that she places on his dad for her Christmas gift.
This was a lesson about Gary Chapman’s book on The 5 Love Languages available on Amazon or your local library if you haven’t heard of it.
Essentially, we all have ways that we intake love more than others, and the book walks you through identifying your love language, as well as, the language of those in your circle. There is even a kid’s specific version. I’ve read both, and the overall one is fine if you’re on the fence as we’re talking about budgeting for your children’s Christmas gifts. 🙂
If someone feels love through gifts versus how you may be more receptive to love through quality time with a loved one, it doesn’t make their way ‘bad’.
In my example, my son’s father just has to budget and have conversations around expectations, but it isn’t bad.
It was a good conversation to have with my son.
You’ll likely find these types of lessons throughout the season and beyond as you are raising your little humans.
Just remember…. No debt, minimize stress!
How Much Should You Spend on Each Family Member for Christmas?
Going into the holiday season, I am faced with the age old dilemma – How much should I spend on Christmas gifts for family members?
While I would love to spend an unlimited amount on Christmas presents for everyone in my family, I realize that I need to keep my holiday spending in check.
How Much to Spend on Family Christmas Gifts
How much money you spend on each person depends on their relationship to you.
The closer the family member, the more you should spend, in general.
Here is a some examples:
- $5 to $15 is a good range for family members you don’t see very often.
- Between $25 to $40 is good for closer relatives like nephews and cousins.
- For immediate family members like brothers, sisters, children, and parents, you could spend between $50 to $100.
The higher your budget, the more you can spend in each category.
Now that we have more wiggle room in our household budget, our kids get up to a few hundred dollars’ worth of gifts.
For a husband or wife, the sky’s the limit! HA (I’m only kind of kidding)
What About Your Grandparents?
I think the trickiest family members to know how much to spend on are grandparents….oftentimes grandparents are the people in your life who can already buy whatever they want on their own.
There is not really a set amount to spend on your grandma or grandpa, Nana or Papa or Poppy. Or your great grandfather!
I find that most grandparents don’t want kids or grandkids to spend a ton on them. Just try to make their gifts thoughtful.
My grandmother loves receiving recent framed pictures of the family.
Picture calendars are also a great idea. You can get a great & thoughtful grandparent gift for $10-$30.
Here are some amazing gifts for grandma if you need some ideas.
The First Step in Budgeting for Holiday Gifts
Before you decide how to spend per person, you need a grand total that you’re willing to spend. As in, the MOST you want to spend this year.
If you’re not sure where to start, a good rule of thumb is to look at your previous years average spending.
If you have more spending cash this year, then set a total amount slighter higher than last year. If you want to spend less, then go lower.
Once you know the final amount AND the number of people you will be buying gifts for, then you can set a limit per person.
Your Christmas spending budget is easier to adhere to when you keep in mind an average amount to spend per person while shopping. If you keep this number in mind for each gift, you will avoid overspending.
Not only does this help you stay within budget this time of year, it also encourages you to find the best gifts at a great price.
Don’t forget that you can use sales and coupons to stretch your holiday budget. For this reason, Black Friday is a perfect time to do some of your Christmas shopping.
This is a great way to make sure everyone gets equivalent gifts according to their relationship to you.
For instance, you want to avoid buying something really expensive for your cousin when you didn’t spend very much on your brother, if that makes sense.
Example Christmas Shopping Budget
Let’s say you have $500 total to spend.
And let’s say you need to buy gifts for 10 people.
- Write down the names of everyone who you will be buying a gift for, in order of closeness in relation to you. This helps you get a good starting point.
- Write a dollar amount beside their name to represent the MOST you will spend on each present. Now here’s a completely made up example –
- Husband – $100
- Daughter – $75
- Son – $75
- Dad – $50
- Mom – $50
- Niece – $25
- Niece – $25
- Nephew – $25
- Dog (really!) – $15
- Best Friend – $35
- Neighbor – $25
- Add it all up and see where it comes up to in total relation to your $500 budget and adjust from there.
You could do this on a spreadsheet but I find that a simple piece of paper works just fine. I’ve done it both ways!
Here are two resources you can use to set your Christmas budget:
- Printable Christmas Gift List
- Free Christmas Budget Worksheet
How to Reduce the Amount You Spend on Gifts
If you are on a tight budget, do not worry. There are many gifts that can fit into a smaller budget.
I’ve written about many free (or almost free) yet meaningful gifts that are not very expensive on the blog before >> Read: 17+ Free But Meaningful Gift Ideas
You may also like these related posts for when money is running low:
- 21+ Gifts for Kids Under $10
- 37+ Low Cost Gift Ideas
If you do your best to stick to a reasonable spending limit per person, you will be able to have a special day without blowing your budget or adding to your credit card balance. Best of luck to you!
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What not to do on Christmas time
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At this time, hunters should forget about their hobby for a while, because there is a sign that if a hunter goes to the forest during Christmas time, then misfortune may happen to him.
Divination
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Fortune-telling by the ring
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Fortune telling on wax
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Fortune-telling on a mirror
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Divination on burning paper
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Children
And they didn’t become drug addicts
Yulia Medvedeva
mother of two teenagers
“I go without a hat because I don’t have a normal hat! my eldest daughter told me. “Mom, give me money!”
When my daughters, Irina and Yulia, were 9 and 11 years old, we started giving them money — 500 R per month. They spent it on sweets and trifles, and asked for the rest from us. This is the constant: “I need to buy a new mascara”, “Mom, can I order a cover on Aliexpress for myself?”, “My phone is buggy, how will I go to school with it?” and so on.
Spending on children has always been an unpredictable item in my budget for me: no matter how you try to put in a margin, you will still spend more.
The worst thing was shopping together. When every question is: “What will you wear this with?” or “Are you sure you really need it?” – could lead to a quarrel and a public scandal.
In short, I’m tired. And when the girls were 14 and 16 years old, I saw someone post on Facebook about how parents give student children a monthly amount for all expenses, and decided that schoolchildren are no worse than students. So I started an experiment.
How much money we began to give and for what
Once I talked to both daughters and offered them a scheme: we calculate monthly expenses and on the first day of each month I give them this amount. Then they plan their own budget, go shopping, save for large purchases and don’t touch their parents.
We decided that food and hygiene will remain for adults, and Irina and Yulia will pay for everything else.
Currency and prices
During the experiment, we lived in Italy, so we counted all expenses in euros and at local prices. For the convenience of readers, I have recalculated everything in rubles, but the prices may still seem unusual. And six years have passed since then: the cost of many goods and services has changed. This does not affect the essence of the experiment, but do not be surprised.
To calculate the required amount, we divided all expenses into two categories: monthly and all other. We added up all the other expenses for the year and divided them into 12 months. The resulting amount was added to the monthly expenses and thus received the desired figure.
The monthly expenses for each daughter included: transport (22 €), communications (10 €), entertainment and sweets (10 €), cosmetics and small expenses for socks (18 €).
Total 60 € (4774 Р).
We calculated the rest for the year: clothes (600 €), gifts for friends and family (240 €), gadgets (240 €). Total €1080 per year = 90 € ( 7161 R), per month.
Irina recorded the decisions in a notebook to make it easier to remember and analyze later
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The amount for gifts was calculated as follows: the number of loved ones was multiplied by the approximate price of one gift and by two more, because it is customary for us to give large gifts for the New Year and birthday.
The amount for gadgets was calculated based on past experience: approximately one phone in 2-3 years. At the same time, we agreed that computers, laptops and other large equipment remain in the family budget.
The total amount on hand turned out to be 150 €, or 9560 R, per person per month. This amount was similar to what I actually spent on children from the family budget, so we did not bargain and agreed the first time.
Results of the first month
I started giving money to my daughters from January 1 — 150 € each. At first, we were all a little scared. I was afraid that they would spend everything on drugs, booze and in-app purchases. Yulia and Irina were afraid that they would not be able to manage their money sensibly and would find themselves in a difficult situation.
In the first month, they bought almost nothing. When we went to the traditional sale together to update our wardrobe, we both spent about 20€ each. But they went to the drawing store three times a month and bought themselves paints, canvases and some special markers, for which I always felt sorry for the money, but they turned out to be very necessary and important.
How to teach a child to save
Yulia installed a program on her phone to manage her budget
When her daughters went to school after the holidays, it turned out that Irina needed to buy some stationery and a book for study. She came to me and asked me to add the cost of stationery and books. We thought and added 25 €. From February, I began to give them 175 € (13,924 R).
At the end of the first month, both had about €50 left. For a month, I did not hear a single request to buy anything. We had fun, like girlfriends, went shopping and each of us paid from our wallet. The youngest, Irina, with a clear conscience, bought a bunch of sweets and treated us all. Everyone was satisfied. The experiment continued.
Impressions of the 4 months of the experiment
First of all, I was pleased that relations in my family had improved. There were no more reproaches for excessive spending, resentment for the fact that someone did not buy something for someone. Shopping has turned from torture into pleasure, and we have fewer reasons for conflict.
It became easier for me to plan my budget. I had a specific and fixed amount of expenses for children, and I knew that a suddenly torn jacket or a broken phone would not jump out at me. For such cases, we agreed on lending, but both daughters began to take things more carefully.
How to talk to loved ones about money
Sometimes it seemed to me that they were doing everything wrong, and I wanted to intervene or at least give advice. But I stopped myself because I understood that this would ruin the whole experiment. The first two months were the hardest. Then I got used to and stopped counting how many lip glosses my youngest daughter bought, and tried not to think why the older one needed a new power supply for the computer and what happened to the old one.
Once they bought a remote control typewriter and a new dog house, although no one asked them and this expense item is not included in their budget. On March 8, the youngest gave me a bottle of perfume.
Shopping for girls: cosmetics, fashionable clothes and toys – something that mom always felt sorry for the money for
When we discussed where we would like to go on vacation, the daughters seriously argued that they would participate with their money in the general expenses for the trip. I realized that they have become more serious about money and, in general, have matured over these months.
This is what they themselves said about our experiment after 4 months.
Irina, 14 years old: “It’s convenient for me that I don’t have to ask my mother for anything. I spend mostly on clothes, phone, entertainment, sweets. I have more clothes, I started buying more of what I like. Just before, about the same amount of money was spent, but somehow less often and not like that. Mom bought what she needed, not what I needed. I didn’t feel that I could go and buy myself some delicious treats. And now I can. I save a little, and I have a minimum of 100 € just in case, and this amount is gradually increasing.
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We have a multimedia computer lab, as well as an open-court gym, and other exciting age-appropriate activities to keep them engaged.
Another study that followed low-income students found that those who were enrolled in daily after school care performed significantly better on standardized tests and showed better work ethic than their classmates who stayed home alone. These results have been proven to be ongoing. Students who attended after-school programs in grade school or middle school had higher rates of high school class attendance rates and better grades. Not only were drop-out rates lower in kids who had attended before and after school programs, but those kids were more likely to engage in extracurricular school activities and take on leadership responsibilities.
They will learn how to make and keep friends, how to bond over common interests, and how to work together with people who may be different from them.
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Your child will learn a lot of new things, learn how to properly communicate with children and adults, acquire basic skills, and teachers will try to develop an interest in knowledge and reveal their abilities. 
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Preparation for school, speed reading, work in a creative workshop, classes with a psychologist and a speech therapist – all this will definitely come in handy for a child both in kindergarten and at school. 
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In the parent’s backend, you are able to track each of your children’s progress and dive into what they like doing the most, where they excel, where they need help, and so much more. I have to admit the progress tracker section is very impressive and helps me to know where to help Little Man in his reading and math skills.
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Examples of these experts include a Ph.D. of Curriculum Development holder, a geologist and science education specialist, and an experienced lexicographer (someone who complies dictionaries).
For example, pbskids.org offers many games and lessons through a variety of mediums for free.
The fee also allows for developers to work on creating a child-friendly, stimulating platform.
The activities housed in this feature do not count towards the Learning Path progress but are still tracked for parents to see. All the work users do in their classroom will still yield tickets to use in the rewards system.
They can also purchase pets and take breaks from lessons to care for or play with the pets.
Research linking early intervention to both cognitive and socio-emotional gains has fueled the proliferation of early childhood programs since the early part of the twentieth century.”
These apps combine the appeal of modern technology with the ageless excitement of gaming to create a fun and immersive learning experience. Leading examples such as ABCmouse and Khan Academy Kids reimagined how young minds acquire new knowledge, setting a new standard for educational app development. 
Implement a progress tracking system to help parents and children keep track of their academic progress and set goals. 
Implement strong encryption, secure communications, and privacy features to keep your application secure and compliant. 
For children, who often have limited reading skills and shorter attention spans than adults, a different set of design principles is required. Here are some tips for creating a visually appealing and intuitive user interface for young learners: 
Consider these different styles using a combination of text, images, audio, video, and interactive elements. 
For example, apps for younger kids should focus on core concepts, while apps for older kids might offer more advanced topics. To make sure the content is appropriate for the selected age group, consider their cognitive abilities, concentration levels, and interests. 
Implement adaptive learning algorithms that can recognize a child’s strengths and weaknesses and dynamically adjust the difficulty level or suggest additional resources to match. 
Make sure these purchases are optional and don’t interfere with the basic learning experience for users who don’t want to pay. 
Especially since we still don’t know how long the corona virus pandemic will last or when schools will reopen. 
Children can also create their own avatar to make the progress of lessons and activities more personalized and fun. 
The natural sciences section covers curricula that include various aspects of physics, chemistry, and biology, such as forces and motions, the environment, and atoms. The social studies section allows children to explore history and geography, economics and innovation, as well as culture and traditions. 
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Infants as young as six weeks old are involved with stimulating, hands-on play. Each activity is designed to assist your child achieve those important developmental milestones while he has fun at the same time. Our Kids R Kids environment is a safe place filled with love, growth, and discovery.
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Currently, a child can attend circles and sections for free, but the education of children is funded by the state based on a plan for enrolling children and practically does not depend on the actual occupancy of groups – as a rule, the plans are set by the institutions or municipalities themselves, without conducting proper analytics and without changing the plan for years . After the introduction of the system of personalized financing, parents themselves will choose which program to finance – to pay at the expense of the Certificate. Unclaimed programs – with an insufficient number of children in groups – will be forced to change for the better in order to attract students. 
While this document is intended for public school-based preschool programs, the information may also be helpful for community-based preschool programs.
Although Title I allows preschool programs to serve children from birth up to age five, most North Carolina Title I preschools serve four-year-olds. Children must be age eligible by August 31 of the new school year. No child who is age eligible (5 years old on or before August 31 of the new school year) for kindergarten may be enrolled. Title I preschool programs usually follow the school calendar and school day, and are staffed with both a licensed teacher and qualified teacher assistant. 
Family engagement is an integral component of all Title I preschool programs. Communication between home and school strengthens the family’s knowledge and understanding of their child’s development and allows parents and teachers to work together to plan appropriate learning experiences. Teachers use a variety of methods to involve parents in the education of their child, including home visits, conferences, and written/electronic communication.
Family income may also be used to determine eligibility, but not as the sole determinant.
Foundations is also intended to be a guide for teaching – not a curriculum or checklist that is used to assess children’s development and learning, but a resource to define the skills and abilities we want to support in the learning experiences we provide for children.
Resources include clarification of developmental indicators, support for CORE instruction, and support for formative assessment practices. Learn more about the unpacking guides by viewing this recorded webinar. The transcript can be accessed here. The slides are linked here.
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Similar activities should occur throughout the learning environment, providing multiple opportunities for children to authentically practice literacy skills.
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Learning isn’t just repeating what someone else says; it requires active thinking and experimenting to find out how things work and to learn firsthand about the world we live in. In your child’s preschool years, he/she will explore the world around them by using all their senses: touching, tasting, smelling, looking, and listening. In using real materials such as water, measuring cups, blocks, paint, rice, tools, plants, etc. and trying out his/her ideas, children learn about numbers, letters, sizes, shapes, and colors, noticing relationships between objects, and so much more.
So, we teach them how to learn; a skill they will need for the rest of their lives. This means encouraging children to be active and creative explorers who are not afraid to try out their ideas and to think their own thoughts. Other important goals of our curriculum are to teach logic, comprehension, and concentration, as well as reading and math readiness skills, science, and individual responsibility. Another way we help children become independent, self-confident, inquisitive learners is by giving them opportunities to form good habits and attitudes, particularly a positive sense of themselves, which will make a difference throughout their lives. By using our carefully chosen hands-on activities, children achieve these goals by simply doing the activities. Our program is geared to meet the individual needs of each child.
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According to various sources, only 10-12% of children can be called conditionally healthy. Therefore, there is a need to make adjustments to the main areas of work of the kindergarten, which will help a weakened child adapt. 
Principles of organization of physical activity of children. 
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Topics, authentic resources, and cultural facts are purposefully chosen for kids to begin understanding the what (products), how (practices), and why (perspectives) across Spanish-speaking regions and start to think about how they compare with their own communities.
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Toddlers will also enjoy repeating back the names of familiar objects and putting words together into simple constructions.
Bite-sized, themed lessons keep things fresh.
Since Chinese Mandarin uses visual characters and drawings rather than the English alphabet, it helps children use different parts of their brains. This leads to improved problem-solving abilities and artistic communication. 
Graduates from the top 100 language universities, their team has the depth of expertise and diversity of experience to bring Chinese learning to life for every young learner.
You can even become bilingual in languages from your favorite franchises, like High Valyrian from Game of Thrones and Klingon from Star Trek! 
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The program itself was developed more than 30 years ago, and has recently been adapted into a combination website and app.
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It’s true that until the age of six, children actively increase neural connections, and over the years this process slows down. That is why it is easier for children to learn foreign languages. Of course, they can be learned at any age: the difference is only in the speed and ease of learning. If the child has an interest, and the parents have the opportunity, then the period from 3 to 6 years old will be ideal to start learning. 
From the age of six or seven, it is already easier for a child to sit in class, perceive complex material and learn the rules, and most importantly, study causes sincere interest. Of course, the teacher should not completely abandon game elements in lessons with primary school students. The complication of training and the reduction of the gaming component should occur gradually. 
At this age, children are still poorly able to work in a team, at the same time they need the undivided attention of the teacher. The older the child, the easier and more productive group classes will be for him. 
With age, the child adapts to longer sessions, develops concentration, but even then it is important to ensure that he is not exhausted after the lesson and learning brings him joy. 
Therefore, the development of general erudition and attention to different areas of knowledge will provide invaluable support in learning – it will be easier to make classes interesting for the child. In addition, it is important to correlate the English lesson program with the educational level at which the student is: this will make the material clearer and more accessible. 
I think Mom knew that this was what would spur me on and make me put in more effort. And without it, our class would not be able to see English, they would have studied German. It was my mother who managed to convince the director to change our language and persuade the retired teacher to teach us at least a year. 
And with the knowledge of a foreign language, the geography of trips, as I thought, would expand significantly. New countries, new friends, new sights – all this was interesting and very attractive. 
Therefore, I created the Windsor School, which employs teachers from different countries and from different continents, who own the best practices and approaches. Communication with them, as well as with other experts, allowed me to keep abreast of the most modern and effective methods of teaching a foreign language. 
It was written primarily from the position of a parent: I share stories from our lives and tell how I solved problems in a given situation. 
A business that not only gives great pleasure, but also helps thousands of people from different countries to master another foreign language. And that means gaining more freedom and diversity in life. 
This dominance of the creative over the rational allows one to master the language intuitively, without analyzing and learning the rules. The result is a fully acquired language structure and fluency that adolescents and adults spend many years and effort developing. 
Even for us, students of a linguistic university, the language barrier was huge, what can we say about others. Now I remember this with laughter, but I want to highlight this moment: the idea that I will not disgrace myself and talk with an Englishman, because he knows English better than me, is monstrous in its absurdity. It lies at the basis of the communication barrier, which is laid down by the very system of teaching a foreign language in our country. Schoolchildren are not explained that the rule “if you don’t know how, don’t do it” should be discarded when learning a language. And make mistakes, make mistakes, make mistakes… 
A few months were very difficult. Then the practice of communication and habit somehow “blurred” this fear. When talking with a foreigner, it is important to present the situation not as “a person who does not know the language well speaks with a native speaker”, but as “just two people communicating with each other”. 
Nevertheless, Zhenya spoke English at the age of five. It happened unexpectedly: one Siberian winter evening, my daughter started jumping on the bed and joyfully screaming in English that now she wants to speak only in it. I still wonder how it happened. 
We are trying to understand the mechanics of language while children are simply absorbing it. 
” The Englishman asks the following question, pointing to Zhenya: “Does she live in London?” Between the lines one can clearly hear: “You can live in Siberia, but this girl is unlikely.” What struck him first? Pronunciation. 
This happens largely due to the fact that the children’s brain perceives a wide range of frequencies of human speech. As they grow older, the child gets used only to those frequencies of the language that are around him, and gradually ceases to hear others. And also the plasticity of the muscles of the face and tongue and active imitation, which is characteristic of this age, significantly help the kids. And in the end – children simply do not consider this a problem. 
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As a result, the new language is easier for bilinguals, and they have a margin of time to master another resource. And at the level of a probable assumption, early acquisition of a second language gives a person a method that nature itself gave to babies for mastering their native language. 
A teenager resists many things, including a foreign language. Children, on the other hand, are open to new things, they do not have a formed negative experience and the desire to prove something to someone. 
