Nine and Ten Year Olds

Are usually social and have a strong sense of self.  They can perform many household chores.  Love jokes and puzzles. Able to play more complicated board games, craft activities, Meccano, science and Lego sets.  If you are looking to please, presents for nine and ten year olds which support their talents in art, music, song, cooking and sport might be a great place to start. Little Athletics, football (all codes), dance and music classes, etc take up much of the weekend – but they might still have time for ….

Books/DVD/TV – for nine and ten years olds

• How to draw 501 things
• Harry Potter
• Star Wars
• Futurama

9-10 Girls book ideas

• Matty Forever
• The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales / With an Introduction by Lemony Snicket
• Stepping Stone Silver (A Stepping stone book)
• Stepping Stone Hannah (A Stepping Stone Book)
• What Katy Did at School: AND What Katy Did Next (Wordsworth Classics)
• Fairy in Danger

9-10 Boys book ideas

• Land of the Lost
• Fantastic Mr Fox
• Simpsons
• The Great Big Enormous Book of Tashi
• Lego Universe
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)

Board Games and other Activities

• Cluedo
• Scattegories
• Connect 4
• Simpsons Scene It
• Uno

• Chess
• Checkers
• Meccano
• Lego
• Binoculars
• Globe of the world

Something Special from the Grandparents

• new footy boots/sports equipment
• money towards school fees/music lessons
• a good atlas
• XBox or games for the one they have
• Laptop/iPad