Chromebooks
For the girls' birthday last spring, we gave them each a Chromebook. It was a gift decision Rich and I went back and forth on for many, many months, which is why we didn't gift them at Christmas last year. We knew many of their friends and classmates were receiving Chromebooks as gifts but we didn't want to buy them for the sake of keeping up with everyone else.
So let me tell you this was probably the best gift decision we've ever made. The girls use their Chromebooks all the time, especially for school. Quite often, they have homework that needs to be completed online, and all of their projects are saved to their google school accounts and can be accessed at home on their Chromebooks. All three of them sat in the family room a couple of weeks ago working on a project for their computer class.
The girls will be participating in a choreography showcase this winter and Allie used her Chromebook to tape herself dancing. If you saw my IG stories last night, that was her reviewing the video.
This is definitely a big ticket item and not something I would casually purchase. Our schools do not provide students with iPads, as some other school systems do so these Chromebooks are so very helpful for students who don't yet have their own laptops.
Amazon's Music Unlimited
One of the girls has asked for Amazon's Music Unlimited this Christmas.
Admittedly, I'm an old lady who still needs a CD player but my children listen to music in a different manner. They frequently create play lists through Amazon and I'm told that new and/or popular songs are moved to Music Unlimited.
Amazon's Kindle Unlimited
Every year, I think about how awesome of a gift this would be for a bookworm. My girls have access to sooooo many books though and I feel like this would be an unnecessary gift. But if there was a bookworm who does not have access to free/discounted books, this would be fantastic. (Our local library is only a five minute drive away and if they don't have a certain book, one of the libraries in the network most likely does. All we need to do is request it and it will be delivered to our library for an easy pick-up. There are also a billion e-books available to us through our library network. The girls also have a well stocked library at school and their literacy teacher has a small library in her classroom. And we can't forget the Scholastic book orders.)
As always, I highly recommend a Kindle Paperwhite for anyone and everyone who reads.
Dancers
If you're buying gifts this season for younger dancers, you can check out my gift guide from last year HERE.
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1 comment:
Check with your local library. Our library allows for hoopla and overdrive apps and we can use them for free for books, movies, music, audiobooks. I love hoopla as I can get audiobooks for free. There are authors on there I haven't been able to get in book form thru our local library. I have it on my phone as well as my kindle fire. I also will use the aux in my car to play the books thru the speakers. This has been great when traveling and when the book is done I can get another right away.
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