{"id":7429,"date":"2018-04-29T00:02:03","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T06:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/?p=7429"},"modified":"2018-04-29T00:02:03","modified_gmt":"2018-04-29T06:02:03","slug":"top-10-teacher-appreciation-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/top-10-teacher-appreciation-gifts\/","title":{"rendered":"TOP 10 Teacher Appreciation Gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"

“To teach is to touch a life forever.”<\/em> – Anonymous<\/p>\n

Teacher Appreciation Week is May 7-11 <\/strong>and if you\u2019re like most parents, you are wondering what to give your child\u2019s teacher this year.\u00a0 Take it from me, an elementary school teacher for seven years, skip the coffee mug and try one of these fun, inexpensive\u00a0ideas. And if you\u00a0really<\/em>\u00a0want to earn some extra credit, try all 10! Why not? They\u2019re simple to put together and I\u2019m sure your child\u2019s teacher deserves it.<\/p>\n

10.<\/strong> Give a set of notecards (FREE<\/a>\u00a0printable).\u00a0<\/strong>Ironically, teachers thank people all year long, sending notes to parents, students and colleagues.\u00a0You can download many online for free, buy a set from your local\u00a0Walmart or\u00a0Dollar Tree ($1-3) or get fancy and personalize them.<\/p>\n

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9.<\/strong>\u00a0Flowers or a potted plant<\/strong>. For a personal \u201cPinterest\u201d touch, have your child help by\u00a0painting the pot – maybe in your teacher\u2019s favorite color? Add your child\u2019s handprint or use chalkboard paint for a classroom look.<\/p>\n

8.<\/strong> Pair a soap with a hand sanitizer or lotion<\/strong> to use in the classroom or in their own home. Add a personal touch with a special note attached. Use this\u00a0FREE printable<\/a> to add a personal touch.<\/p>\n

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7.<\/strong> Take a silly picture of the whole class.<\/strong> Have the kids sign it, then date and frame it. A wonderful keepsake!<\/p>\n

6. Frame a special print.<\/strong> Buy a gallery style frame from Target or Michael\u2019s to frame a simple print<\/a> or something special. A simple, yet beautiful accent to any classroom.<\/p>\n

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5.<\/strong> Give an initial tote.<\/strong>\u00a0It’s personal and useful. Because a teacher can never<\/em> have too many totes<\/a>. Attach a personalized tag, fill\u00a0the bag with\u00a0goodies or gift it by itself. Voila!\u00a0 A perfect gift.<\/p>\n

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4.<\/strong> Cookies or sweets.<\/b>\u00a0Sweets are\u00a0always\u00a0<\/em>a great gift. Mini sugar cookies or chocolates totally work. Just buy a package of your favorite sweets, put them in a mason jar, slap a personalized sticker label on and you\u2019re good to go.<\/p>\n

3.<\/strong>\u00a0A trendy new watch<\/strong> is a terrific\u00a0way to say, “Thanks for watching my child.”
\nTeachers are constantly eyeing the clock and with so many beautiful, trendy watches out there, you can\u2019t go wrong ($10 or less).<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> Gift Cards.<\/strong>\u00a0They sometimes get a bad rap for being impersonal, however, this is simply not the case. There is a gift card for\u00a0every<\/em>\u00a0type of teacher:<\/p>\n

The bookworm – Barnes & Noble or Amazon
\nThe \u201cfoodie\u201d – Sonic, Chick-Fil-A or any local restaurant
\nThe coffee-lover – Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts gift card!<\/p>\n

Add these FREE printables\u00a0<\/a>to make it an A+ gift!<\/p>\n

1. A personally, hand-written note or letter<\/strong>. One from you, the parent, and one from your child. Not a text. Not an email. A\u00a0sincere, handwritten\u00a0note. Simple, yet meaningful! A priceless gift.\u00a0 I still\u00a0have several from my previous students.<\/p>\n

Whichever gift you give, the most important gift is to say, “Thank you!\u00a0 A teacher is not just <\/em>a teacher; they are counselors, mentors, nurses and disciplinarians. They listen, comfort,\u00a0encourage, inspire\u00a0and so much more! Whether you realize it or not, they have impacted your child\u2019s life in a way you never could. Let them know they are appreciated \u2026 every day. Especially today.<\/p>\n

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Amanda Storie is a stay-at-home mom\/wife and LOVING it! She’s a southern “church girl” with a “keep it real and keep it positive” mentality.\u00a0She loves to eat, sleep and be merry!\u00a0She hopes to\u00a0encourage you and make you laugh, and maybe even help you out through this\u00a0journey of life\u00a0together.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“To teach is to touch a life forever.” – Anonymous Teacher Appreciation Week is May 7-11 and if you\u2019re like most parents, you are wondering what to give your child\u2019s teacher this year.\u00a0 Take it from me, an elementary school teacher for seven years, skip the coffee mug and try one of these fun, inexpensive\u00a0ideas. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":297,"featured_media":7444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[661,1478,93,1021,1479,1480],"class_list":["post-7429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-child","tag-classroom","tag-gifts","tag-parent","tag-teacher-appreciation","tag-top-ten"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}