Christmas Presents for Teachers: Ideas?

[Tri Girl]

I love hearing that the kids made the goodies too. Makes it special. Also nice when they are from a rockin' local bakery that you KNOW is going to be good :-)


We don't keep score. We do like to be appreciated. If you don't give your teachers gifts, drop them an email and say thank you. I promise that the feeling of appreciation is SO important to us. It makes us get up in the morning and work harder to know that people understand that we ARE working hard!

And I TOTALLY agree with V. We do not have "office" relationships with children. If you are a teacher for the right reasons, you love the kids....I mean really love them. It is not the same at all as working with adults.

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I'm an elementary/middle school librarian and teach 425 kids. I got about a dozen gifts (including one from all the Jr. High parents). Some very cool things (gift cards, pretty scarves, ornaments, cookies, hand drawn pictures, one little plastic baggie with 4 m&m's in it). I loved it ALL!!!!
I did put all the food gifts in the teacher's lounge to share since I'm on WW and trying really hard to lose some weight (I can't eat just one bite, or I'd eat it all). It truly is the thought that counts.

Our parents know we don't expect gifts. I would much rather have e-mails of thanks or cards from the kids or parents than actual gifts. I work hard to interact and teach all those kids and just a note of encouragement/appreciation would make my day! I teach in an upper middle class school so our parents are more able to give than when I taught in a lower socioeconomic school (but even then, kids would give me the sweetest gifts like drawings, etc).

None of us expect it, but we all appreciate the sentiment when it's given. I'd do this job for 25% less (if you can believe that) because I truly love what I do!!