Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
May 4-8 is Teacher Appreciation week. While everyone is scrambling to find something pinterest worthy gifts, I'm already a step ahead of the game. Educents is giving away a $10 gift card (no minimum purchase to new users, $10 off $20 purchase for current users) and 3 months of lesson plans.
I will combine these with something else - thank you notes written by my kids. When my kids were young they used to dictate what to write to me. They told me all kinds of interesting things. Sweet Son claimed one former teacher lived at an airport. Sweet Daughter mentioned another former teacher's favorite activity was watching Sweet Daughter play. These days the comments are more realistic and even sweeter. Sweet Daughter wrote that one teacher is good at following the rules. Sweet Son wrote that his favorite teacher makes learning easy.
While others are going overboard at the end of the year with gifts we have taken a different approach. Each month we have done something small to say thank you. Sometimes it's just a note or drawing from the kids. Sometimes it's a small gift card. We've done books from the book fair, edible treats, jewelry, etc. Teachers get a lot of encouragement at the end of each semester (December and May). It's those other months when the kids are all going crazy that they really need to know they are appreciated. I can't take credit for this idea. When I was a teacher, our parent group organized a monthly teacher appreciation for us. They had a different parent sign up for each month and suggested less than $10 be spent. The school my kids are at doesn't have a parent organization, but we have continued with the idea on our own.
I will combine these with something else - thank you notes written by my kids. When my kids were young they used to dictate what to write to me. They told me all kinds of interesting things. Sweet Son claimed one former teacher lived at an airport. Sweet Daughter mentioned another former teacher's favorite activity was watching Sweet Daughter play. These days the comments are more realistic and even sweeter. Sweet Daughter wrote that one teacher is good at following the rules. Sweet Son wrote that his favorite teacher makes learning easy.
While others are going overboard at the end of the year with gifts we have taken a different approach. Each month we have done something small to say thank you. Sometimes it's just a note or drawing from the kids. Sometimes it's a small gift card. We've done books from the book fair, edible treats, jewelry, etc. Teachers get a lot of encouragement at the end of each semester (December and May). It's those other months when the kids are all going crazy that they really need to know they are appreciated. I can't take credit for this idea. When I was a teacher, our parent group organized a monthly teacher appreciation for us. They had a different parent sign up for each month and suggested less than $10 be spent. The school my kids are at doesn't have a parent organization, but we have continued with the idea on our own.
Education has such an impact on ourselves and our little ones. Educents
is here to help you pay it forward. In honor of Teacher
Appreciation week, Educents
& Peekapak have teamed up to provide your favorite educators with a gift basket
worth over $40, which includes a FREE $10 Educents Gift
Card & 3 months of
Peekapak lesson plans (3 digital storybooks, 12 in-class lessons
& 12 at-home
activities) that teach Character Education and Language
Arts.
So, whether it's your mom, your classroom teach
er, your neighbors, or
another special human being who taught you important
lessons, thank them by giving
them a FREE gift basket, on Educents!
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