This is my first time doing this at any preschool. What is the norm for the vacation presents for the teachers? Do you give them to all the teachers, or just the class teacher? Do you give them to the director and other people like the admin and receptionist who also contribute to your child's day to day life at the preschool?
How much do you spend on these gifts? When do you give them? Before the vacation or after?
Thanks ladies.. you have been all very helpful so far! :)
I typically get a gift card for $20 for just my child's teacher(s) and give it to them before vacation - I've done Panera, movie theater, and Starbucks/Dunkin' Donuts gift cards.
I used to give a gift card to the preschool teacher and assistant teacher in my child's class (a gift card for a basic mani-pedi at a decent nail salon is around $30, and has always been a wildly popular gift in my experience). If there are others at the preschool who have been especially helpful, you might bring in a plate of cookies or something like that.
Interested in all of these answers - My children are in daycare, and each have two teachers - so that is four teachers. I really dont want to spend alot of money, but I appreciate them so much. A $10 giftcard to each seems insulting for all the important work they do, but I feel sick when I think about anything more expensive.
So I look forward to reading the responses...
Give them before, usually they have a holiday party,and that would be the day to send it in.
Do the classroom teachers, $10-$20 is generally the norm,but you can certainly do more or less. If you can't do anything write a personal note.
The admins, sometimes do get gifts sometimes don't. If you chose too, I would do something more token-ish for them like an ornament or lotion.
HTH
I was going to do $15 gift cards for Target, but our day care does a general collection of cash and does a bonus for all the teachers in the school. I'll be contributing the $15 per teacher to that instead.
I'm also going to make mini-pumpkin bread loafs with a nice note to the 4 teachers we have had this fall as well as the director.
I give more practical gifts that have to do with the classroom. Something affordable but thoughtful, for daycare/preschool ages, there was one year we gave construction paper, another year stickers. When there were a bunch of teachers I sent in home made cookies and got each some lotion since their hands are so dry from all the washing up they do. In elementary school and middle school we focused on what the teachers use/want for classroom that was again, thoughtful but affordable. Dry erase markers, post it notes, a ball for indoor recess. I felt it was about expression of appreciation and thoughtfulness, not the amount of money, and I always involved the kids in picking stuff out.
I used to give about a $25. Gift card to the classroom teacher. Usually to a nice place to eat close to the preschool.
We always make their presents. One year we made nice soaps, another we made sun catchers, we have also made several types of treats...we cannot afford to give everyone a gift card (7 teachers for one child, 8 for another!) so I involve the kids and we make the presents.
this is my first year from the parent side, but i was a school teacher for almost 20 years.
I am giving a coffee mug filled w/ toffee that i made to his 2 classroom teachers, the director and assistant director, and the "specials" teacher who does their spanish, science, music (same lady). Each mug cost me a buck at walmart.
nothing big, but a little thank you. we also gave them some pumpkin bread around thanksgiving (just his teachers).
$25 Target gift card for the kid's classroom teacher on the last day of school in December.
PS - I've never heard the term "vacation presents". Is that the new replacement term for "Christmas"? Interesting. My kid is at a Christian Church preschool, so we say Christmas. But I digress. Merry Vacation!
For the last few years, I have made platters of pretzels dipped in chocolate (different kinds of pretzels, and different kinds of chocolates). I put a large platter in the front and back of the school (they have two offices) and I give the teachers a smaller box of their own. Since I have been doing that, I have gotten a ton of comments about how much they like it. So, since I get so many comments about it, I keep doing it. The cost is not very high at all.
-L.
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