Gift Ideas for Preschool Teachers

Every year around the holidays or towards the end of the school year, parents are at loggerheads about what is the perfect present for teachers. Preschool children especially develop a strong bond, a kind of an adulation towards their teachers and you can often find them writing or saying things like ‘I love my teacher’ or ‘Teacher you are the bestest in the whole world.

This may seem a little over the top to you and you may feel that teachers must receive such love letters a gazillion times and hence do not value them much. However, most teachers, preschool or otherwise dearly cherish such gestures from their students. This is because they chose teaching as a profession because they love children and love to see them learn. A cute thank you or admiration card scribbled by a four year old validates their career goals and makes the zipping up of twenty jackets every day seem more worthwhile.

Art Work and More

If you are still hesitant about gifting your child’s work of art to his preschool teacher, make it part of the gift, by adding something more tangible with it. Gift cards are always welcome, especially to specialty stores like bath and body products, spas or book stores which people like to go to indulge in. A gift card for Target or Wal Mart may seem more practical but it may be end up being spent on groceries.

Specialized teacher gifts like mugs and wall hangings are nice, not only because they make cute decorative or practical gifts, but they also indicate that you went out of your way to get the teachers something as opposed to re-gifting something you did not want.

Gift baskets are a good option for any teacher, preschool or not, because that way you can fill an ordinary basket with some practical thins like hand soap and lotion plus some cute stuff from the kids like a batch of home made cookies or art work.

Supplies for the classroom can also be a good idea because many a time, teachers end up paying for some classroom stuff from their own pockets. A gift card to a teachers supply store or arts and crafts place can therefore be a gift with a dual purpose.

Something traditional which is specific to your family or ethnicity can also be a welcome change for any teacher. Depending on your budget, you can wow a preschool teacher with pashmina scarf from India or just a bouquet of flowers from the corner grocery store. A preschool teacher will not love your child more or less based on the gift you get her; but will respond favorably to a well-behaved child and an easy-to-deal-with parent.