My oldest is in kindergarten this year so I'm navigating a new world of gifts. Who gets them and how much? (my standard gift is target gift cards)
I was considering the following--i want to give appropriately but not go overboard:
Main teacher
para educator (is his room half day every day)
resource teachers (art, music, PE, library)
bus driver
Who do you give to and how much?
coconut / 8483 posts
Just his main teacher and his ECE. He has gym and stuff but I don’t know who the teachers are and it changes a lot.
DD has three teachers in preschool so I do all of them but just smaller gifts.
cantaloupe / 6086 posts
For elementary we just do main teacher (but there’s no regular support person and we don’t have a bus). Typically they’ve always been class gifts where we just contribute - I prefer that because there’s a set amount vs you feeling cheap if you don’t give much. That said I know teachers appreciate anything! Our school also does some collections like last week was custodial staff which is very helpful.
grapefruit / 4361 posts
Main teacher and para. Maybe bus, that's a nice touch in my mind. Specials are usually only 30 min a week (per teacher) so, no.
nectarine / 2400 posts
I always think people on these threads are so generous and maybe part of this is regional but we only give a small gift to the main teacher and ideally it would be child made - we made a lot of ornaments when we were kids and just did our main teacher and our piano teacher
apricot / 399 posts
This year we are doing main teacher and special teachers (gym, music, science, art). The PTO collects money and then gives one gift to the teachers.
pomelo / 5621 posts
I’m just doing main teacher for DS1 who is in grade 1 and then his daycare teachers (2).
DS2 is just in daycare and his two teachers will get a gift.
I think it is very generous and thoughtful to give other teachers a gift.
persimmon / 1082 posts
We will get LO1 teachers something small. I’m thinking either a cute bag full of some goodies like nail polish, wrapped snacks, a card, small body spray, candles, socks etc or just a gift card to Starbucks! lol I don’t know depends what I can get done but I’d like to do a little small bag! They rock so they deserve it!
pomegranate / 3355 posts
DD is in K this year and DS is in an in home with one provider.
So we are just doing :
K teacher
DS daycare lade
4 before and after care people for DD (smaller gifts)
We don't have a bus but if we did I would buy the bus driver something too... My mom always got our bus driver nice gloves from tractor supply every year and he loved them and he always took time to take special care of me and my brothers and i'm pretty sure it was bc of that gift every year!!!
There are some helpers in DD K class but they are assigned to certain students who need addl help so i am not getting them anything
pear / 1565 posts
For Kindergarten, we're collecting money to split between three teachers (1 main, 1 PT, 1 aid). This is the best news ever because I had always been on my own at daycare! I get a small gift for the car line lady.
For daycare, it's usually 1 main teachers + 2 assistants. I also do director/assistant director, and then a group gift (usually food) for aftercare/anyone else that floats around.
clementine / 920 posts
I only do the main teachers in each classroom (Lead + assistants) not the other floaters or curriculum specific (music, Spanish, PE).
DS2 just moved up to the toddler class so I don't know the teachers on a personal level yet. His daycare does provide a sheet with their favorite things so I can tailor the gift to their preferences. Usually a gift card and something small like candy or a lotion.
eggplant / 11716 posts
I always have such a hard time with this now that my kids have so many teachers!
DD1 is in 1st grade and has 1 main teacher plus:
-1 music teacher, 1 Chinese language teacher, 1 science teacher, 2 gym teachers, and I want to get something for the school nurse, because DD is apparently one of "those" kids who asks to go to the nurse all the time, and the nurse is really, really nice to her (and I've worked in several schools and usually the school nurses aren't very nice! haha).
DD2 is in public pre-K and has 1 main teacher and 1 teacher's aid, plus a parent liason, plus she has before and after care teachers.
Sigh. It's a lot.
persimmon / 1390 posts
For school aged we do main teacher and bus driver. There are one or two teacher appreciation days during the year that I feel like cover all teaching staff well (they get a really big breakfast).
For day care child this year they kindly stated the regular teacher helpers in the classroom on a recent letter home (there are several
floaters) so we will get something for the head teacher and the two regular helper teachers.
nectarine / 2951 posts
We usually just give the main classroom teacher a gift for elementary. This year I ordered a personalized note pad and then I’ll give a gift card. There is a classroom contribution happening and the class moms are also collecting money for the classroom aides.
For preschool, a parent collects money from all parents and then divides it among 4 teachers. It is recommended that we contribute between $20-45.
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