Teal and White Chevron Stripe Teacher Binder by school_teacher
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Chalk Inspired Kindergarten Teacher Kindle Case by thepinkschoolhouse
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Showing posts with label gifts for teachers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gifts for teachers. Show all posts
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Teacher Apparel and Gifts
If you or someone you know is a teacher, you might want to check out my Teacher Apparel and Gifts board at Pinterest! I have pinned over 700 teacher T-shirts, bags, mugs, key chains, cards, magnets, iPhone cases, lunch bags, notebooks, neckties, binders, posters, and other items that make great gifts for teachers. Whether you are a preschool teacher or teach 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th or 5th grade we have some grade specific items for you as well as general teacher designs, inspirational educational posters, mugs, bags, and other items, and subject specific designs. I'm sure after checking out some of these colorful, fun teacher design apparel and gift items you'll want to check out that board to find more hand selected best of the best teacher designs!
Teal and White Chevron Stripe Teacher Binder by school_teacher
View Teacher Binders online at zazzle
Chalk Inspired Kindergarten Teacher Kindle Case by thepinkschoolhouse
View other Kindle Covers at Zazzle
Teal and White Chevron Stripe Teacher Binder by school_teacher
View Teacher Binders online at zazzle
Chalk Inspired Kindergarten Teacher Kindle Case by thepinkschoolhouse
View other Kindle Covers at Zazzle
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Teachers and Your Child
My daughter is a kindergarten teacher. This year she went back to school full time after working half time for the past few years so she could spend more time at home with her children who are quite young yet. I sometimes laugh and sometimes balk when I hear people saying that teachers have an easy job. I think, no...let me rephrase that. I KNOW that anyone who thinks teachers have an easy job does not personally know a good teacher.
My daughter won an award this spring for her school. Teacher of the Year! I'm so proud of her for getting that recognition, and I am also so positive she is deserving of the award. She puts so much effort, thought, foresight, and caring into her students. Her job is to teach, and she is very good at that. If a child has a hard time learning their alphabet she finds fun, interesting, yet educational ways to help them learn them easier. She insists on the children following a golden rule. To be kind to others. As adults I think some of us still need to learn that rule, and I for one think it's an excellent class motto and important lesson to learn at the kindergarten level. Not only does she spend countless hours after school, during summer vacation, and weekends on getting supplies and lessons ready, she also spends a lot of her hard earned money on her students. I don't think most people realize just how much of a teachers own money they spend. All those cute projects for holidays, the classroom treats, those stickers and trinkets your child comes home with as rewards for a job well done, the colored macaroni necklaces that teach color sequences, the well stocked classroom library, the toys and games, the cute wall decorations and posters and labels. Who do you think pays for them? If you think it's your PTA or your school or your taxes...guess again! I'm not saying it is like this in every school, but it is in my daughter's school and I'd opt to guess it is true for many schools. Do not assume the money is not coming out of your child's teachers pocket. Most likely it is. I've been to the teacher store in Green Bay, WI with my daughter on numerous occasions and she's spent well over $200 each time, not to mention me helping her out by pitching in and spending another $75 or so.
My daughters social life includes lunches with her colleagues, other teachers, and together they plan events and field trips and talk about ways to improve learning, how to make it more interesting, how to make sure the classroom is safer, brighter, more learning friendly. As she watches her favorite television program for the week, I can guarantee you her thoughts are jumping around to one of her students and how she can help him to learn something he's having problems with or thinking about a book order that needs to go out, planning in her head all the things she needs to do.
Parents. Do you ever stop to really think about all your child's teacher does? Are you quick to criticize or are you quick to thank? Are you one who feels your child's education is in the hands of the school and teacher alone or do you realize that your child's education is also in your hands, as a parent. Are you doing your part to help your own child at home, or are you too busy with life's events. Learning is a process that you can help along by doing little activities at home or on the road or wherever you are. Do you bring out scissors and crayons and paper and draw and create and stimulate the imagination with your child? Please, do not expect your child to learn "only" while in school. If you really want to have a child that flourishes, read to them, have them read to you, bring them to the library to story hours and find fun, creative ways to help him learn. If you use the internet there are hundreds upon thousands of sites that will give you creative ideas. Don't expect your child to learn only while in school. You are your child's parent, and if you want your child to be well educated, do your part as well to make that happen.
If your child has a good teacher, a teacher who cares, a teacher who you see has a well organized, bright, colorful, creative, and interesting classroom....be thankful. Be thankful for a good teacher who is such a huge influence in your child's life. And thank them from the bottom of your heart. Show your appreciation.
Here's a few teacher, reading, and school related items that we sell in our stores at Peacock Cards.
My daughter won an award this spring for her school. Teacher of the Year! I'm so proud of her for getting that recognition, and I am also so positive she is deserving of the award. She puts so much effort, thought, foresight, and caring into her students. Her job is to teach, and she is very good at that. If a child has a hard time learning their alphabet she finds fun, interesting, yet educational ways to help them learn them easier. She insists on the children following a golden rule. To be kind to others. As adults I think some of us still need to learn that rule, and I for one think it's an excellent class motto and important lesson to learn at the kindergarten level. Not only does she spend countless hours after school, during summer vacation, and weekends on getting supplies and lessons ready, she also spends a lot of her hard earned money on her students. I don't think most people realize just how much of a teachers own money they spend. All those cute projects for holidays, the classroom treats, those stickers and trinkets your child comes home with as rewards for a job well done, the colored macaroni necklaces that teach color sequences, the well stocked classroom library, the toys and games, the cute wall decorations and posters and labels. Who do you think pays for them? If you think it's your PTA or your school or your taxes...guess again! I'm not saying it is like this in every school, but it is in my daughter's school and I'd opt to guess it is true for many schools. Do not assume the money is not coming out of your child's teachers pocket. Most likely it is. I've been to the teacher store in Green Bay, WI with my daughter on numerous occasions and she's spent well over $200 each time, not to mention me helping her out by pitching in and spending another $75 or so.
My daughters social life includes lunches with her colleagues, other teachers, and together they plan events and field trips and talk about ways to improve learning, how to make it more interesting, how to make sure the classroom is safer, brighter, more learning friendly. As she watches her favorite television program for the week, I can guarantee you her thoughts are jumping around to one of her students and how she can help him to learn something he's having problems with or thinking about a book order that needs to go out, planning in her head all the things she needs to do.
Parents. Do you ever stop to really think about all your child's teacher does? Are you quick to criticize or are you quick to thank? Are you one who feels your child's education is in the hands of the school and teacher alone or do you realize that your child's education is also in your hands, as a parent. Are you doing your part to help your own child at home, or are you too busy with life's events. Learning is a process that you can help along by doing little activities at home or on the road or wherever you are. Do you bring out scissors and crayons and paper and draw and create and stimulate the imagination with your child? Please, do not expect your child to learn "only" while in school. If you really want to have a child that flourishes, read to them, have them read to you, bring them to the library to story hours and find fun, creative ways to help him learn. If you use the internet there are hundreds upon thousands of sites that will give you creative ideas. Don't expect your child to learn only while in school. You are your child's parent, and if you want your child to be well educated, do your part as well to make that happen.
If your child has a good teacher, a teacher who cares, a teacher who you see has a well organized, bright, colorful, creative, and interesting classroom....be thankful. Be thankful for a good teacher who is such a huge influence in your child's life. And thank them from the bottom of your heart. Show your appreciation.
Here's a few teacher, reading, and school related items that we sell in our stores at Peacock Cards.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Teacher Gifts and Apparel
Did I ever mention that my daughter is a kindergarten teacher? Well, she is and has been for a number of years. When she was a child, she was always setting up little libraries for the neighborhood kids in the old barn in the back yard or playing school, and it was always her dream to be a teacher, so I'm not surprised that's the career path she chose. When she was in school I didn't have a clue just how much a teacher does! Until you are a teacher yourself or you know someone who is a dedicated teacher, you don't really stop to think about, and perhaps couldn't possibly know, all the hours a good teacher puts into "her kids". It seems to me that every conversation I have with my daughter is related to her kids, her classroom, how she can make it better, how she can teach better, more effectively, more creatively. She spends her time at night after her own children are in bed printing off lessons, cutting out art projects, dying macaroni, baking cookies or cupcakes, and the numerous other chores that come with teaching a kindergarten class. Teachers spend so many hours a day with your child, and no doubt the person your child becomes will be in a big part a result of having spent so much time with his teacher. My daughter spends so much of her own money on cute things to make the classroom brighter, on name tags, paper to send home notes, Clorox wipes to make sure the pencils and scissors are wiped down so as not to spread germs. She buys snowpants and mittens and hats on sale for those children who come to school unequipped or have lost theirs somewhere along the way, she buys snacks for those who are without a snack. Even in the summer months she is busy planning, cleaning her classroom and organizing from top to bottom, gathering all the papers and notes necessary for the beginning of the year, and thousands of other little chores that add up to weeks of work. Yes, until my daughter became a teacher, I did not appreciate teachers the way they deserve to be appreciated. Now if I hear someone say teachers have it easy because they get the summers off, I laugh, and I defend the fact that their summers off are hardly that at all. Please show appreciation to your child's teacher who is such a big influence in his life. We have some gifts that teachers might enjoy getting!
Teachers Inspire by school_teacher
Many more t-shirts online at http://www.zazzle.com/?rf=238785193994622463
See more Youth School Academics T-Shirts
Boy Best Teacher Tshirts and Gifts by school_teacher
Design refrigerator magnets At http://www.zazzle.com/?rf=238785193994622463
Browse other Education Childcare Magnets
Funny Teacher T-shirts Gifts by sagart1952
cheap coffee mug On http://www.zazzle.com/?rf=238785193994622463
View more High School Mugs
Customize Yourself Teacher Mug by schoolteacher
personalised coffee mug Online at http://www.zazzle.com/?rf=238785193994622463
See more Education Childcare Mugs
Number One Teacher Shirt by schoolteacher
Shop for a t-shirt on zazzle
Browse other Education Childcare T-Shirts
Teachers Inspire by school_teacher
Many more t-shirts online at http://www.zazzle.com/?rf=238785193994622463
See more Youth School Academics T-Shirts
Boy Best Teacher Tshirts and Gifts by school_teacher
Design refrigerator magnets At http://www.zazzle.com/?rf=238785193994622463
Browse other Education Childcare Magnets
Funny Teacher T-shirts Gifts by sagart1952
cheap coffee mug On http://www.zazzle.com/?rf=238785193994622463
View more High School Mugs
Customize Yourself Teacher Mug by schoolteacher
personalised coffee mug Online at http://www.zazzle.com/?rf=238785193994622463
See more Education Childcare Mugs
Number One Teacher Shirt by schoolteacher
Shop for a t-shirt on zazzle
Browse other Education Childcare T-Shirts
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