| I believe it is quite common for both parents and | | | | out.o A day where parents take over for ninety |
| children to feel a special bond with preschool teachers. | | | | minutes, so that the teachers can have lunch together. |
| These are the men and women who work with our | | | | If the teachers can not leave the building, prepare a |
| children teaching them the skills that will prepare them | | | | nice lunch for them to eat outside the classroom.o A |
| for elementary school. | | | | basket filled with either coffees or teas depending on |
| The child teacher ratio is lower in preschool than in | | | | which the teacher enjoys.o A gift certificate to the |
| elementary school and so one on one attention with | | | | local book store. I've actually not met a teacher who |
| both the child and the parent is very common. | | | | does not enjoy reading.o If you know the teacher |
| As parents, we often want to say thank you with | | | | enjoys going to the movies, purchase a gift card to the |
| more than words. When the teacher has a birthday, or | | | | local movie theater.o When my own children were in |
| in December and again at the end of the school year, | | | | preschool, all of the parents donated funds for a piece |
| it's quite common for parents to look for an | | | | of furniture for the classrooms. We then had each |
| appropriate gift to give to the teacher. | | | | child from that school year place their handprint on the |
| I have found many gifts over the years that all | | | | piece of furniture. Both times I was involved in this, the |
| teachers seem to enjoy:o A one year subscription to | | | | teachers loved it. |
| a magazine you know the teacher reads and enjoys.o | | | | Preschool teachers are indeed very special people |
| A gift certificate to any local restaurant for a nice meal | | | | and deserve those extra special thank-yous. |