In our country, teachers are usually congratulated not only on calendar holidays, but also on their birthday. The eternal question "what to give?" quarreled with many parents of schoolchildren. Still - the gift should be useful, appropriate and memorable.
Gift for the first teacher
On the birthday of the first teacher, you can congratulate a bouquet of flowers and a sincerely signed postcard. Flowers are a sign of attention that would be appropriate when congratulating both a female teacher and a male teacher. However, you should still consider the gender of the teacher when choosing a bouquet.
With potted flowers, which are often presented to teachers, you should be more careful. If we turn to the rules of etiquette, it turns out that flowers in pots are recommended to be given only to close women. Another point - potted plants require care, sometimes laborious. Therefore, it would be nice to find out if your teacher brings pleasure in flower gardening. Perhaps, instead of a pleasant gift, you will throw a burden on a person.
The first teacher can be presented with sweets - a box of chocolates, a cake. If you want originality, you can make a candy cake or a personalized cake.
Office supplies will also be appropriate. Due to the duty of the teacher, the teacher manages to write more than one notebook over the year, therefore diary or notebook will be very helpful.
A group of useful gifts include handle. Let it be a copy in a beautiful package. You can present a personalized pen on which the engraving is made. In addition to the first name, you can add a memorable date for the teacher’s name day.
Among useful professional gifts - stationery set, flash drive. At first glance, such gifts seem boring and mundane. However, it is important to correctly approach the process of their design and presentation.
For example, office supplies can be “turned” into a bouquet. And on a flash drive to record video greetings from students and parents.
Tickets for the performance, ballet, concert - All this will also please the teacher. It is important to know the tastes of the teacher. However, most of them will be happy to attend a performance, opera or ballet for classical reasons. Do not forget that a good tone is to give not one, but two tickets to the theater. For greater attractiveness and practicality, they are placed in an envelope, the latter is not sealed.
Gifts that are undesirable to give to the first teacher: cosmetics and personal hygiene items, underwear, clothes, shoes. Jewelry and money are not acceptable. There is much debate about whether perfume can be given. At first glance, such a gift (provided that you know the teacher’s favorite aroma) will please any woman.
ABOUTHowever, the rules of etiquette remind that congratulating the teacher, we congratulate not a woman, but a specialist, expert. For this reason, a perfume bottle is too personal a gift and violates personal boundaries.
In the last year of teaching children in primary school, you can give the first teacher a more significant and expensive present. This rule “works” even if the teacher has an anniversary of 30, 50 years. A gift may be useful equipment for home or work - coffee machine, slow cooker, microwave oven or laptop, camera, electronic photo frame. In order not to lose money with the present, it is better to tactfully ask what gift the teacher would like to receive.
If there is no clear answer, you can purchase a gift certificate from an electronics and home appliance store.
A set of dishes can also turn out to be not only a beautiful, but also a useful gift. The main thing is not to buy faceless tea and coffee sets, which most then dust for years on shelves. As an option - give the original large salad bowls, sets for Japanese dishes, sushi (in our time, they order almost everything, so let the teacher have a beautifully served table).
Continuing the theme of gifts “for home”, one should mention such presentations as picture or panel, key keeper, set of photo frames (just do not need to insert in each photo with children from the class, one is enough). The presented blanket made of natural wool will become very symbolic and warm, it can be decorative pillows or a set of kitchen towels. The main thing is to get away from the ordinary. Let the pillows and towels not have a traditional floral and berry pattern, but, for example, urban landscapes, original patterns or stylish geometry.
What to present to the class teacher 9-11 grades?
A female teacher, especially young and middle-aged, will be pleased to receive withcertificate for a photo shoot. Certificates for a massage or spa salon, as well as a beauty salon, will also be appropriate. The teacher can safely give the necessary things in the household - utensils, home textiles, household appliances. How big and expensive the gift will be depends on many factors. The longer the teacher “leads” the class, the more warm and trusting the relationship usually becomes, which means that the gift can become a little more personal (however, it is important not to go beyond the scope).
The significance of the event also plays a role in choosing a gift. For the anniversary, as a rule, they make a larger and more significant gift.
It is logical for a male teacher to present a beautiful purse made of genuine leather. According to the tradition existing in our country, such a gift is not presented empty. You can invest in it coins, banknotes of different countries or a mascot coin for good luck. Filling a wallet with large amounts is somewhat inappropriate, this can offend a man.
But giving a purse or bag to a class teacher is not always a good idea. You can not guess with the preferences of the gifted. It is much better in this situation to present a certificate to a leather goods store.
If you know about the hobbies of a male teacher, you can associate a gift with them. An avid athlete will be happy with the inventory, sports tickets. Motorist - car accessories thermo mug, charging for mobile.
Certificates for quest games or intellectual fights so popular today can be presented to a young specialist. You can focus on the specialization of the teacher. If your class teacher also leads history, then boldly present a board game based on historical events. The computer science teacher will like stylish accessories for technology - a tablet case, a wireless mouse, a flash drive.
Almost every teacher will be happy with an e-book, tablet, wall clock, and decor items. Take a look, maybe something is missing in the classroom. Blinds or curtains, bought and nailed (installed) clothes hanger will please your class teacher more than a more personal gift.
Teachers spend a lot of time at the workplace, so you can present something for relaxation right at school. It may be small foot massager mat, relaxing mini fountain or waterfall, original bonsai tree. Useful and attractive gifts are various lamps and fixtures. You can choose the option for a home in a classic or modern design, as well as a special lamp-backlight for a laptop.
As an option - a salt lamp, which not only looks original and homely in the interior, but also has practical benefits.
A gift that also demonstrates caring for the teacher will be a quality office chair or chair. Teachers spend a lot of time at their desk, so the “right” chair will allow you to remove part of the load from the back and lower back. It is logical to give a chair to a teacher if he has a permanent office. However, the teacher can put him at his desk in the teacher's office or just take him home.
As in the case of the first teacher, it is not recommended to present personal items, clothes, shoes, cosmetics to the class teacher of grades 9-11. Refuse should be from the money as a presentation. From the side it may look like a bribe, which is quite offend the teacher.
Taboo applies to alcohol. Even very expensive, rare and collectible. Still, the teacher is a representative of the intelligentsia, so donated alcohol may look like a mockery.
If you want to make a teacher a large enough and expensive gift, it is better to fold in the whole class. You must admit that the coffee machine donated from one student makes the teacher feel awkward - this is too expensive a gift. At the same time, when the same coffee machine is presented from the whole class, this is a completely different matter. The gift becomes pleasant, useful and does not cause the gift of embarrassment.
If you want to complement a collective gift with a personal one, choose something small. For example, a personal gift can be presented to a coffee machine from the entire class - a pack of good coffee beans or “pills” for refilling coffee, filters, etc.
A neutral personal gift will be flowers, sweets, stationery.
How to congratulate teachers in subjects?
Gifts for subject teachers may be the same as for class teachers. Flowers, sweets, stationery are always appropriate. However, you can achieve the originality of the presentation by connecting the gift with the specialization of the teacher.
So, a history teacher can be gifted a map - decorative or special, the whole world, a certain period, etc. Another option is books on a specialty. It is better to choose rare gift editions. An important point is that some of them can only be bought by reservation, so you need to take care of finding and purchasing a gift a few weeks before the holiday date.
If you know that the teacher prefers a certain historical period, you can give him souvenir in the style of this era. Similar presentations - a notebook in a vintage style, an original pen.
You can give a teacher of a foreign language flag or map of that country whose language he teaches. A good present will be souvenir from this country or stylistically associated with it. If performances are held in your city or a concert is planned in a foreign language of interest to the teacher, feel free to buy tickets for this event. Collection of audio books, films, magazine subscription or a book in a foreign language (not by profession, but, for example, fiction) will also please the teacher.
A geography teacher, like a fellow historian, will be happy with the map. Now available sketch cards with washable topcoat. A globe or even a globe-safe will become a symbolic and original present.
Biology teacher you can present a rare houseplant, of music - headphones, various players, tickets to the philharmonic, to the organ hall, to the concert. Literature teacher I will be glad to publish books by my beloved author, an annual subscription to a literary magazine, or tickets to a performance. Fizruka You can enjoy a soccer ball with the emblem of his favorite sports team. An engraved personalized whistle, a sports watch or a fitness tracker - all these are good gifts for a person associated with sports.
If physical education is not the only “passion” of the teacher, choose a mug, car accessories, and a thermos as a gift.
Choreography teacher appreciate columns, flash drives, as well as beautiful decorative things - candlesticks, figurines. It is logical that in them the thematic component should be traced - dances. If you are looking for a small present, you can give the subject a beautiful cup with a thematic image.
A mug with formulas will be appropriate for a teacher of mathematics, physics, chemistry.
What can you do yourself?
Both younger students (under the guidance of an adult) and more older children can make a congratulatory panel. To do this, you only need whatman paper, paints and felt-tip pens. You can decorate a collective “postcard” with photos. Congratulations written by children will be surely read by the teacher and will be a pleasant gift. A congratulatory poem or song performed by the whole class is an unusual surprise that will cause a lot of positive emotions - from a smile to tears of gratitude and joy.
Children with this or that talent will also not have to think long about what to present to the teacher on his birthday. A painted portrait, a panel, a stitched tilde doll, a case with a monogram can also be good gifts.
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