What to present to the teacher for the New Year?

New Year's holidays are one of the most anticipated of the year. And they begin to prepare for them in advance, because I want to congratulate close and important people in an interesting, original way, which is called “with soul”. Today it is customary to congratulate the teacher on New Year's Day, which is quite normal if this is a sincere impulse, and a gift does not put the teacher in an awkward position.

To begin with, what gifts are unacceptable. It happens that parents are “illuminated” by a bright thought - why not provide the teacher with a festive grocery set. Good help for the New Year's table, they say. From an ethical point of view, this gift looks unacceptable. It's one thing if you bring a basket of goodies to your holiday table to relatives or close friends. If you have such a format accepted, all is well. But a teacher is a person with whom a certain distance should be. A grocery set, even if it consists of expensive delicacies, is an incorrect gift.

Some of the teachers are offended: is this not a hint at our small salaries and inability to buy all these delights on our own? Resentment is understandable and fair. Food packages for a primary school teacher (and all other teachers) are not allowed. Yes, we still believe that a bottle of champagne and sweets are classics of gifts, where without them. But everything that relates to human habits, including taste, requires a delicate approach.

If you give food, then this should be appropriate and not in the context of "we want to feed you."

Which of the standard things can be presented to the classroom and head teacher.

• Good diary. Beaten up, but the New Year is a time when many want to start life from scratch. And with your gift you visualize a little dream. Reserved, respectful and not so expensive to embarrass the teacher. Well, to make the gift look festive, attach a funny pen with a snowman or snowflake to the diary.
• Snowball. Many adults dream of having such a mysterious glass ball with snow at home on a chest of drawers or a coffee table. It’s hard to come up with a New Year’s present.
• Author's calendar book. You yourself can develop a calendar that will somehow be associated with the professional activities of the teacher. For example, if the class teacher is a philologist, it can be a desk calendar with quotes from modern writers, etc.
• Glider. It can be even cooler than the daily planner - especially the head teacher needs such a gift, which has 100 calls and scheduled tasks per day.

In middle and high school, the gift problem is more acute. Some classes want to congratulate all subjects. This increases costs and makes you seriously think about what to give from the class.

The recommendations are as follows.

• Math teacherIf you want a thematic gift, you can give a book with excerpts from the works of great mathematicians. Typically, such publications have a very interesting design, look dignified, and therefore look great in the collection and on the bookshelf.
• English teacherIf we are talking about books, you can present the classics in the original. From Shakespeare to Conan Doyle. Or give the aforementioned snow globe with Big Ben inside.
• Physics teacher You can present a ticket to the Museum of Quantum Physics, a set for independent experiments (many children's things are very interesting for adults, and if the teacher is humorous, he will definitely appreciate it).
• Physical education teacher present a medal in the form of a snowflake with a pleasant commemorative inscription. Alternatively, on sale today you can find chocolate dumbbells, etc. If major sports competitions are held in the city, a ticket for them will also be out of place.
• Dance teacher You can give souvenir pointes or a ticket to a good choreographic show.
• Music teacher You can give a souvenir tuning fork, vintage records or a stylized Grammy figurine with his name.

Some parents give a young teacher New Year T-shirts, deer sweaters, etc. If you know that the teacher will react to this with a smile - give. An older teacher likes this less often, so be more strict about the present. If you are completely unaware of what exactly the teacher will like, Take a look at winter bouquets. Wonderful snowy compositions with branches of mountain ash and dried flowers are created by florists today - an excellent neutral option that will suit both men and women.

You can also give a teacher for the New Year board game. There are many interesting modern games for adults that bring a pleasant variety to family activities. A wonderful experience is when a class gives a whole group of teachers participation in an intellectual game. Modern quiz tournaments are gaining more and more popularity.

If you want to give teachers a New Year’s surprise at school, organize a small production with the children. Take ready-made scripts, add relevant information and work on a common creative work.

Manual labor, collective creativity is what is valued more than ready-made gifts. Once upon a time for the holidays, the whole class designed posters and wall newspapers, with today's variety of materials for decoration it is even easier to do. Assign this to the children: such creativity is useful for them. But without parental help, it is not always possible to successfully issue a wall newspaper.

If you can take a stand-screen, then on it you will place congratulations on decorative snowflakes for each teacher who works with your children. Among other ideas that can be done by hand, we note the following.

In a box designed according to the season, ready to turn into a crystal casket, throw “snowballs” according to the number of children in the class. Inside the snow will be a New Year's greetings, which every child should write by hand. Next, a synthetic filler is taken (for soft toys, pillows), from which a snowball is formed around the swirling note. Wound with silver thread. It is presented as follows: "Marya Ivanovna! Our guys decided on the New Year to throw you snowballs, but not ordinary, but New Year’s - inside them are magical wishes that will certainly come true. ”

Today, it is very fashionable to paint a wooden cut. And to master this art can even be one whose visual skills are very modest. You can take 3 such neat cuts, draw consonant plots on them (you can take a series of Soviet New Year cards as the basis). As a seasonal interior decoration - perfect. With taste, quite original and, of course, sincerely.

Tea is often given for the winter holidays, because it warms and raises the tone, which is relevant in the cold season. Therefore, decorating a tea house using decoupage technique is an interesting idea. You need to purchase a standard wooden blank, and the motifs can be found on New Year's series napkins or on the Internet.

In principle, you need to build on your skills. If one of the parents knits perfectly, he can knit a shawl or tablecloth to the class teacher, and the team will pay him this work. The same with interior toys, vases, felt boots, embroidery, etc.

There are gifts, which, rather, can be called a small compliment, a sign of attention. They are unpretentious in value, but can be cute, pleasant, unexpected. Usually these are some New Year's souvenirs, the options of which are countless.

Symbolic presentations to a teacher can be like this.

• Winter marker writes in the usual color, but leaves the texture of snowflakes.
• Christmas tree toy. An elegantly designed ball is a good addition to the collection of Christmas toys, it always cheers you up and certainly falls into the theme of the holiday.
• Mittens - funny, very fluffy or homemade, but it also looks cute. Moreover, a beautiful gift can not only be “hung on a nail”, but used as intended.
• Small boxes of cranberries in powdered sugar - a dose of vitamin C, winter associations and something related to the taste of childhood. If you want to please several teachers at once, the option is not bad.
• Movie tickets. If you don’t know what to give, give cinema tickets (at that time atmospheric box office films are rented, because 2 tickets for a weekend session will raise the New Year's mood for the teacher and his companion).
• New Year brooches - An original gift if the teacher is a woman who shows interest in fashion and style.
• Designer cards. If the budget is quite small, but a token is needed, go to the postcard department, there today you can find uniquely illustrated patterns that the teacher will like (do not forget to sign beautifully).

Sometimes it’s enough to invite a parent with a good camera to schoolwho will take some photos with each teacher. A small New Year’s processing in a photo editor, beautifully packed photos in New Year’s envelopes and a quarter of a photo card presented on the last day will please the teacher.

If a tutor goes to a schoolchild, it will be strange to leave him without a New Year's gift. Of course, initially in choosing this gift it all depends on finances: how much do you think is reasonable to spend on a gift? A personal matter, but still very expensive gifts put the tutor in an awkward position. Therefore, limit yourself to something simple but enjoyable.

The same snowy bouquet will have to be in place and will look like an exquisite compliment. A set of beautiful holiday candles is also quite acceptable. You can associate the gift with the subject taught by the tutor. For example, give the English teacher a collection or new edition of Alice in Wonderland. Work on New Year’s motifs too - elegantly designed editions of The Nutcracker or The Snow Queen always look like a tasteful gift.

Do I give teachers certificates? In a sense, this gift is cash, which is not very convenient for the teacher. A good gift should not cause the teacher a sense of awkwardness, unacceptability. Make decisions by the entire parent team, look for compromises and try to please the teacher whom you sincerely want to congratulate.

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