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Post by cake on Dec 10, 2018 8:53:45 GMT -6
What is everyone doing as gifts for their daycare teachers? There are 3 main teachers in H’s room but then probably 6 or more that switch in and out throughout the week.
That sounds like a lot but at the end of the day they combine two rooms, some of the staff work 10 hour days and have a 4 day week, etc. My husband does 99% of pick up and drop off so I didn’t know everyone’s names and he doesn’t know everyone except for the three main.
So do I just bring in cupcakes or some other sort of food and everyone shares? Or do I need to get everyone something individual?
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Post by watermelonseed on Dec 10, 2018 9:34:55 GMT -6
We use an in home sitter and give a holiday card with a nice personal note of appreciation and $50 cash.
I figure she can choose to do what she wants this time of year with it.
For a daycare center I think nice note with donuts and bagels is an idea with multiple teachers.
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Post by marygracerich on Dec 10, 2018 10:05:21 GMT -6
My situation is different because the baby is home with me. G is in school full time. She has one main teacher and 3 teachers aids. Then she has an OT, ST and PT. For the teacher and the aids I got this little gift set. It’s a small cast iron pan with the ingredients to make a cookie pie. For her therapists I bought a gift set of specialty hot chocolate mixes. I am going to bring coffee and donuts to the office admins and school psychologist and such. The school only holds special ed kids and they do a lot so I thought I would be a little extra.
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Post by pinkcat on Dec 10, 2018 10:49:32 GMT -6
Those are all great ideas!
We have a nanny come 2 days a week and I'm not sure what's a good amount or gift to give. She is a young college student and we really appreciate her but money is also tight this time of year so I don't want to go too overboard either!
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Post by jessijean on Dec 10, 2018 11:22:34 GMT -6
We have only known our provider for a couple months. But I know she loves Amazon so I got her a $25 gift card. If I knew her all year I would have done 50.
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Post by cake on Dec 10, 2018 18:03:10 GMT -6
I think if there were less people I would do something more individualized. But I don’t want to miss anyone. And I don’t want to spend a fortune. Food it is! Thanks everyone.
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Post by sarahh on Dec 11, 2018 9:57:08 GMT -6
Our daycare has multiple people per classroom too so I bought a bunch of Starbucks gift cards and plan to give the 2 main teachers $15 and the other ones $10.
Last year when we were in 1/2 day preschool at a church, DD1 only had 2 teachers and I bought these cute sets with a pot holder that said something cute that I forget, a spoon and a sugar cookie mix. That was a huge hit.
This year I am lazy so gift cards it is!
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Post by sunfrogger on Dec 11, 2018 14:00:05 GMT -6
Liv has 2 main teachers. She also hangs in the older infant room so that has 2 teachers. There are tons of helpers but I honestly can't keep track of all of them. Young girls.
I'm going to do something in the $25-30 range for her regular teachers and $15 for the older baby room teachers. I always send cookies for the office for all the teachers.
Dd1 has 2 regular teachers. Plus she is in the open room and that has 2 teachers. The open room teachers will get a small like $10 gc and her regular teachers will get like 30$ or whatever.
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Post by easternshoregirl on Dec 11, 2018 19:38:46 GMT -6
We have a home day care. I usually do a small gift at Christmas, like some special teas or fun socks or this year I got her a nice winter hat. I know her very well so I feel competent in picking out something like that which she will like and use. Then at the end of the school year, we tend to give her a big gift card to a restaurant or something like that.
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Post by jessijean on Dec 11, 2018 20:48:28 GMT -6
Shit.... am I supposed to do DS1 preschool teachers too? Hadn't dawned on me until now. He goes 2 mornings a week.
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Post by sunfrogger on Dec 12, 2018 8:52:53 GMT -6
Shit.... am I supposed to do DS1 preschool teachers too? Hadn't dawned on me until now. He goes 2 mornings a week. I would. Emma was only at her preschool a couple wks last year and we still did Christmas stuff for them. |
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Post by yellow711 on Dec 12, 2018 21:35:56 GMT -6
For j’s Daycare teachers (3 main teachers) - I did a 25 dollar gift cArd.
He is moving up to the next classroom ... so, the gift card is also a “thanks for being an awesome teacher” gift
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Post by helloerrbody on Dec 14, 2018 14:36:10 GMT -6
For my 2.5 yr old’s preschool teacher we are doing 3 different $15 gift cards to places she likes on a little faux succulent Christmas plant. We’ll give 1 $15 gift card to the aid that rotates in all the classes.
We are giving a $50 gift card to our babysitter.
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Post by jessijean on Dec 14, 2018 20:50:46 GMT -6
Money is right this year with the boys' surgeries so I did $10 Starbucks cards fot preschool teachers
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