In our country, it is customary to congratulate teachers not only on calendar holidays, but also on their birthday. The eternal question "what to give?" Quarreled many parents of schoolchildren. Still - the gift should be useful, appropriate and memorable.
Gift to the first teacher
On the birthday of the first teacher can be congratulated with a bouquet of flowers and a sincerely signed card. Flowers are the sign of attention that would be appropriate when congratulating both a female teacher and a male teacher. However, it should still take into account the sex of the teacher when choosing a bouquet.
Potted flowers that are often presented to teachers should be more careful. If you refer to the rules of etiquette, it turns out that it is recommended to give flowers in pots only to close women. Another point - pot plants require care, sometimes labor-intensive. Therefore, it would be nice to find out whether your teacher brings pleasure in floriculture. Perhaps, instead of a nice gift you will throw a burden to a person.
The first teacher can present sweets - a box of chocolates, a cake. If you want originality, you can make a cake out of sweets or a name cake.
Office supplies will also be appropriate. On duty, the teacher for the year manages to write more than one notebook, so diary or notebook will be very helpful.
The group of useful gifts can be attributed to pen. Let it be a copy in a beautiful package. You can present the name pen, which made engraving. In addition to the name and patronymic, you can add a memorable date for the name of the teacher.
Among the useful professional gifts - stationery set, flash drive. At first glance, such gifts seem boring and mundane. However, it is important to properly approach the process of their design and presentation.
For example, stationery can be "turned" into a bouquet. And on the USB flash drive to record video greetings from students and parents.
Tickets for 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, an opera or a ballet based on classical motifs. Do not forget that a good tone - to give not one, but two tickets to the theater. For greater attractiveness and practicality they are put in an envelope, the latter is not sealed.
Gifts that you don’t want to give to the first teacher: cosmetics and personal care products, linen, clothes, shoes. Jewelry and money are unacceptable. There is a lot of controversy over whether you can give perfume. At first glance, such a gift (provided that you know the teacher’s favorite fragrance) will delight any woman.
ABOUTHowever, the rules of etiquette remind that congratulating the teacher, we congratulate not a woman, but a specialist, an expert. For this reason, a bottle of perfume is too personal a gift and violates personal boundaries.
In the last year of teaching children in elementary school, you can give the first teacher a more substantial and expensive gift. This rule “works” even if the teacher has an anniversary - 30, 50 years. A gift can be Useful equipment for home or work - coffee machine, multi-cooker, microwave oven or laptop, camera, electronic photo frame. In order not to miscalculate with a present, it is better to tactfully ask what gift the teacher would like to receive.
If there was no clear answer, you can purchase a gift certificate at an electronics and home appliances store.
A set of dishes can also be not only beautiful, but also a useful gift. The main thing is not to buy faceless tea and coffee sets, which, for the most part, have been gathering dust on shelves for years. As an option - to give the original large salad bowls, sets for Japanese dishes, sushi (nowadays they order almost everything, so let the teacher have a beautifully served table).
Continuing the theme of gifts "for home", we should mention such gifts as picture or panel, key holder, a set of photo frames (just do not need to insert into each photo with children from the class, one is enough). The presented plaid made of natural wool will become very symbolic and warm, it can be decorative pillows or a set of kitchen towels-napkins. The main thing - go away from the ordinary. Let the pillows and towels will not be a traditional flower-berry pattern, but, for example, urban landscapes, original patterns or stylish geometry.
What to give to the class teacher 9-11 class?
The teacher-woman, especially the young and middle-aged, will be pleased to receive withCertificate for a photo session. Certificates in a massage or spa, as well as a beauty salon will also be relevant. The teacher can safely give the necessary things in the household - dishes, home textiles, household appliances. How large and expensive a gift will be depends on many factors. The longer the teacher “leads” the class, the warmer and more trusting the relationship will usually become, which means the gift may become a bit more personal (however, it is important not to go beyond the frame).
The significance of the event also plays a role when choosing a gift. On the anniversary, as a rule, make a larger and 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 put in it coins, bills of different countries or a coin-mascot for good luck. It is somewhat inappropriate to fill a wallet with large amounts, it can offend a man.
But giving a purse or a bag to the class teacher is not always a good idea. You can not guess the preferences of the donated. It is much better in this situation to present a certificate to a leather goods store.
If you know about the hobbies of men-teachers, you can associate a gift with them. An avid athlete will be pleased with the inventory, sports match tickets. Motorist - car accessories, Thermocup, charging for mobile.
The young specialist can be presented with certificates for the games-quests or intellectual duels that are so popular today. You can focus on the specialization of the teacher. If your class teacher also leads the story, then feel free to give a board game based on historical events. Teacher informatics like stylish accessories for technology - a case for a tablet, a wireless mouse, a USB flash drive.
Almost every teacher will be happy with an e-book, tablet, wall clock, decor items. Look closely, perhaps something is missing from the classroom. Blinds or curtains, bought and nailed (installed) clothes hanger will delight your class teacher more than a more personal gift.
Teachers spend a lot of time in the workplace, so you can present something for relaxation right at school. It may be small foot massager, 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-lighting for a laptop.
As an option - a salt lamp, which not only looks original and home-like in the interior, but also brings practical benefits.
A gift that will also demonstrate care for the teacher will be a high-quality office chair or chair. Teachers spend a lot of time behind the desk, so the "right" chair will remove some of the load from the back and lower back. It is logical to give a chair to the teacher, if he has a permanent office. However, the teacher can put it to his desk in the staff room or just take him home.
As is the case with the first teacher, the class teacher of grades 9-11 is not recommended to present personal belongings, clothing, shoes, cosmetics. You should also refuse money as a present. From the outside it may look like a bribe, which is quite offend teacher.
Taboo applies to alcohol. Even very expensive, rare and collection. 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 rather large and expensive gift, then it is better to throw off the whole class. Agree, a coffee machine, donated from one student, causes the teacher a sense of awkwardness - 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 awkwardness in the presented feeling.
If you want to add a personal gift to the collective, choose something small. For example, a personal gift can be presented to a coffee machine from the whole class - a pack of good coffee beans or “tablets” for filling coffee, filters, etc.
Flowers, sweets, stationery will become a neutral personal gift.
How to congratulate teachers on subjects?
Gifts for subject teachers may be the same as for the class teacher. Always appropriate flowers, sweets, stationery. However, to achieve originality of the presentation is possible by linking the gift with the specialization of the teacher.
So, you can give a history teacher card - decorative or special, of the whole world, a certain period, etc. Another option - books in the specialty. It is better to choose rare gift editions. The important point is that some of them can be bought only by reservation, therefore, you should take care of finding and purchasing a gift a few weeks before the holiday date.
If you know that the teacher gives preference to a certain historical period, you can give him souvenir in the style of this era. Similar to this gift - a notebook in vintage style, the original pen.
A foreign language teacher can be donated flag or map of the country the language of which he teaches. A good gift will be souvenir from this country or stylistically associated with it. If in your city there are performances 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, movies, magazine subscription or a book in a foreign language (not by specialty, but, for example, artistic) will also delight the teacher.
A geography teacher, as well as a colleague historian, will be pleased with the map. Now on sale there sketch cards with washable top layer. A globe or even a globe-safe will become a symbolic and original present.
Biology teacher You can present a rare houseplant, music - headphones, various players, tickets to the philharmonic society, to the organ hall, to the concert. Literature teacher will be happy to present the publication of books of your favorite author, the annual subscription to the literary magazine or tickets to the play. Physical teacher You can please the soccer ball with the emblem of his favorite sports team. A personalized whistle with an engraving, 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 a teacher, choose as a gift a mug, car accessories, a thermos.
Choreography teacher appreciate the speakers, flash drive, as well as beautiful decorative things - candlesticks, figurines. It is logical that they should be traced thematic component - dancing. If you are looking for a small gift, you can give the subject a beautiful cup with a thematic image.
A mug with formulas would be appropriate for a teacher of mathematics, physics, and chemistry.
What can you do with your own hands?
As younger students (under the guidance of an adult), and more adult children can make a congratulatory panel. To do this, you only need drawing paper, paint and markers. You can decorate the collective "postcard" photos. Congratulations written by children will be surely read by the teacher and will be a pleasant gift. 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 also do not have to think long about what to teach the teacher on his birthday. A painted portrait, a panel, a sewn tilde doll, a eyeglass with a monogram can also be good gifts.
About what to give to the teacher for his birthday, see the following video.
