What to give to the teacher for the New Year?

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

To begin with, what gifts are unacceptable. It happens that a bright thought “illuminates” the parents - why not provide the teacher with a festive food package. 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 relatives or close friends a basket of treats to the holiday table. If you have adopted this format, all is well. But a teacher is a person with whom there must be a certain distance. A grocery set, even if it consists of expensive delicacies, is an incorrect gift.

One of the teachers is offended: is it a hint of our small salaries and the inability to buy all these delights on our own? The insult is clear and fair. Grocery sets 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 to without them. But all that concerns the habits of man, including taste, requires a delicate approach.

If you are giving food, it should be appropriate and not in the context of “we want to feed you”.

Which of the standard things you can give a cool and head teacher.

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

In middle and high school the problem of gifts looks sharper. Some classes want to congratulate all the subjects.This increases costs and makes you think seriously about what to give from the class.

The recommendations are as follows.

• Math teacherif you really want a themed gift, you can give a book with excerpts from the works of great mathematicians. Typically, these publications have a very interesting design, look decent, and therefore look great in the collection and on the bookshelf.
• English teacher, if we are talking about books, you can give a classic in the original. From Shakespeare to Conan Doyle. Or donate the already mentioned 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 with humor, be sure to appreciate it).
• Physical education teacher give the medal in the form of a snowflake with a pleasant inscription. Alternatively, on sale today you can find chocolate dumbbells, etc. If the city hosts major sport competitions, a ticket to them will also be useful.
• Dance teacher You can give souvenir pointe shoes or a ticket to a good choreographic show.
• Music teacher You can give a souvenir tuning fork, vintage plates or a stylized Grammy figurine with his name.

Some parents give a young teacher New Year T-shirts, sweaters with deer, etc. If you know that the teacher will relate to this with a smile - donate. An older teacher likes this less often, so be more strict in the gift. If you are completely at a loss for what exactly the teacher will like, look at the winter bouquets. Florists create wonderful snow-covered compositions with sprigs of rowan and dried flowers today - a great neutral option that will suit both men and women.

Also a teacher for the New Year can be given board game. There are a lot of modern and interesting games for adults that make a pleasant variety in family leisure. The experience is wonderful when a class to a whole group of teachers gives participation in an intellectual game. Modern quiz tournaments are increasingly gaining popularity.

If you want to give teachers a new year surprise at school, arrange a small play with the children. Take ready-made scripts, add relevant information and work on a common creative work.

Manual labor, collective creativity is something that is valued more than ready-made gifts. Some time before the holidays, posters and wall newspapers were made out for the whole class, with today's variety of materials for making it even easier to do. Assign this to children: for them, such creativity is useful. But without parental help, it is not always possible to successfully arrange a wall newspaper.

If you can take a stand-screen, then on it you will place on decorative snowflakes congratulations to each teacher that works with your children. Among other ideas, feasible with their own hands, we note the following.

In a box decorated 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 greeting, which every child must write by hand. Next, a synthetic filler is taken (for soft toys, pillows) from which a snowball forms around a twisted note. Wrapped with silver thread. It is presented like this: “Marya Ivanovna! Our children have decided to throw snowballs at you on the New Year, but not ordinary, but New Year's - they have magic wishes that will come true. ”

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

During the winter holidays, tea is often given, because it warms and raises the tone, which is important during 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 the napkins of the New Year series or on the Internet.

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

There are gifts that, rather, can be called a small compliment, a sign of attention. They are unpretentious in their value, but can be cute, pleasant, unexpected. Usually it is some kind of Christmas souvenirs, the options of which are countless.

Symbolic gifts to the teacher may be so.

• Winter marker writes in a familiar color, but leaves the texture of snowflakes.
• Christmas toy on the Christmas tree. The elegantly decorated ball is a good addition to the collection of Christmas tree decorations, always uplifting, and certainly falls into the theme of the holiday.
• Mittens - funny, very fluffy or homemade, but it also looks cute. A beautiful gift can also not just “hang on a nail”, but be used as intended.
• Small boxes of cranberries in powdered sugar - A dose of vitamin C, winter associations and something associated with 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 movie tickets (atmospheric box-office films are available at the time, because 2 tickets for a weekend session will raise the New Year mood to the teacher and his companion).
• New Year Brooches - an original gift if the teacher is a woman who is interested in fashion and style.
• Designer postcards. If the budget is quite small, but a sign of attention is needed, go to the department with postcards, there today you can find uniquely illustrated samples that the teacher will like (do not forget to sign nicely).

Sometimes it's enough to invite a parent with a good camera to school.who will take some photos with each teacher. A small Christmas treatment in the photo editor, beautifully packaged photos of New Year's envelopes and a quarter of the photo cards presented on the last day will please the teacher.

If a tutor goes to a student, it will be strange to leave him without a gift for the New Year. Of course, initially in the choice of this gift it all depends on finances: how much do you think it is reasonable to spend on a gift? The business is personal, but still very expensive gifts put the tutor in an awkward position. Therefore, limit yourself to something simple but pleasant.

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 also associate a gift with a subject taught by a tutor. For example, give an English teacher a collection or a new edition of Alice in Wonderland. Work out the Christmas motifs - the elegantly decorated editions of The Nutcracker or The Snow Queen always look like a gift with taste.

Should teachers give certificates? In a sense, this gift is a monetary one, which is not very convenient for a teacher. A good gift should not cause a teacher a sense of embarrassment, unacceptability. Make decisions with all the parent collective, look for compromises and try to please the teacher you sincerely want to congratulate.

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