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What should I get my daughter's teacher. She goes to private school and is in Pre-K. She has 1 teacher and 2 helpers. I would like to give them a little something but I have no idea as to what.

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get gift cards for the helpers

for the teacher, i dont know how much you want to spend but my sister is a teacher and she loves getting giftcards and also cute jewelry

soooooooooo many of her kids buy her either candy/chocolate or bath/body stuff and she hates it

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DH's mother is a kindergarten catholic school teacher and she gets a lot of gift cards to either barnes & noble or dunkin donuts. I guess parents are not sure what to buy so they give those.

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Posted by leesah85

get gift cards for the helpers

for the teacher, i dont know how much you want to spend but my sister is a teacher and she loves getting giftcards and also cute jewelry

soooooooooo many of her kids buy her either candy/chocolate or bath/body stuff and she hates it

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OMG!! So funny you said this because everybody keeps telling to get them Chocolate or bath/body stuff.

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If I do gift cards, how much should I do?

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I would say $50 to either Barnes and Noble or Dunkin'. I think that's a good amount for books or morning treats for herself.

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Posted by SoonToBeMrsCali

I would say $50 to either Barnes and Noble or Dunkin'. I think that's a good amount for books or morning treats for herself.

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To each one? That's $150

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every teacher i know says they prefer either cash or gift cards over a 'real' gift.

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i'd do at least $50 for the teacher, and about $20-30 for each of the helpers ...

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I'm going to be the odd man out, and say, that in my humble opinion, $50 for a teacher is too much. I also think $20-30 per helper is alot as well.
These people do not expect gifts at christmastime, although it is nice to thank them for the work they do for our children.
With that said, I would quite honestly give the teacher a gift of a max amount of $25 and I would not purchase anything for the helpers (but iw ould write them a TY card) but if i were to buy the helpers a gift, it would be a max amount of $10.

Also, there is a smart way to shop, that I'm sure we are all great at, using coupons and going during sale days. Some stores, like TJ Max/Home Goods, for example, have awesome items that can be gift worthy that do not cosst that much but look much more expensive than they are.

Also keep in mind that many teachers are actually prohibited from receiving gifts at all, especially cash gifts. I know this to be true for NYC public schools, but not necessarily for Catholic/Private schools.

Not saying this to cause but if you have 2+ kids giving out presents to teachers can really add up fast. And then what happens when your kids have more than one teacher as they get older, it can quickly spiral out of control. But again, its all up to what you can and want to spend

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No to the teacher $50.

Helpers can get $20 each

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i personally would do $50 for th teacher and $15-20 each for the helpers

but maybe that's because my sister is a teacher and i hate when she gets crappy gifts and regifts

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Posted by Moonmist09

I'm going to be the odd man out, and say, that in my humble opinion, $50 for a teacher is too much. I also think $20-30 per helper is alot as well.
These people do not expect gifts at christmastime, although it is nice to thank them for the work they do for our children.
With that said, I would quite honestly give the teacher a gift of a max amount of $25 and I would not purchase anything for the helpers (but iw ould write them a TY card) but if i were to buy the helpers a gift, it would be a max amount of $10.

Also, there is a smart way to shop, that I'm sure we are all great at, using coupons and going during sale days. Some stores, like TJ Max/Home Goods, for example, have awesome items that can be gift worthy that do not cosst that much but look much more expensive than they are.

Also keep in mind that many teachers are actually prohibited from receiving gifts at all, especially cash gifts. I know this to be true for NYC public schools, but not necessarily for Catholic/Private schools.

Not saying this to cause but if you have 2+ kids giving out presents to teachers can really add up fast. And then what happens when your kids have more than one teacher as they get older, it can quickly spiral out of control. But again, its all up to what you can and want to spend

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completely agree!!! $50 is ridic!! my mom was a teacher in public school and i went to private, so from both perspectives we never gave/she never recieved more than $20 gift.

as for other ideas...a nice scarf...those food gift sets that you can find in CVS (like the pancake mix from knottsberry farm), a nice ornament.

my goal would be to get all 3 gifts for under $50!!!!

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When I was working as a teacher in a daycare center, I usually got gift baskets filled with bath & body items, picture frames, and jewelry. Some parents would make baked goods, some would give me gift cards-usually for $25 to a chain restaurant.

My assistant always seemed to get either the body gel/lotion combo set, or a makeup/nail polish set.