Everyone want to show how grateful you are for a current or former teacher, Or just how much you appreciate him or her?
A teacher is someone who is the mentor of your life. A teacher has been the guiding force of your life. He/She is the one who made you the expert of the subject you are and also, been the motivational factor behind your success.
As a student, you often fail to identify the contribution of teachers in your life, you realize his/her importance at every milestone of life. Now follow this article show your appreciation for teacher on the special Teacher Appreciation Day.
The History of Teacher Appreciation Day
Teacher Appreciation Day in the U.S. is celebrated on the first Tuesday of the first full week in May. In 1985, The National PTA established Teacher Appreciation Week as the first full week of May. Additionally, UNESCO inaugurated October 5 as World Teachers Day, although in the USA, Teacher Appreciation Week is typically celebrated on the above May dates.
Why Celebrate The Teacher Appreciation Day?
"Teachers teach because they care. Teaching young people is what they do best. It requires long hours, patience, and care."
For students' parents, child's teacher is not only educator but mom, dad, therapist, nurse and countless roles as well to many children per day, their job becomes even more daunting, more challenging and more honorable.
Good teachers are akin to angels who watch over our children and care about them when we're not able to.
If your child has the great fortune of having one of the really good teachers in the world, by all means, show your appreciation for their dedication. These special teachers deserve your respect and appreciation that will inspire them to continue in their profession and reinforcing their good work, inspire other teachers and generally keep the tradition of inspiring teachers alive.
How to Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Day
On the occasion of teacher appreciation day, commemorate the efforts of your teacher in various ways, we are listing below some of the teacher appreciation day ideas, then you will know how to celebrate Teacher Appreciation Day.
- Write for Your Teacher - Write poems, letters, or notes of appreciation and leave them in teachers' mailboxes. Read them at morning assembly or in the classroom.
- Organize Breakfast - A day before Teacher Appreciation Day, order coffee and breakfast items, for your teachers. Arrive in the school early. Receive the foodstuff yourself in the morning and set up the whole breakfast before your teacher's arrival.
- Make Thank You Note - Sending a nice surprise to your teacher while she/he arrive to find that their door have been transformed with flower shaped thank you notes from the students and parents from that class.
- Homemade Cookie Bouquets - Making cookie bouquets with parents donated cookies.
- Flower Shower - Make a student stand at the entry gate before the teacher's arrival. Shower the teachers with flowers when they enter the school.
- Dress Up - On Teacher Appreciation Day, dress up as your favorite teacher. Ask him/her to take sometime off and take the class that he/she was supposed to take. But, don't forget to take prior permission from your principal for this.
- Massage - Asking two local massage therapists gave 5 minute shoulder massages to the teachers during their off period.
- Activities after School - Plan a party for teachers at the end of the school day. Organize some light games and provide refreshments.
- Thank You Teacher Badge
If you want to choose appropriate teacher appreciation gifts, here are a few thoughts to help find the perfect gift for your teachers.
- Your appreciation gift for teacher need not be extravagant.
- Teacher appreciation gifts come in all shapes and sizes and are not necessarily confined to an educational institute.
- Unique teacher appreciation gifts which come from whole class can be especially touch teacher.
