Teacher Appreciation Gift

The last day of teacher appreciation week was the day that we decided would be gift day.

It was a neat day, because many of the kids brought in their gifts for Mrs. A...
We also had a gift we made as a class.
Our class gift to Mrs. A was a book. Each child had a page.

(This is the cover...with a poem I wrote and the class picture)
For 2 weeks prior I came in and interviewed the kids about Mrs. A. I had a series of questions, and I wrote down, word for word what they said.
It was SOOOOOOO fun! So many were just the sweetest things, that only the innocent mind of a child could put into words!

I also did handprints, and I took a class picture and had the kids all write their own name.

On each of the pages, was a picture of each child, their handprint and their interview answers.
The second page was, Robert Fulghum's All I really need to know, I learned in Kindergarten...

Here are some sample pages...


This was the back inside cover. Another class picture with goofy faces...and another little poem...
Then on that blue space, the kids were supposed to draw a little picture for her, but they all ended up writing their names again....which still turned out great!

This is the back cover. There is a pencil drawing picture (done on photoshop) just for fun. Then the Storytellers Creed...which I love!

I was so proud of the finished product...
I so loved that class!!!!!
She loved it!
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So that concludes last years teacher appreciation week..
I hope you found a little inspiration!

Raelyn

Teacher Appreciation Gardening Basket

On day four....
We created a gardening basket.
At our school, teachers fill out a form for their room parents, which includes their hobbies, and favorites, and needs...etc... Mrs A, wrote that she loves to garden...which is why we used the theme.
All of the kids were supposed to bring in something that pertained to gardening....flowers, seeds, garden stakes, anything....

We had a big huge bucket, in Mrs A's favorite color...and we added some of the larger things...like the watering can, and sunscreen and a perennial flower with some seeds...etc.

One by one, the kids came through the door and we collected their items, and filled the bucket.

After class started...we came in and presented the bucket to her....with a little thank you speech.

She loved it, and was very touched by the thought....
The kids had ear to ear smiles....
They just loved seeing her happy!

Raelyn

Teacher Appreciation Cards

Day three was card day.
I had asked that all of the kids MAKE a card for the teacher...

Prior to that I had come in a taken some GOOFY pictures of the kiddos. Here is a tiny sampling of all of the adorable pictures I took....

They all held this sign...and made silly faces...

On their way in I added these pictures to each card that the kids gave her, that way, if anyone didn't have a card to give, they at least had their picture.

Or did a little dance...

The kids, as always, were very proud of their pictures!

Little had to get involoved too. :) She adores Middle's kindergarten teacher.

I also used these pictures for a gift for her for the end of the week...and again, added them to something at the end of the year as well.

Raelyn

Teacher Appreciation Bouquet

Day two was flower day for Teacher Appreciation Week.
Again sporting the gardening theme, we wanted to make our AMAZING kindergarten teacher smile...(She was 7 months prego at the time...and was still there, every single day, making our kids smarter and happier...and we SOOOOO appreciated her!)

The idea was that each child was to bring one or a few cut flowers of any kind to the teacher.
I was worried however, that many would not come with flowers and feel left out...
So I ended up going to Costco and buying a mixed bouquet, and a bouquet of her favorites...Gerber Daisies.
Then we stood out front, where the kids line up, and handed out one flower to each child.

Inside, on Mrs. A's desk was a large vase with the above tag tied on (which I made with my cricut)

They were then to go in and hand Mrs. A her flower.
Slowly, her bouquet got larger...

And larger...

The BEST part, for me, was being in the classroom. Seeing the faces of the kids.
They were SO proud of themselves.
Especially those kids, who maybe otherwise, would have had nothing to give....
It was THE best part!

Until is was finally a HUGE, beautiful, bouquet!

Just takes the time of being there early...and makes a big impact on our wonderful teachers!

Raelyn

Teacher Appreciation Door

At our school Teacher Appreciation is always at the beginning of May.
I thought I would post a few ideas that we did last year.
Last year, in kindergarten...I was my sons room mom.
We LOVED our kindergarten teacher and wanted to make sure that she had a great week!

This is what the teacher walked in to on Monday, the first day of Teacher Appreciation week.
She likes gardening, so the flowers were the start to a theme throughout the week.

I came in for a couple of weeks before T.A.W. and took pictures of the kids...and did some projects with them.
One of the things we did...was to decorate these petals. Each child got to pick their color and decorate them however they wanted.
EARLY on Monday morning, I came in and put them together on her door...(We used the inside of the door, because, for the most-part, it remains open all of the time...and if it were closed, she could see the flowers.

One of the best things though, was that the centers were empy, and I hung a pen from each flower, so that the parents could also leave notes for her.
They turned out so great!

More ideas to come!
Raelyn