8 Great Back-to-School Gifts for Your Teacher
Your teacher works hard to help you learn and is never really appreciated. Show them you care with a gift.
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There are few jobs as hard as a teacher's, let alone more important. These people work to educate the adults of the future, and they don't often get many thanks for the job, either. Some teachers can even imprint beautiful life lessons on their students, things that will be remembered for a lifetime. Teachers like these should be recognized, and there's nothing wrong with buying a special gift for that teacher who changed your life. A teacher appreciation gift doesn't have to be expensive either; it just needs to show you care.
We've put together a list of the best gifts you can give your teacher, either individually or as a whole class. Some of these appreciation gifts are simple things to make their days at school easier or more fun, and others will help them enjoy their time away from the chaos. Talk to your parents and classmates to see how you can be kind to your teacher when you go back to school.
What's the best gift for a teacher?
We think the best gift for your teacher is the Clever Fox Daily Planner. Keeping track of everything day-to-day will make your teacher's life 100 times easier, and isn't that what we all want? If your teacher is organized, your day will go much more smoothly.
Teacher gifts for school time
Your teacher spends most of their waking time thinking about how they can do a good job in the classroom. These great gifts will not only help them succeed but will make them happy, too.
Your teacher needs to know exactly what they are doing every day of the week, but it can be hard to keep track. This planner has room for daily activities but doesn't have specific dates. This lets your child's teacher match the workflow to the school year, rather than missing big chunks of the planner over vacations.
It has a lot of useful tools inside to help organize everything, too. In fact, you should probably pick up one for yourself, to help you with organizing schoolwork.
Keep them hydrated
Hydro Flask Tumbler
It's true what they say; hydration is key to an active mind. Your teacher needs to stay sharp all day, and the best way to do that is to drink plenty of water or coffee!
A good Hydro Flask will keep your teacher's drink nice and cool (or nice and hot) for hours, and the bright colors will look awesome on your teacher's desk.
Teachers need money
Visa gift card
According to the National Education Association, teachers spend around $460 of their own money to purchase school supplies and fun things for kids to do in their class. A Visa gift card -- one that can be used anywhere -- is just the thing to help your favorite teacher buy supplies without having to dip into their own funds.
Make amazing things
Cricut Joy
This is a little more expensive than most of the other gifts, but I think if the whole class got together they could make this purchase. A Cricut Joy is a tiny little vinyl cutter that would allow your teacher to make fun decals for class projects, stickers for a job well done, and many other awesome projects.
A good-smelling classroom is a happy classroom
Oil diffuser
While writing this article I asked several of my teacher friends what their favorite gifts would be, and a surprising number of them said an oil diffuser. Most of them said they wanted it because it creates a nice environment to work in -- one even adds eucalyptus to help kids breathe easier during the sniffles season -- but several others also mentioned that teenagers can get a trifle pungent in the warm air of school.
Remember, the gift you give your teacher could also be coming to school smelling clean. And that gift is free!
Teacher gifts for personal time
Giving your teacher a gift they can use at school is great, but giving them something that they can use at home is a nice thing to do as well. Your teacher works hard, and a thoughtful gift to help them unwind will be highly appreciated.
Keep your favorite teacher warm at home
Cable Knit Chenille Throw Blanket
After a long day of looking after you and your friends, all your tired teacher wants to do is relax. Help them do that with a super comfy, open-weave throw blanket. It's a wonderfully warm comforter they'll appreciate using when they are grading your papers, or making sure you have something cool to do the next day.
Awake and refresh
Peach & Lilly Sheet Mask
Face masks are a classic way to destress and revitalize. Pick up some of these for your teacher and see the smile on their face, especially after they've used them.
Single serving caffeine
Espro pour over coffee
Your teacher more than likely drinks a lot of coffee -- you need a lot of energy to keep yourself going when you teach dozens of students a day. This simple coffee system creates a single cup of delicious coffee that your teacher can enjoy at the start of their day.
Your parent(s) will probably want one as well.
