What to give a teacher for his birthday?

In our country, it is customary to congratulate teachers not only on calendar holidays, but also on their birthday. The age-old question "what to give?" quarreled a lot of parents of schoolchildren. Still - the gift should be useful, appropriate and memorable.

On the birthday of the first teacher, you can congratulate with a bouquet of flowers and a sincerely signed postcard. Flowers are the sign of attention that will be appropriate when congratulating both the female teacher and the male teacher. However, you should still take into account the gender of the teacher when choosing a bouquet.

You should be more careful with potted flowers, which are often given to teachers. If we turn to the rules of etiquette, it turns out that it is recommended to give flowers in pots only to close women. Another point - potted plants require care, sometimes laborious. Therefore, it is a good idea to find out if your teacher is enjoying floriculture. Perhaps, instead of a pleasant gift, you will throw a burden on the person.

The first teacher can be presented with sweets - a box of chocolates, a cake. If you want originality, you can make a cake from sweets or a personalized cake.

Stationery will also be appropriate. On duty, the teacher manages to write more than one notebook in a year, therefore diary or notebook will come in handy.

The group of useful gifts includes pen... Let it be a copy in a beautiful package. You can present a personalized pen with engraving. In addition to the name and patronymic, you can add a memorable date for the teacher's name day.

Among useful professional gifts - a set of stationery, flash drive... At first glance, such gifts seem boring and mundane. However, it is important to correctly approach the process of their design and presentation.

Tickets for a performance, ballet, concert - all this will also delight the teacher. It is important to know the tastes of the teacher. However, most of them will be happy to attend a performance, opera or ballet based on classical themes. Do not forget that it is a good form to give not one, but two tickets to the theater. For greater attractiveness and practicality, they are put in an envelope, the latter is not sealed.

Gifts that are undesirable to give to the first teacher: cosmetics and personal hygiene items, linen, clothing, footwear. Jewelry and money are unacceptable. There is a lot of controversy over whether perfume can be gifted. At first glance, such a gift (provided that you know the teacher's favorite scent) will delight any woman.

OHowever, the rules of etiquette remind that when congratulating a teacher, we congratulate not a woman, but a specialist, an expert. For this reason, a bottle of perfume is too personal a gift and violates personal boundaries.

In the last year of teaching children in elementary school, you can give the first teacher a more weighty and expensive present. This rule "works" even if the teacher's anniversary is 30, 50 years. A gift can be useful equipment for home or work - coffee machine, multicooker, microwave oven or laptop, camera, electronic photo frame. In order not to miscalculate with the present, it is better to tactfully ask what kind of gift the teacher would like to receive.

A set of dishes can also turn out to be not only a beautiful, but also a useful gift. The main thing is not to buy faceless tea and coffee sets, which for the majority then gather dust on the shelves for years. As an option - present original large salad bowls, sets for Japanese dishes, sushi (nowadays almost everyone orders them, so let the teacher have a beautifully served table).

Continuing the theme of gifts "for the home", we should mention such gifts as picture or panel, housekeeper, set of photo frames (just do not need to insert into every photo with children from the class, one is enough). The presented blanket made of natural wool will become very symbolic and warm, it can be decorative pillows or a set of kitchen napkins. The main thing is to get away from the routine. Let the pillows and towels not have a traditional floral and berry pattern, but, for example, cityscapes, original patterns or stylish geometry.

A female teacher, especially a young and middle-aged teacher, will be pleased to receivea certificate for a photo session. Certificates in a massage or spa salon, as well as a beauty salon will also be appropriate. You can safely give the teacher the things you need in the household - dishes, home textiles, household appliances. How large and expensive a gift will be depends on many factors. The longer the teacher “leads” the class, the warmer and more trusting the relationship usually becomes, which means that the gift can become a little more personal (however, it is important not to go overboard).

It is logical for a male teacher to present a beautiful wallet made of genuine leather. According to the tradition existing in our country, such a gift is not presented empty. You can put coins, bills of different countries or a coin-talisman for good luck into it. Filling a wallet with large amounts is somewhat inappropriate, it can offend a man.

But giving a purse or a bag to a class teacher is not always a good idea. You can not guess with the preferences of the gifted. It is much better in this situation to present a certificate to a leather goods store.

If you know about the hobbies of a male educator, you can associate a gift with them. The avid athlete will be glad to have the inventory, tickets for a sports match... Motorist - accessories for the car, thermo mug, mobile charger.

A young specialist can be presented with certificates for the quest games or intellectual duels so popular today. You can focus on the specialization of the teacher. If your class teacher also leads history, then feel free to present a board game based on historical events. A computer science teacher will love stylish accessories for technology - a tablet case, a wireless mouse, a flash drive.

Almost every teacher will be happy with an e-book, tablet, wall clock, decor items. Take a closer look, perhaps the classroom is missing something. A blinds or curtains bought and nailed (installed) clothes hanger will delight your homeroom teacher more than a more personal gift.

Teachers spend a lot of time at the workplace, so you can present something for relaxation right at school. It may be small foot massager mat, relaxing mini fountain or waterfall, original bonsai tree. Various gifts are useful and attractive. lamps and lamps. You can choose from a classic or modern home option, as well as a dedicated laptop backlight.

A good quality office chair or armchair will be a gift that will also demonstrate caring for the teacher. Teachers spend a lot of time at their desk, so the “right” chair will relieve some of the load from the back and lower back. It is logical to give a chair to a teacher if he has a permanent office. However, the teacher can put it at his desk in the teacher's room or simply take it home.

As in the case of the first teacher, it is not recommended for the class teacher of grades 9-11 to present personal belongings, clothes, shoes, cosmetics. You should also refuse money as a present. From the outside it may look like a bribe, which is very will offend the teacher.

The taboo extends to alcohol... Even very expensive, rare and collectible. After all, the teacher is a representative of the intelligentsia, so the presented alcohol can look like a mockery.

If you want to give the teacher a rather large and expensive gift, then it is better to throw off the whole class. Agree, a coffee machine donated from one student makes the teacher feel awkward - it's too expensive a gift. At the same time, when the same coffee machine is presented from the whole class, this is a completely different matter. The gift becomes pleasant, useful and does not cause awkwardness in the person being presented.

If you want to complement the collective gift with personal ones, choose something small. For example, a coffee machine from the whole class can be presented with a personal gift - a pack of good coffee beans or “pills” for refueling coffee, filters, etc.

The gifts for subject teachers can be the same as for the class teacher. Flowers, sweets, stationery are always appropriate. However, the originality of the presentation can be achieved by linking the gift with the teacher's specialization.

So, a history teacher can be gifted map - decorative or special, the whole world, a certain period, etc. Another option is specialty books. Better to choose rare gift editions. An important point - some of them can be bought only by pre-order, so you need to take care of finding and purchasing a gift a few weeks before the holiday date.

If you know that the teacher prefers a certain historical period, you can give him a souvenir in the style of this era. Presentations similar to this - a notebook in a vintage style, an original pen.

You can give a foreign language teacher flag or map of that country the language he teaches. It will be a good present and souvenir from this country or stylistically associated with it. If there are performances in your city or a concert is planned in a foreign language of interest to the teacher, feel free to buy tickets for this event. Collection of audiobooks, films, magazine subscription or a book in a foreign language (not in the specialty, but, for example, fiction) will also delight the teacher.

A geography teacher, as well as a fellow historian, will be delighted with the map. Now on sale sketch cards with an erasable top layer. A globe or even a globe safe will become a symbolic and original present.

Biology teacher you can present a rare houseplant, music - headphones, various players, tickets to the Philharmonic, to the organ hall, to a concert. Literature teacher will be glad to receive a gift edition of books by a favorite author, an annual subscription to a literary magazine or tickets to a performance. Fizruka you can please with a soccer ball with the emblem of his favorite sports team. A personalized whistle with an engraving, a sports watch or a fitness tracker are all good gifts for a sports-related person.

Choreography teacher will appreciate speakers, a USB flash drive, as well as beautiful decorative things - candlesticks, figurines. It is logical that the thematic component should be traced in them - dances. If you are looking for a small present, you can give the object a beautiful cup with a themed image.

Both younger students (under the guidance of an adult) and older children can make a congratulatory panel. All you need is a drawing paper, paints and felt-tip pens. You can decorate the collective "postcard" with photographs. The congratulations written by the children will be surely read by the teacher and will become a pleasant gift. A congratulatory poem or song performed by the whole class is an unusual surprise that will evoke many positive emotions - from a smile to tears of gratitude and joy.

Children with this or that talent will also not have to think for a long time what to present to the teacher on his birthday. A painted portrait, a panel, a sewn tilde doll, a monogrammed eyeglass case can also be good gifts.

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