Back to School time is here. School is really starting. It’s a fact, not just a marketing ploy that
started months ago. I know because I’ve
seen really cute and crafty back to school themed projects all over the
internet. Amongst them have been many
back to school themed gifts for the teachers- school supply cakes and pencil
vases and pencil wreaths and survival kits and Astrobrights everything, and ____ (you
fill in the blank with the crafts you’ve seen).
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| Organize & Decorate Everything |
You get the idea.
A back to school gift is new to me. I haven’t seen these gifts at the middle
school level, and I certainly haven’t been giving them to my sons’ teachers
either. Good news? While these are incredibly
cute and extremely thoughtful… they’re not the only thing you can do during
this wild start to the school year. There
are LOTS of ways to help out in your child’s class and school.
If you have time to
donate… I know, who has kids and
time?! Seriously, please consider
donating time to the school or teacher (new one, former one… who cares?). The days leading up to the “Grand Opening” of
a new school year can be likened to running a marathon at a full sprint-
without water stations- in extreme weather- maybe without shoes- DEFINITELY
without sleep. Any help someone can
offer is greatly appreciated. Maybe the
teacher would love for you to:
- put books on a shelf
- make name tags
- help hang posters and bulletin boards (Or they may need help making them!)
- organize all the packets of paper that come home those first few days (Oh, how I wish someone would do this for me.)
- make copies, copies, and more copies
- paint a classroom wall or improve something in the school
If donating time, isn’t
your thing…
- Does your line of work or expertise go hand-in-hand with the curriculum? Let the teacher know at the Open House or Back to School Night just as a heads-up. Planning a year’s curriculum takes, well, lots of planning. If you can start a ball rolling early, hopefully it will be able to come to fruition and benefit the kids when it’s most pertinent to what’s going on in the class.
- Food is always appreciated. Really, who doesn’t like some good comfort food during a stressful time?
- Gift cards to Target, Barnes & Noble, Office Max, Staples, etc. are wonderful so the teacher can get what he or she needs for the classroom and it will help with the inevitable out of pocket expenses teachers incur. Don’t worry about the amount either. I don’t know a single teacher who doesn’t appreciate the $5 ones as much as the $20 ones.
- Coffee or Tylenol PM or both (Used in the correct order, these work.)- I wasn’t kidding about not getting sleep at this time of year. I often wake up around 2 or 3am and can’t go back to sleep because of everything running through my mind. I’ve heard many others talk about it, too.
However, if you’ve been meaning to do a Back to School
themed craft, have at it! Use any of the ones I found for inspiration because they’re awesome and
will certainly be shown off all over that school! (Seriously, can I please
teach one of their kids?!)
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