Teacher gifts: sweet small ways to thank your children’s teachers

As the school year winds down and summer holidays loom, does your to-do list include a quick run around the shops for teacher gifts? Something for the kids’ classroom teachers, the dance teacher and the piano teacher?

Teachers Gifts Are Of Course Optional.

School teachers don’t expect gifts – not on top of the joy of looking after your kids and 24 of their peers from 9 to 3, five days a week, and spending their evenings writing lesson plans or marking homework. Nope.

Neither do the music and dance teachers you already pay well for the privilege of teaching your little ones how to point their toes, bend and stretch, or count to not much more than 5…6…7…8.

Do you still want to buy teacher gifts when for part of the year the classroom became the Zoom room in the home lounge room?

Of course you do – because you understand the work that teachers put in but more importantly because you understand and appreciate the extras they put in. The care and concern factor. The nudge to do better. The pride when a child does well.

So What Do The Best Teacher Gifts Look Like In 2020?

Inexpensive

Keep the value low. No-one wants to start a bidding war on teacher affections with inappropriately expensive gifts.

Unusual Or Original

Find something a bit different, handmade or bespoke – just as each of your children is unique.

Unbreakable

If the kids are carrying it in their backpack on the last school day, make sure the gift can bounce – or at least won’t shatter into a million sharp bits.

Shareable

Teachers have their own housemates, partners and families at home. A thoughtful gift in New York could be house cleaning by company swipe n clean from forest hills.

Personal And Meaningful

Make sure the kids do their bit with a simple handwritten thank-you or happy Christmas card for their teacher.

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Little Cocoa has created some sweet treats that should score top marks for teacher gifts.

The range of handcrafted chocolate gifts includes price points from less than $5 to under $20.

Here’s some suggestions:

• Cute festive gingerbread men coated in rich milk chocolate.
• Candy cane stripe peppermint and white chocolate bark.
• Christmas medley of chocolate coated sour cherries, vanilla puffs and cinnamon scorched almonds.
• Caramelised white chocolate coated macadamia nuts.
• Roasted almonds coated in an orange-infused dark chocolate (Vegan option.)
• Do your homework by checking out our online shop or ordering direct on 0451 977 172.

We’re located in a commercial kitchen in Southport for easy pick up or delivery.