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<blockquote data-quote="OTE" data-source="post: 87610"><p>A gift card to a bookstore. There's always something a teacher can find there for a few dollars or just get a cup of coffee and read a book.</p><p></p><p>One of the best responses I ever got was to something very personal. I had no money but my son had a roomful of amazing women. I bought cheap thrift shop baskets. Those got painted, ribbons or whatever as necessary to make them look season appropriate. I thought about what the teacher and each aide did for my son. eg one aide did reading and crafts, one did math and so forth. I then bought a very cheap item to recognize some of the things each did and a note to explain it all. Or it could have been something personal to each woman.</p><p></p><p>eg a $1 store bag of tiny Xmas ornaments. The book one for the reading person, the ruler one for math, the bus one for the person who put him on the bus, the cute little bear for the one who cuddled him when he cried, the sick looking one for the one who took him to the nurse, the food one for the lunch person, the one with a tiny computer for the one who did that with him, something indicating crafts, something clothes or backpack for the person who did that, a knitted sweater bear for the aide who made great sweaters, etc, etc. My son's name is Peter so a seed packet of Sweet Peas in each basket. A packet of hot chocolate, teabag, coffee pack, for the one who got up the earliest or the teacher who worked nights on lesson plans. A Q tip for the one who did Q tip crafts, a pen for the one who did Occupational Therapist (OT) or writing, the list in endless but you get the idea.</p><p></p><p>So each basket was a jumble of very inexpensive things. The cost wasn't the point. I then wrote a note with each basket from my son to that person. It was a series of letters down the left side of the paper. Next to each letter was something like "S is for sick. Thank for taking me to the nurse when I'm sick" next to the S. These letters could be acronyms if you're that clever. Can't remember if I did them as acronyms or not. The Q "Q is for Q tip. Thank you for making great crafts with me." "P is for Peter and pea. Thank you for recognizing how sweet I am." Or "P is for popcorn because I know how much you love it.""R is for ruler because I love how you help me with math."</p><p></p><p>I enjoy being creative so it was actually fun. They all loved it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OTE, post: 87610"] A gift card to a bookstore. There's always something a teacher can find there for a few dollars or just get a cup of coffee and read a book. One of the best responses I ever got was to something very personal. I had no money but my son had a roomful of amazing women. I bought cheap thrift shop baskets. Those got painted, ribbons or whatever as necessary to make them look season appropriate. I thought about what the teacher and each aide did for my son. eg one aide did reading and crafts, one did math and so forth. I then bought a very cheap item to recognize some of the things each did and a note to explain it all. Or it could have been something personal to each woman. eg a $1 store bag of tiny Xmas ornaments. The book one for the reading person, the ruler one for math, the bus one for the person who put him on the bus, the cute little bear for the one who cuddled him when he cried, the sick looking one for the one who took him to the nurse, the food one for the lunch person, the one with a tiny computer for the one who did that with him, something indicating crafts, something clothes or backpack for the person who did that, a knitted sweater bear for the aide who made great sweaters, etc, etc. My son's name is Peter so a seed packet of Sweet Peas in each basket. A packet of hot chocolate, teabag, coffee pack, for the one who got up the earliest or the teacher who worked nights on lesson plans. A Q tip for the one who did Q tip crafts, a pen for the one who did Occupational Therapist (OT) or writing, the list in endless but you get the idea. So each basket was a jumble of very inexpensive things. The cost wasn't the point. I then wrote a note with each basket from my son to that person. It was a series of letters down the left side of the paper. Next to each letter was something like "S is for sick. Thank for taking me to the nurse when I'm sick" next to the S. These letters could be acronyms if you're that clever. Can't remember if I did them as acronyms or not. The Q "Q is for Q tip. Thank you for making great crafts with me." "P is for Peter and pea. Thank you for recognizing how sweet I am." Or "P is for popcorn because I know how much you love it.""R is for ruler because I love how you help me with math." I enjoy being creative so it was actually fun. They all loved it. [/QUOTE]
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