Best pre school teacher gift

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Cash is a bit tacky but I prefer practical over elegant. Visa gift cards were good until the convenience fee got so high. Amazon, target, walmart are next best. No Starbucks!!! Such a waste unless you know the teacher is a big fan.

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Please give cash. It is more environmentally friendly and a hand written note in the same envelope.

If you want to give an amazon gift card, send online by email. Seriously!

[Anonymous]

Don't give amazon because have you seen how insane their packaging is? Give cash.

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Anonymous wrote:Please give cash. It is more environmentally friendly and a hand written note in the same envelope.

If you want to give an amazon gift card, send online by email. Seriously!

Do not send an online gift card. It would go straight to spam.

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Anonymous wrote:I buy Lands End canvas totes on sale and fill them with tissues, unscented hand lotion, unscented hand sanitizer, sanitizing wipes, and a bag of their favorite candy or snack.

Terrible gift.

Signed, a teacher

The first year I did it, it was suggested by my co-room mom who is also a kindergarten teacher. I see the teachers from the past 2-3 years still using their bags when I drop off my younger son. So I don’t really care what you think. It’s better than yet another mug, ornament or scented candle.

1. Gift bag: How much does this cost you? $50-100? I bet they would prefer the cash. Take away the nice bag and you are gifting tissues, lotion, hand sanitizer, and candy. Blah. What if they prefer certain brands or scents?
2. Visa gift card: These are spectacularly annoying to use - you never know the balance and when you might end up short. They are useful if you are making a big purchase and remember to have it with you and the place allows you to pay with multiple cards. They are also useful bc they can be uploaded to your Amazon gift card balance.
3. Starbucks card: No, not everyone drinks Starbucks
4. Walmart/Target/Amazon: Better - chances are someone can get useful stuff from there and order online if they don't go there.
5. Cash - cash is king!

You do not get a professional cash. So tacky.

Can't be more tacky than tissues and hand sanitizer.

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I am a professional. My holiday bonus is always money (check). I don’t understand why a check or cash to a teacher would be considered tacky.

[Anonymous]

Cash. Gift cards.

And no, please don't give tissues and hand sanitizers as gift to teacher.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a teacher. I would love Starbucks or target! I also think totes with stuff in it are lovely, and I even like the mugs I get. If I don’t drink out of them, I use them to hold pens or pencils at home or in my classroom. I got perfume once that I never used, but most of the time I can find use for the gifts. My favorite (and I mean it) are the handmade cards from
My students, I keep them all.

I hope my kid gets you as a teacher; you seem nice and upbeat!

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Anonymous wrote:Cash. Gift cards.

And no, please don't give tissues and hand sanitizers as gift to teacher.

Teacher here. I have unlimited access to as many free tissues and purell as I could ever want. And my district is poor. I can't image how much extra Kleenex and wipes the nice districts have. Its quite literally the last thing we need.

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Cash

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Anonymous wrote:Please no gift cards unless you are certain the teachers shop there. I hate Target, Walmart, and Amazon and have so many gift cards from there that I give away or let expire.

Cash is best.

Wait what? Target, Walmart and Amazon all have GROCERIES. You don't need food ever?

OP, I gave all the teachers a $50 Target gift card last year and they were VERY appreciative. They can buy wine, comfy pjs, toys for their own kids, smelly candles and lotion, bananas, tampons, WHATEVER.

NP here and I have never shopped at any of those stores either. There are better places to get groceries and personal items.

I agree that cash is still king. Why complicate things? “Green is everyone’s color”.

What? Where do you buy your toilet paper? This isn't a HHI thing, I'm rich and shop at Walmart, target and Amazon all the time. Is there some secret hyper local artisanal toilet paper store I don't know about?

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NP. Is it better to give cash or a check?

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Anonymous wrote:Please no gift cards unless you are certain the teachers shop there. I hate Target, Walmart, and Amazon and have so many gift cards from there that I give away or let expire.

Cash is best.

Wait what? Target, Walmart and Amazon all have GROCERIES. You don't need food ever?

OP, I gave all the teachers a $50 Target gift card last year and they were VERY appreciative. They can buy wine, comfy pjs, toys for their own kids, smelly candles and lotion, bananas, tampons, WHATEVER.

NP here and I have never shopped at any of those stores either. There are better places to get groceries and personal items.

I agree that cash is still king. Why complicate things? “Green is everyone’s color”.

What? Where do you buy your toilet paper? This isn't a HHI thing, I'm rich and shop at Walmart, target and Amazon all the time. Is there some secret hyper local artisanal toilet paper store I don't know about?

NP here. I don’t support those stores/corporations either. It does have nothing to do with HHI. It has to do with principles.

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Anonymous wrote:Please no gift cards unless you are certain the teachers shop there. I hate Target, Walmart, and Amazon and have so many gift cards from there that I give away or let expire.

Cash is best.

plus 1 (teacher)

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Anonymous wrote:I am a professional. My holiday bonus is always money (check). I don’t understand why a check or cash to a teacher would be considered tacky.

AGREE