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Holiday gifts for Day Care ladies?

yaelandhalyaelandhal member
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What's appropriate? My lil one is in an infant room that has two main caretakers, plus a revolving staff of young ladies who hand off the babies to parents in the evening. The center also has a director and an associate director, both of whom know us and our baby.

I don't want to blow off bringing something in for at least these four ladies - and maybe also something shared or that can be passed around to the other infant room helpers. What do you think?

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Re: Holiday gifts for Day Care ladies?

  • masonshar@gmail.commasonshar@gmail.com

    My mom was a lead teacher at a daycare center for 19 years and received a variety of holiday/teacher appreciation gifts..... ranging from the lotions and soaps of Bath and Body Works to gift cards for personal use (Target, restaurants, etc) or for the classroom use.

     

    Mom always said her favorite gifts were when parents put something together for all of the classroom staff to share - ie cookie platter, deli tray for a lunch, or even got a Panera/Starbucks gift card for the staff to use for "rough" mornings. 

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  • CanuckFan03CanuckFan03 member
    imagemasonshar@gmail.com:

    My mom was a lead teacher at a daycare center for 19 years and received a variety of holiday/teacher appreciation gifts..... ranging from the lotions and soaps of Bath and Body Works to gift cards for personal use (Target, restaurants, etc) or for the classroom use.

     

    Mom always said her favorite gifts were when parents put something together for all of the classroom staff to share - ie cookie platter, deli tray for a lunch, or even got a Panera/Starbucks gift card for the staff to use for "rough" mornings. 

     This one sounds the best to me.  I was going to say a gift card is best (coming from a teacher that has too many mugs and soap items to count) but since you have so many, I would do something delicious that can be shared - brownies, cakes, a little gift basket of chocolate suckers, candies, tea/coffee etc. 

    ETA: In all cases, people who work with kids love a thoughtful card, where the parents spend a few minutes saying what they appreciate about the teachers, or how they've made a difference in their days/lives. Those words usually go farther than the box of chocolates. :)  

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  • yaelandhalyaelandhal member

    Thank you so much Masonshar & Canuck!! I think I'll bring in a big assortment of bakery cookies (because I trust a bakery more than my own kitchen, bad, I know) and give Starbucks cards inside of greeting cards with a grateful message to the two main caretakers.

     What about the school director and her associate? Should I give them gift cards, too? The director has waived a few fees for us here and there, which was a pretty nice thing to do.

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  • ToBeMrsC6907ToBeMrsC6907
    For DS's main two teachers last year, I gave them a tin of assorted Christmas cookies (that DH and I homemade) and a card with a $25 giftcard for Target.  Nothing too over the top, but we wanted to do something that showed them how much we appreciate all they do with DS.
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  • carissa_daniellecarissa_danielle member
    I ALWAYS bake for our day care provider. It's affordable, easy and shows that you really appreciate them by putting in all the effort of baking. I guess I grew up believing that it's the thought put behind the gift, rather than the gift itself, that is important, thus, I bake. Just MHO....
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  • sarahseitasarahseita
    At my daycare (as an educator) we got a lot of personal gifts as well as shared things. We always appreciated the Starbucks gift cards and yummy thing but often had to throw out most of the baked goods because they had nuts in them and we werent even allowed to open and split them up because we have severe allergies. Just something to keep in mind;) my favorite was always a card thanking me for caring for their child. Those meant the most and I still have those cards. 
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  • yaelandhalyaelandhal member

    Thank you all. It seems that the consensus is, Starbucks gift cards work pretty well for anyone - Sarahseita had a good point about nuts in baked goods, and I'd take the time to bake, but really - the oven in my Brooklyn apartment doesn't exactly produce the best output Embarrassed (sure, blame it on the oven).

    There's a Starbucks two short city blocks from the day care, so with a thoughtful card for each of Sarina's caretakers, that's perfect! Her teachers could even head there during the work day for a pick me up.

     

     

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