Now it's time to say thanks to the teachers responsible for your kids' education. No disrespect, but an apple doesn't cut it any more. We looked downtown for a few gifts.The gift that made us well up was a print at Northern Lights Gallery. by artist Brian Andreas, with the message: "I hope it will be said we taught them to stand tall & proud ... the future was made new & whole for us all, one child at a time." Matted print is $30. There's also a Story People book by Andreas, with stories and drawings about making sense of this wild place we live.
Our second suggestion is a Tiny Treasure or other photograph of a Racine scene, from Brad Jaeck and Carol Hansen, whose Photographic Design Ltd. studio is on Sixth Street. Tiny Treasures are under $20.
Wandering into the Racine Art Museum Gift Shop, our eye was caught by pencils. Not your everyday pencils, of course, but these Jumbo Pencils in a tube, with brightly-colored lead and a nice solid heft. 36 pencils in a tube, $25; 12 in a tube, $9. Also, a Break-Off Pencil Block, graphite black or colored lead, just $4.25 each for five pencils.
Finally, let's be honest: teachers are just like the rest of us. Take them out of the classroom during a Wisconsin winter, and their ears get cold. So how about this innovative, yet practical, set of Ear Mitts, bandless ear muffs? This revolutionary design fits securely on the ears. Specially engineered so teacher can wear them on her ears just like a pair of gloves. One size, many colors, $17, at Copacetic.
Artful Shopper earlier went downtown seeking a hostess gift. That story is HERE.
"and, let's be honest, because they're someone else's responsibility for seven hours."
ReplyDeleteHmmm....don't you like your kids, Pete?
The best gift to give a teacher is to send a child to school ready and eager to learn.
Give them breakfast, make sure they had plenty of sleep the night before, that they did their homework, and teach them that it's THEIR responsibility to be at school, RESPECT their teachers and friends and school property and to THINK for themselves.
And if you really want to give something over the holidays, have the student write/make the teacher a card.
And sometimes nothing works better than a simple "thank you". In life we fail sometimes to be appreciative because "that's what we pay them for". It'd be nice to tell someone you appreciate their hard work. We all like to hear that from time to time.
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