Teacher Appreciation

Here in the U.S. there is a full week dedicated to Teacher Appreciation. This year it is May 4-8. At the school where the boys go though, they really just have one big celebration day and they picked May 6th as the date. There will be a breakfast in honor of the teachers and one of the PTO moms (Go Wanydra!!!) was able to convince our school district to buy the staff lunch!!

I always do a little gift of some sort for the teachers. This year I took an idea that I did for "Devotional Diapers" -- NO! I am not giving the teachers diapers! -- I modified this to create this:

"T" is for Teacher - Tea bags covered with some inspirational and humorous quotes to get the teacher through a rough day!

First I Googled "Teacher quotes" and found some really great ones to use.

Then I printed the quotes up on the computer using some different fonts.

The kids covered the boxes with scrapbook paper.

Then glued the quotes onto the tea bags. The tea bags I bought came in a box and were individually wrapped so we glued these to the front of the wrapper and then carefully placed them back in the box.

Then I printed up a label that said:

"T" IS FOR TEACHER
You always quench our thirst for knowledge!
Please enjoy these inspirational tea bags.
When life boils your kettle...make tea!

I am quite pleased with how they turned out and can't wait to give them to the teachers. These were very easy to put together and cost me very little to make. The box of tea was $2.50 and I had scrapbook paper already. My mom was saying that these would also make good co-worker birthday gifts and other great simple gifts.

Below is a list of some of the quotes I used:

There is a reason I need the summer off

You know how to tell when your teacher is ready for vacation? Movie Day!

No matter what your day’s got brewing, get off the pot and grab some tea!

Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions.

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. ~Gail Godwin

A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others.

Good teachers are costly, but bad teachers cost more.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. ~William Arthur Ward

Who dares to teach must never cease to learn. ~John Cotton Dana

The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book.

There are three good reasons to be a teacher - June, July, and August.

The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher. ~Elbert Hubbard

Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task. ~Haim G. Ginott

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. ~Mark Van Doren

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. ~Henry Adams

What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches. ~Karl Menninger

He who opens a school door, closes a prison. ~Victor Hugo

Teacher appreciation makes the world of education go around. ~Helen Peters

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. ~Alexander the Great

It is easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference. ~Tom Brokaw

I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my heart has no bottom. ~Author Unknown

I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks. ~William Shakespeare

A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in the pupils. ~Ever Garrison

No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you. ~Author Unknown

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. ~Jacques Barzun

In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years. ~Jacques Barzun

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. ~Author Unknown

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. ~Cynthia Ozick

Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. ~Voltaire

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. ~Khalil Gibran

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. ~Eric Hoffer

I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives. ~Tracy Chapman

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. ~William James

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. ~William Arthur Ward

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child. ~Carl Jung

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