The 31 Best Gifts for Teachers

I still remember the first gift I received as a teacher, 20 years ago. It was a shrink-wrapped, glitter-sprinkled plastic nativity scene that a seventh-grader had picked out for me himself at a dollar store. I thought it was the best gift ever. Teachers often keep handmade cards and appreciative letters from students—sometimes for decades—and turn to them when the profession gets rough. Like, for example, during a pandemic.

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