7 Teacher Appreciation Gifts Made From Glass

It is almost that time of the year when kids are out for their summer vacations and our beloved, hardworking teachers get a break. It’s important to show that special teacher in your life how much you love and appreciate them for all of the nurturing and caring that they have shown to your child. After all, they are the ones who teach our little ones the fundamentals of their education. Today we’ve brought you 7 ideas for you to put together a little thank you gift for your teacher and show them how grateful you are for their countless hours of dedication. Looking for more teacher gifts? Check out these Teacher Gift ideas

1- Apple Dip from Event Trender

2- Glass Milk Bottle Pen Holders from Diary of a Craft Lady

3- Stained Glass Pencil Jar from U Create Crafts

4- Glass Etched “Teacher’s Little Helper” Wine Glass from Cranky Wine Designs

5- Gifts In A Mason Jar from The Country Chic Cottage

6- Teacher’s Cookie Jar from Home Is Where They Love You

7- DIY Glass Magnets from Makoodle

I did a post earlier this year with activities and ideas for teaching the alphabet, but a lot or learning letters and recognizing them just has to do with seeing them and working with them a lot.

That means coloring, tracing, identifying things that start with different letters and more.

One way to reinforce the letters is through little activity books like these cute printable alphabet books from Life Over Cs.

These are available for free when you subscribe to her newsletter, and I’d say that’s well worth it if you have a little one (or a group of little ones!) working on the alphabet and letter recognition.

Each mini book includes a collection of things that start with that letter to color, color and read with words that start with the letter, tracing the letter, finding the letter in a grid and other coloring pages with objects that start with that letter.

These little books are super useful reinforcing the different letters and giving kids different activities related to the letters.

If you do a letter of the day or letter of the week you can use a new book for each one, and then keep the copies in your reading center or in a basket where kids can look at them again.

And of course you can add in all the other letter activities you like, go on a scavenger hunt for items that start with that letter, read alphabet books, practice writing letters in rice or with pompoms or playdough or whatever sensory activities you like.

You can grab the free printables when you enter you email address at Life Over Cs, and check out her other great alphabet resources and activities while you are over there.

Do you have favorite activities for teaching letters to kids? I’d love to hear about them!

[Photo: Life Over Cs]

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