Here are some inexpensive teacher gifts. Please add some of your ideas.

-Homemade goodies (cookies, bread, candy, fudge)
-A book from a book fair, or donate books from home that your kids aren't interested in. I doubt the teacher will care about previously viewed books.
-Have your child write a letter to the teacher saying how much they appreciate him/her, and what they love about school.
-Volunteer in the classroom.
-Ask if there are any school supplies she needs. Check at home if you bought extra boxes of crayons when they were on sale for a nickel in August.

You can get some games for around $5 or less around the holidays. These are always good for teachers to keep in the classroom...or puzzles.

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classroom supplies are a great idea. I never thought of that. My parents and my in-laws were all teachers, and you wouldn't believe the amount of "world's best teacher" junk they got.

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Just a word of warning about home made goodies - some schools do not allow them. You might want to check first.

I got lucky and hit the Target $1 bin this year. I stocked up on packs of post it notes, notepads and notecards.

Hand sanitizer in yummy flavors. I know I would use a ton of that stuff if I was in a clasroom!

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Aja

Dry erase markers, crayons, glue, scissors. When the kids run out of this stuff the teachers often supply it themselves.
Also, post-its, soft balls, sidewalk chalk, frisbees, jumpropes for the the kids to use at recess.

Stickers!

This year I am getting all the teachers dry-erase markers. They use them a lot and it isn't clutter.

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AMY

Maybe a small gift card to a Teacher Store. My mom is a teacher and she has to always buy things like books with lesson plans in them and other things and it comes out of pocket. They usally have a set amount that they will be remibursed but that goes very quickly.

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