Perfect for Holiday Card Writing for Educators

Perfect for Holiday Card Writing for Educators

Each year around the holidays, I pose a question to my friends and family who are educators.  "What is the best gift to get teachers?"  The answer is unanimously gift cards.  So, while I would love to make the adorable personalized gift ideas I've seen on Pinterest, I usually stick with the experts' advice and get gift cards.  We've done Starbucks gift cards in the past, but movie gift certificates and Target gift cards are often the recommended as well.  I've been told to avoid gift cards to Teacher Supply Stores, so consider yourselves warned!

I hate giving an impersonal gift and gift cards typically fall in that category in my mind.  To compensate, I always include a thoughtful note and take the opportunity to thank Lovebugs teachers for the impact they are having in our lives. 

This year, I included a quote that I felt represented each educators approach to teaching and/or personality in their card.  I wrote the quote on the left side of the card and then referenced why I felt it applied to them in my message of thanks and warm holiday wishes on the right side of the card. 

In my mind, the heartfelt note is the gift and the gift card is just the cherry on top.  But, Lovebugs teachers might view it slightly differently. ;)

I've shared the 20 best quotes I found in my research below.  I hope you find the list  helpful!

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

2. What a teacher writes on the blackboard of life can never be erased. ~ Author Unknown

3.  The best teachers teach from the heart not the book. ~ Author Unknown

4.  It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. ~ Albert Einstein

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

6.  Teachers are like candles, they consume themselves to brighten the lives of others. ~ Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

7.  What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us, what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. ~ Albert Pike

8.  A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind and touches a heart. ~ Author Unknown

9. I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.  ~ Lily Tomlin as "Edith Ann"

10.  Teaching creates all other professions.  ~ Author Unknown

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

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

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

14.  A teacher's purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop students who can create their own image.  ~ Author Unknown

15.  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.  ~ Kahlil Gibran

16.  The average teacher explains complexity; the gifted teacher reveals simplicity.  ~ Robert Brault

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

18.  Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another. ~ Marva Collins

19.  They may forget what you said but they will never forget how you made them feel. ~ Carol Buchner

20.  The greatest sign of a success for a teacher...is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist." ~ Maria Montessori