For Students: Please bring a small gift for each of your students. You will have either 15 or 16 students in your class. If you decide to partner up with another teacher and co-teach each other's classes, then you'll want to bring 30-32 small gifts.
For TA's: You'll also need to bring a nicer gift for your Teacher's Assistant. They will be invaluable to you and your class in many ways. Bring something that show them how invaluable they are to you. Most TA's are college students.
Kinder Daycare workers: For all 6 kindergarten classes, you'll also have a daycare worker (can't remember the technical term) to help with behavior and such. This is someone who's basically like a childcare worker here in the states. Please bring a gift for them as well. We're pretty sure these will be women (older than college age, but we don't know their exact age)
Below are some gifts that teachers have brought in the past that have gone over well. I know it's hard to know what to bring, especially for a TA whom you've not met yet. Spend some time yarping to your Father and ask Him what you should get. I think you'll be amazed at how perfect a gift He can lead you to bring. :)
Gifts given to students in the past:
For TA's: You'll also need to bring a nicer gift for your Teacher's Assistant. They will be invaluable to you and your class in many ways. Bring something that show them how invaluable they are to you. Most TA's are college students.
Kinder Daycare workers: For all 6 kindergarten classes, you'll also have a daycare worker (can't remember the technical term) to help with behavior and such. This is someone who's basically like a childcare worker here in the states. Please bring a gift for them as well. We're pretty sure these will be women (older than college age, but we don't know their exact age)
Below are some gifts that teachers have brought in the past that have gone over well. I know it's hard to know what to bring, especially for a TA whom you've not met yet. Spend some time yarping to your Father and ask Him what you should get. I think you'll be amazed at how perfect a gift He can lead you to bring. :)
Gifts given to students in the past:
- Small bag with quarter, dime, nickel, penny inside
- Texas/U.S. postcards, stickers, pens, stamps, pencils, bookmarks, t-shirts, bumper stickers, bananas, etc (Texas and U.S. paraphernalia is something they can't buy over there)
- Teacher brought 15 cheap picture frames (bought for $0.50 each or so), took class pictures with the teacher in the picture, printed them out over there and gave a picture/frame to each student
- Teacher took picture of herself with each student individually and put in picture frame
- Teacher brought 15 of the same book, signed/wrote on the inside of the book (short note to each student)
- Teacher brought 15 journals from home and wrote a note on the inside of the book to the student
- Teacher brought variety of stickers and hard candies and flavored gums and made goodie bag and handed them out to students
Gifts given to TA's in the past:
- Teacher brought their favorite novel or Chr1stian book (bring a new book, not a used one)
- DBU t-shirt, dbu mug, hat, other dbu paraphernalia
- Texas or U.S. shirt or other nice stuff
- Your favorite U.S. sports team stuff (Dallas Cowboys stuff, etc)
- (Think things college students would think are cool, that they can't buy over there)
- Nice leather-bound journal- teacher wrote note in the front to the TA
- Teacher brought their favorite Chr1stian CD (new, not used)
- Teacher brought their favorite movie (new, not used) (might not be the best idea, because you can buy ripped movies for under $1 over there.)
- Your favorite candy, cookies (you can buy oreos and chips a hoy there), gum, snacks and give them a care-package of your favorite goodies
- 3 or 4 teachers have joined together and treated their TA's out to Pizza Hut dinner or something like that
- 3 or 4 teachers have joined together and treated their TA's out to a movie or Karaoke (please check with us first about Karaoke - there have been some weird things in the past)
- In the past, we've had an apartment with a kitchen in it. (with pots/pans/stove/etc) We've had teachers cook for their TA's before in our apartment. One year, we taught our TA's how to make quesadillas (they'd never had them, nor seen shredded cheese). They had fun shredding the cheese and tasting salsa, etc.
- For a teacher who developed a really close relationship with their TA, they were able to give them a B1ble. If you feel led to do this, please talk with David and I once we're over there about it. We would like to be pr@ying with you about how to present it and the timing of giving the gift, etc. :)
- A stuffed animal (nice one, not a $1 one)
Day-Care Workers
Most of the day-care workers will not speak much if any English (for kinder classes). You might think more decoration type things. Something pretty to put on a shelf or wall, maybe? Or maybe something Texas, U.S. or DBU themed.
