Present for Daycare???? Do you do this?

I give a toy or book that can be used by the entire daycare. I use a home daycare that I know will benefit from that (one less thing for them to pay for out of pocket). If you use a daycare center then maybe a gift card to a nearby coffee shop? Or if he has more than one teacher then consider sending a fruit or chocolate basket for them to split.

Yea my kids are in daycare and at the end of the year we do give them a small thing-however since it's a Daycare Centre and not a home provider their staff is big-between teachers and assistants, students, helpers...

So what I do is just bake some Xmas cookies/sweets and take them to daycare for when they have a coffee break-that way everybody can share and it's a treat.

And it's not expensive, I mean it better than having to BUY something for the teachers and what to buy etc...

Up until this August my daycare provider (in home) kept both of my sons during the day. Every year we would give her a $100 Visa gift card inside a Christmas card as a gift. Like Seafoam (above) she is like part of our family and we use Christmas as one of the occasions to show our appreciation for taking such good care of our children.

I think most people give a small gift to their daycare provider and teachers. Personally, I'd stick with something homemade, like cookies. I've heard of people giving small gift cards too.

It is common practice, but people need to remember that they're called "gifts" and not "expectations" for a reason.

Given that they get so many gifts, teachers and daycare workers often appreciate small giftcards to Starbucks, Target, Barnes and Noble, etc. Or, they're happy with a thoughtful note.

As far as I know, the parents at our daughter's daycare center don't do this.

Our son is at an in-home daycare and we give her $50 in a card every christmas. But she's kept both of our kids in her home for 4 years and she's like family.

I haven't heard of it either, mostly school teachers and that's only the one the kid likes, maybe have your child finger paint (if you think you can manage to do it quickly, so they don't put their hands in the mouth) and then give it to their teacher. Or buy a gift for his favorite teacher like a "Worlds Greatest Teacher" mug or something.

giving a toy or book for teh entire daycare is a good idea =)

my mom ran a daycare my whole life and she never got anything... and that was OK

We did give our day care providers a gift - we went with cash and a nice hand cream set. I figure that she is with the kids all day, constantly washing her hands . . . so it seemed like a good gift.