Hello, I’m Little Dude’s Mom, and my son is in your class this year.
Thank you. Thank you for all that you have done this far in your teaching career. Thank you for choosing the path to becoming a teacher. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to the children of the future. Thank you for your kindness and patience towards our children. Thank you for being a future positive influence in my son’s school career! I sincerely thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I remember as a child being so excited for school and loving learning. My love didn’t come from just getting on the bus and going to school. It came from great teachers through the years who inspired me to be the best me I could be. They taught valuable lessons inside the classroom as well as outside the classroom that I use on a daily basis for which I am forever thankful.
Teaching is not easy I’m sure and sometimes tests your patience. Handling all the external factors that you have no control over both inside the classroom and outside. All the other responsibilities you have to the school, your own family, and yourself. Life stresses that you have to navigate through, and the yuck that sometimes is thrown at you for no reason.
This is where your training and your personality come into play. This is where the kids and the families need you. This is where I ask you to show up. Every time you walk into that classroom. Show up and don’t ever give it less than your best. Don’t go through the motions just to get through the day. We need you to be positive, respectful, and caring towards our children. The role model that they will never forget, that teacher that they always remember, the one that taught them in the classroom as well as outside of the classroom.
At times, I’m sure you feel what you are doing is a thankless job and your work gets under appreciated. I’m here to tell you that I appreciate you; your hard work, dedication, and patience with our children. Our kids value your efforts inside and outside the classroom too, maybe not always showing it. One day they will and thank you.
As a parent, I put my trust into you. You are teaching my son for 30+ hours a week. That is 30+ hours of time, I’m left in the dark wondering what is going on in that classroom. Are his needs being met, is he getting what he needs, is he learning, behaving, being treated kindly, and being respected as a human being. Kids are impressionable, and the simplest things can make them or break them. Turn them on to school and learning or make them hate school and learning.
The time you are with my son is a time that I can never get back. I’m trusting that you will understand his age, communicate with him nicely, and refrain from using harsh words directed towards him. The time that you will be there to guild him and correct him if he is wrong. The time that seems small now but, will impact his future in this world and help shape him into the best man he can be. Be the teacher you would want for your child.
It starts now in his young life. You are his teacher, and that is the profession you choose. It is not just a job. It’s much more than that. You spend time with my son and maybe more time than some family members. I’m asking that you be my partner this year on my son’s journey through this school year. Communicate with me, share the good, the bad, and the ugly both in his learning and social life. Let me know your struggles or concerns with my son or in your classroom and outside. Be my eyes and ears when I’m not there, so he chooses the right path. Let me give you my support always and help when you ask for it. Let’s be there for each other, for him, and for his future.
Thank you for teaching my son this year,
Appreciative Mom
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Definitely agreeing you on this one. But as mothers, we have no choice but to trust the institution that we put our child into. Trust them that they’ll do their best to teach our children. Anyways, thanks for sharing this article!
Omg so sweet. Teachers are so important to all children really throughout all of the grades. We’ve had some good ones and others who were not so good at all. That’s sad but true of all professions. Hope little dude has a great year.
I was a teacher and school administrator for over ten years and must tell you that I would have cried if I got this letter on the first day of school. Thanks for celebrating the hardest job out there!
What a wonderful letter of encouragement. This really starts the teacher and your son off on a good relationship.
This is a great reminder for everyone to be thankful for the teachers in your kids life. They do make an impact and help teach/guide our children to a successful path. It is a hard job, my mother was a high school teacher for a while and it’s long hours (even after the last bell of the day, the teachers are still working to set up for the next day, grade papers, organize, meetings, etc… Love that you wrote a letter ; )
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That is a amaizing letter! You inspire to write a letter for the amaizing teacher of my son!
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Teaching is indeed a noble profession. Teachers are the ones who make the future citizens of tomorrow. Their role in society is so crucial and yet many times they are not given their due. So sweet of you to pen this letter of appreciation.
My son going back to school is what makes me saddest about the end of summer, I love having him home. This would make a nice end of year letter.
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I was a teacher for a long time, and I know how hard it is to send your kids off to spend time with someone else for so many hours a week. It’s important to open communication with the teachers!
This is such a sweet letter! I hope you print it for her or him – I would have LOVED to get a letter like this when I was a teacher!
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Such a heartfelt, touching letter to a teacher. I am pretty sure this will make a teacher happy to read this letter. I know it is rare that parents go beyond sending gifts. I think a heartfelt letter like will be a very welcome token, better than a gazillion sharpies and #2 pencils.
This is a great gesture. Teaching is hard! I’m sure the teachers reading this will really appreciate it 🙂
This is a really sweet letter. It’s good to have open line of communication between parents and teachers. The kids can really flourish that way.
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What a sweet letter. I homeschool so I sometimes forget that so many moms are without their kids for 30+ hours a week.
This is such a great letter. I always hope that my kids get good teachers who will help them grow.
Wow, what a powerful message your post sends. My SIL is a teacher, and there are lots of times she feels like this. But then she gets the one child and family that thinks the world of her, and it helps.
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What a nice letter to your son’s teacher. It’s so important to establish a relationship with our children’s teachers so we can better help our kids throughout the school year not just academically, but emotionally and socially. Parents and teachers make an awesome team when they work together.
Very first day of school I could already hear a teach yelling at kids to sit down and she actually used the word shut up. Yep! Makes all those other wonderful teachers have to work that much harder.
This is a great post! I feel the exact same way when it comes to my son and his teacher. I want his teacher to love him and take care of him like I do! I know that it will not be exactly the same but I do pray daily for her teaching my son and for my son was to her. I am hoping he will love his teacher this year.
I’m so appreciative of all the great teachers out there! My family tree is full of awesome teachers. We’ve got retired teachers and teachers just now starting their career. What a lovely letter to your son’s teacher!
Great letter! I have those same thoughts every year… well, we started Senior Year today, so I guess this is the last time I’ll say those words.. Gak!
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