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10 Perfect Gift Ideas For The Education Major In Your Life

For anyone who's searching for an inexpensive gift for a future educator.

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Black Friday is coming up, which means that it's close to the time for searching for the perfect present. Finding the perfect Christmas gift that isn't too pricey can be hard. Not to mention you have to try to find an item online or be forced to fight the crowd in the stores. However, if you have a friend or family member who is planning on becoming a future educator, there are plenty of gift ideas that you can choose from!

Here are 10 Christmas gift ideas that are perfect gifts for anyone who's planning on becoming a future teacher!

1. Department store gift cards

Gift Cards

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As a student teacher or education major, you are always buying clothes for student teaching, which can get pretty expensive. Therefore, if you are searching for the gift to buy an education major, get them a gift card to any store that sells work clothes such as JCPenney's or Khloe's. It's a perfect gift for any education major that has just started their field experience!

2. Apple Watch

Apple Watch

If you are opting for something a little more expensive, you could get someone who you know is an education major an Apple Watch. It doesn't have to be the newest Apple Watch, you could get them the Series 2 and they will happy with the gift.

When an education major starts their student teaching experience, Apple Watches can really come in handy since you can quickly check for phone calls, reminders or emails without needing to interrupt class time. The best time to search for this gift would be during Black Friday since most Apple products will be at lower prices.

3. Starbucks card

Starbucks

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Every student teacher will find themselves at Starbucks every morning. We survive on coffee to get through our morning field experience! Most of us don't even have time to make coffee before leaving for field since we're often placed in a school that isn't always an easy drive. Therefore, if you're looking for a gift to give someone who's an education major, you don't have to get something super expensive, and a Starbucks card can go a long way.

4. Barnes & Noble gift card

Gift Card

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As a student teacher, you will often make frequent visits to the bookstore for education books, especially during your student teaching experience. Education books can get expensive after a while, which is why buying a Barnes & Noble card is perfect! Trust me, they will be very grateful for the gift since you'll be saving them on the expenses!

5. Teacher coffee mugs

Almost all education majors will be drinking coffee on a daily basis. Just like with the Starbucks card, if you're looking for a perfect gift for someone who majors in education, you should think about getting them a cute coffee mug. What's great about coffee mugs is that they're easy to find and inexpensive! If you can find a coffee mug that is for a teacher, then that would be even better.

6. A basket of school supplies and hand sanitizer

Hand Sanitizer

You can never go wrong with buying school supplies or hand sanitizer! You would be surprised, but hand sanitizer is used very frequently during field experience, especially if you are in early education. There are so many germs that go around in schools that using hand sanitizer is a must!

Education majors will also need tons of school supplies when going into their field experience. I cannot stress how many times as a student teacher that I've been asked if a student could borrow a pencil! Therefore, one of the perfect gifts to buy an education major is either a gift card to a school supply store or do something creative like a basket of school supplies and hand sanitizer.

7. Warm fuzzy socks

Fuzzy Socks

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Who doesn't enjoy warm fuzzy socks during the winter? This is especially true for when you're student teaching since the heating isn't always turned up that high in certain schools. The great thing about socks too is that you can find socks that are specifically made for teachers with cute apple or pencil designs. So, don't think buying socks for a student teacher won't be appreciated.

8. Cute teacher clothes

Teacher Shirt

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When I say teacher clothes, I mean shirts or clothes that are specifically designed for teachers. Most student teachers are trying to build a wardrobe for when they start their teaching career. There are plenty of clothes that have cute designs for future teachers! There are even shirts that have sayings for teachers to wear. Finding a cute shirt or clothing item that's designed for a teacher is a great gift for anyone who is planning on becoming a teacher!

9. Educational games

Education Games

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If you're looking for a gift for someone who will be student teaching soon, finding a perfect educational game is a perfect gift! Educational includes card games or board games that are made specifically to help with teaching a classroom of students. You can find educational games at Barnes & Noble. Just make sure you ask what grade or subject they are teaching along with the content before buying the game.

10. Planner or calendar

Calendar

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A lot of education majors will constantly use planners or calendars. When an education major starts their field experience, they will constantly be juggling their college field experience assignments with their overall college course assignments. Therefore, having a planner or a calendar is very helpful for an education major since it will help them keep track of due dates for lesson plans, assignments or when their full week of field experience will be. You could even get them a cute calendar that they can hang up in the classroom or in their room that has an eraser board!

So, if you're struggling to find the perfect gift for someone that is majoring in education, just follow these 10 gift ideas. There are so many gifts that you can find for someone majoring in education that aren't even mentioned in this list! Becoming a teacher is an exciting and stressful experience, which is why there are so many gifts that you can find for anyone who's majoring in education. There are also so many materials that are needed for student teaching! Therefore, finding gifts for someone who is majoring in education is fairly simple as long as you know where to start.

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