Hi,

The birthdate, [5 September 1888], of the second President of India, academic philosopher Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan is celebrated as Teachers’ day in India. When he became President, some of his students and friends requested him to allow them to celebrate his birthday, 5 September. He replied, “Instead of celebrating my birthday, it would be my proud privilege if 5 September is observed as Teachers’ Day.”

It is considered a “celebration” day, where teachers and students report to school as usual but the usual activities and classes are replaced by activities of celebration, thanks and remembrance. At some schools on this day, the responsibility of teaching is taken up by the senior students to show appreciation for their teachers. You can find more information on Wikipedia.

I have been teaching my daughter this guru stotra. If you want the actual chanting of the shloka, visit here.

Five websites to visit for teachers’ day gift and card ideas.

1) Artsy Craftsy Mom is one of our favorite blogs to visit for Craft ideas. Shruti has amazing collection of crafts related to festivals and special days.  For teacher’s day cards and gift ideas and also free printables, click here.

2) Skip to my lou also has some remarkable printables and craft ideas that we have loved. Here is the link to Cindy’s teacher appreciation flower picks.

3) Living Locurto also has not one or two but, eight Teacher Appreciation Free Printables for you. Amy has a lovely blog full of great party ideas, craft ideas and is an inspiration.

4) I visited the cut and create website for the first time but, found many fun things here. Check out Janna’s free teacher notecards here. You MUST visit her “print it” section.

5) Favecrafts has a apple mini album. It’s such a cute idea. Find more activities on Maureen’s blog here.

We hope you will find many more ideas as you go through these awesome blogs.

Now, that we have some ideas to begin, we are going to try making some gifts and some cards for teachers’ day.

Last year, we had made some simple DIY gifts.

Meanwhile, do share with us your ideas. We would love to hear from you.

Love,

Poornima