I love celebrating birthdays - my students and my own. Since celebrating all students' birthdays can get expensive, I've created a few reasonable ways to celebrate, so Happy Birthday Students! - For Teachers on a Budget!
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How to Celebrate Student Birthdays
Student Gifts:
I always put a birthday cup on the birthday student's desk before school begins, so they have something to look forward to when they get there. (This past school year, I finally was able to remember the dates easier, because on the school calendar in the front of our classroom, I put all the birthdays up each month.)
Click the pic to see how to make these cups.
When I get a former student that comes back to give me a cupcake on their birthday, I pull out my birthday box (from the dollar store) and give them a treat. (I don't have the finances to give everyone a Birthday Cup!)
Here are some things I put inside the birthday box.
Read Alouds:
This tradition has become a favorite for me. I filled a dollar store (notice a theme) gift bag up with birthday books. Students get to pick out the one that they want us to read during our read aloud times. (Please note: the students only pick a book for you to read, they do not keep them. This keeps costs way down!) Because this is so popular, I even added a Birthday Books reading bin in our classroom library. Now my students can read the Birthday Books anytime!
Extras:
I have created a fun pack of birthday activities that put on Teachers Pay Teachers. It contains labels for the birthday cups, a spot to record all your students' birthdays, certificates, sheets to create a class book and a few other goodies that I use in my classrom. Click the pic below to check it out.
How do you celebrate your students' birthdays?
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