For Parents: Ideas for Celebrations
- Get together with other parents to create a surprise
- Send flowers, cards or a handwritten note of appreciation
- Prepare and deliver a healthy meal or snack. For ideas and resouces from Let's Move! Child Care, click here
- Work with your child to create a special remembrance
- Buy something for your provider's play area
- Give your provider a paid day off, a raise, or a bonus
- Key in on your provider's hobby and buy an appropriate gift
- Check to see if your employer provides scholarships for toys, equipment or training that you can sponsor as a parent
Provider Appreciation Day is a special day to recognize child care providers, teachers and other educators of young children everywhere. Started in 1996 by a group of volunteers in New Jersey, Provider Appreciation Day is appropriately celebrated each year on the Friday before Mother's Day.
