Teacher Poems & Quotes

The ABC's of Teaching
A is for the abundance of questioning and yearning.
B is for both inward and outward beauty.
C is for creative learning.
D is for doing until it's right.
E is for the effort put into preparing each night.
F is for watching how far we can go.
G is for seeing us blossom and grow.
H is for reaching for that star so high.
I is for the imagination, the courage to try.
J is for joy in touching a child's life in a meaningful way.
K is for kindness you bring children each day.
L is for the love of teaching we see.
M is for the "me" you're helping me to be.
N is for never being too busy to pray.
O is for overcoming our desire to stray.
P is for positives you bring to each day.
Q is for the quintessential way to teach.
R is for your willingness to give us a reason.
S is for teaching us to appreciate each season.
T is for touching those that sit before you.
U is for understanding our fear of all that is new.
V is for the vitality you show each day.
W is for every wonderment you bring our way.
X is for the extra special teacher you see.
Y is for our yearning sense to be.
Z is for the big "Yahoo!" heard from our very own zoo.
~ Author Unknown

Eight Reasons to Become an Early Childhood Educator

1. Cute little children...cute little paychecks
2. Confidence that you will never, ever forget how to count to ten
3. You get to sing your favorite songs over and over and over and over and over...
4. Play, play, play!
5. With all this bending, who needs aerobics?
6. Your classroom art is proudly displayed in many kitchen galleries
7. Small hands...large crayons
8. You get to make the little ones count

Forever in Your Heart

Although you're not their parent,
You care for them each day.
You cuddle, sing, and read to them
and watch them as they play.
You see each new accomplishment
You help them grow and learn.
You understand their language
and you listen with concern.
They come to you for comfort
and you kiss away their tears.
They proudly show their work to you
You give the loudest cheers!
No, you are not their parent
but your role is just as strong.
You nurture them and keep them safe
though maybe not for long.
You know someday the time will come
when you will have to part.
But you know each child you've cared for
is Forever in your heart.
~ Anonymous


It is the supreme art of the teacher
to awaken joy in creative expression
and knowledge.
~ Albert Einstein


All of our teachers how bright in our mind,
We recall every one, as they came;
Each, like a wise monarch, unselfish and kind,
Did make our advancement their aim.
Think not that the scholar, ne'er valued thy care;
Thy teachings sank deeper than thou wert aware.
~ Priscilla Jane Thompson


To be a teacher in the right sense is to
be a learner. Instruction begins when
you, the teacher, learn from the learner,
put yourself in his place so that you
may understand what he understands
and in the way he understands it.
~ Soren Kierkegaard


The aim of education should not be to
teach how to use human energies to
improve the environment, for we are finally
beginning to realize that the cornerstone of
education is the development of the human
personality, and that in this regard education
is of immediate importance for the salvation
of mankind.
~ Maria Montessori


"Every student can learn. Just not on the same day or in the same way."
~ George Evans



"All kids are gifted. Some just open their packages earlier than others."
~ Michael Carr

"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops."
~ Henry B. Adams



"The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing."
~ John Powell



"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
~ Nelson Mandela



"Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve."
~ Roger Lewen



"There's nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly."
~ Buckminster Fuller



"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
~ Benjamin Franklin



"Nine-tenths of education is encouragement."
~ Anatole French



"If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people."
~ Chinese proverb



"As a teacher I feel I have a moral obligation to help the children in my classroom grow toward becoming full human beings and to feel successful."
~ Jean Medick



"Learning to teach is a bigger job than universities, schools, experience, or personal disposition alone can accomplish."
~ Sharon Feiman-Nemser



"It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts... it is to teach them to think."
~ Robert Hutchins



"The secret of teaching is to appear to have known all your life what you learned this afternoon."
~ Anonymous



"They may forget what you said but they will never forget how you made them feel."
~ Anonymous



"Children learn to smile from their parents."
~ Shinichi Suzuki



"I hear, and I forget.
I see, and I remember.
I do, and I understand."
~ Chinese Proverb



"There is a brilliant child locked inside every student."
~ Marva Collins



"It doesn't take a big person to carry a grudge."
~ Author Unknown



"Teaching is not a profession; it's a passion."
~ Unknown



"A teacher's compassion is like a pebble thrown into a pool of water. The ripples spread far beyond the point of impact."
~ Dear Abby



"It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated."
~ Alec Bourne



"Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater."
~ Gail Godwin



"Instruction begins when you, the teacher, learn from the learner; put yourself in his place so that you may understand. what he learns and the way he understands it."
~ Soren Kierkegaard



"Education is not learned from books; It is imparted through the loving touch of the teacher."
~ Cesar Chavez



"Learning is not a spectator sport."
~ Anonymous



"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires."
~ William Arthur Ward



What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember. What I do, I understand."
~ Confucius



"The good teacher has a profession. The master teacher has a PASSION."
~ Jacquie McTaggart



"Learning is a treasure that cannot be lost."
~ Jacquie McTaggart



"If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm."
~ Bruce Barton



"The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn."
~ John Lubbock



"Education costs money, but then so does ignorance."
~ Claus Moser



"A great teacher never strives to explain her vision: she simply invites you to stand beside her and see for yourself."
~ Rev. R. Inman



"Information is pretty thin stuff unless it's mixed with experience."
~ Clarence Day



"What we learn to do, we learn by doing."
~ Thomas Jefferson



"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson



"If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things."
~ Norman Douglas



"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self confidence."
~ Robert Frost



"Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself."
~ Chinese Proverb



"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you."
~ B.B. King



"Happiness comes through doors you didn't even know you left open."
~ Author unknown



We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors but they all have to learn to live in the same box.
~ Robert Fulghum



Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
~ Dave Barry



"I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think."
~ Socrates



" I am not a teacher- only a fellow traveler of whom you asked the way. I pointed ahead-ahead of myself as well as of you".
~ George Bernard Shaw



"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes."
~ Oscar Wilde



"The heart of education is the education of the heart."
~ John Nkemnji



"First-rate teachers do more than illuminate; they inspire."
~ Jacquie McTaggart

"Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself."
~ Chinese Proverb



"Into each day some joy finds its way into my life. On this occasion my cup runneth over."
~ Hazel Grant



"There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots, the other is wings."
~ Hodding Carter Jr.



"America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week."
~ Evan Esar