How do your children address their teachers?

yo'ma

Tue, Jan 12 2016, 4:45 pm

Do they say Morah, Mrs., Miss, Ms., or whatever language? Do they call them by their first or last names?

thunderstorm

Tue, Jan 12 2016, 4:46 pm

Only have boys, Rabbi So and So by their last names...English Teachers in some schools are also Rabbi so and so and in one of my sons schools it's Mr. So and so

ra_mom

Tue, Jan 12 2016, 4:55 pm

Morah first name.

How do your preschoolers address their teachers where you live?

animeme

Tue, Jan 12 2016, 4:55 pm

Morah first name or Morah last name. Mostly Morah first name. In the US, because I feel like that may make a major difference in the answers

m in Israel

Tue, Jan 12 2016, 5:01 pm

Morah First Name. I live in Israel, but when we lived in the U.S. and I had kids in preschool it was the same thing. Boys and Girls. (except when the teacher is a male, like in the year before first grade here in Israel -- I don't know if you still consider that preschool -- then it was Rebbe First Name. Starting in first grade it is Rabbi Last Name)

Notsobusy

Tue, Jan 12 2016, 5:13 pm

My kids also call their preschool teachers Morah first name. Also in the U.S.

Tue, Jan 12 2016, 5:31 pm

Also Morah First Name, also in the US.

For extra-curricular activities (non-sectarian), Miss/Mr. First Name.

abs

Tue, Jan 12 2016, 5:36 pm

They refer to the teachers as Morah Last Name unless they are single girls-Morah First name. There are a few married teachers who have been Morah First Name for forever. But when they speak to the teachers it is usually just plain Morah.

yo'ma

Wed, Jan 13 2016, 9:08 am

ra_mom wrote:

How do your preschoolers address their teachers where you live?

By us, almost everyone is first name, even the principal. I don't even know their last names. The rebbeim, not preschool Wink

, are also first name with rebbe before it. It's a cultural thing. I was asking because one of my nieces calls her teachers, morah last name. This is the U.S., not NY. I never heard that before for preschool, so I was wondering if others also do it.

Rutabaga

Wed, Jan 13 2016, 9:51 am

In DD's school it's Morah First Name for preschool, including the principal. I think that became the convention because last names can be much harder for children to pronounce. Much of the time the kids just say Morah Morah Morah until someone answers them. DD got so used to doing that during the day that she would sometimes make the mistake of calling me Morah instead of Mommy in the evenings.

lfab

Wed, Jan 13 2016, 11:25 am

In preschool they always addressed their teachers as Morah first name. Once they entered school it depended on the teacher. Some are Morah first name, some Morah last name, and some Ms./Mrs. last name.

Moonlight

Wed, Jan 13 2016, 2:13 pm

My kids call them Morah First Name til 1st grade and then they switch to Morah/Mrs Last Name
I think my DD calls them Mommy cuz she calls me Morah all the time!

Ruchel

Thu, Jan 14 2016, 8:20 am

Mora first name.
In primary, madame/monsieur last name or maitre/maitresse.
First name, as a teacher, I'd be livid from the entitled feeling to do that!

yo'ma

Thu, Jan 14 2016, 9:19 am

Ruchel wrote:

First name, as a teacher, I'd be livid from the entitled feeling to do that!

Like you say all the time, everything is cultural Wink

. Almost everyone here is called by their first name.

amother

Wine

Thu, Jan 14 2016, 9:23 am

Funny tangent: I addressed a professor in third person in an email. He replied "I am the professor".

I was like uh, I know... was trying to be super respectful lol.

LOL

Culture clash.

I learned quickly...

Blue jay

Thu, Jan 14 2016, 9:26 am

Morah First name

although I am a pre school teacher part time and I am Morah. Lastname Smile

( because the older grade levels call me by that name)

Also my last name is child friendly and has a cute sound to it. Thank you Dh!

Ihatepotatoes

Thu, Jan 14 2016, 9:27 am

name on the first line,
address on the second line, along with city,state and zip code