The modern Mother’s Day holiday was created by Anna Jarvis as a day for each family to honor its mother. Mother’s Day was first proposed in North America by Julia Ward Howe, author of “The Battle Hymn of The Republic.” Howe, distraught over the devastation wrought by the US Civil War, made a public appeal for mothers everywhere to protest battle.
She called for an international Mother’s Day, to encourage peace. Despite Howe’s passion, Mother’s Day didn’t catch on for another 30 years. (Read the full history of this May celebration in the United States and how the holiday is celebrated in other countries at –
Wikipedia.org
Lesson Plans:
- Create a Mother’s Day memory with this flower pot idea (P-2)
- “Let’s Give a Medal to Mama” is a medal presentation idea complete with a song(K-2)
- Students create Mother’s Day cards with poems in this lesson idea (K-4)
- Here’s a fun collection of Mother’s Day activity ideas (K-6)
- This lesson creates a simple shoebox lid shadow box with potpourri and craft stick flowers (K/Other)
- Make a gift bag for Mom with this idea (1-3)
- Here is a crafty Mother’s Day necklace idea (1-6)
- Zig Zag Zinnias are paper sculptures of flowers in a pot for Mother’s Day (2)
- Students make sweet smelling paper flowers in this Valentine or Mother’s Day idea (2)
- This idea is for writing “Valentine” Poetry, but it could be used for Mother’s Day or Father’s Day as well (3-4)
- In this lesson on the joys of giving, kids make fragrant bath salts to give as gifts(3-6)
- Here’s a brief idea for creating Mother’s Day Word Art with Microsoft Word (4-5)
- Create Mother’s Day e-cards here (4-7)
- In this writing exercise, students create a Memory-A-Day box as a gift for someone special (6-12)
- This idea suggests Mother’s Day interviews (Multiple/Other)
- When I was young, I remember my Mother… starts this Mother’s Day Card idea (Multiple/Other)
- This is a sampling of some of our lessons on Family:
- This is an idea for creating a family tree on construction paper
- Here’s one on family diagrams
- This lesson looks at the roles of different family members
- Students (grades 3-5) create and narrate a family tree photo story in this lesson
- This lesson on immigration looks at family history and origins
- Here’s a computer lesson idea where students create a family tree with photos
- Students (grades 6-9) create a narrated family tree photo story here from a template
- Here’s a family lesson plan with many aspects including a family tree and interviewing family members
- The following is a collection of brief ideas for boosting Family Involvement:
- Here’s an overview of the activities for family involvement
- Here’s a collection of the letters to send to parents regarding the family involvement activities
- This one tries to help with adult reading buddies
- This part is for developing a “Family Command Post”
- Here you can create a “Home Book Bag” for taking projects home to be done with the family
- This portion is called “Science Discovery Days”
- This one involves celebrating different cultures’ holidays
- Called “Curriculum Night,” this idea gets parents into the schools
- Here are some miscellaneous ideas for family involvement
- This is a WikiHow video on creative ways to celebrate Mother’s Day
- SqoolTube offers these simple K-6 craft idea videos for kids to make as Mother’s Day gifts
- YouTube hosts this 5-minute Mother’s Day English lesson focusing on family and culture
- Here are some Mother’s Day craft instructables to show Mom how much you care
- Learn the Chinese symbols for “Mother’s Day” in this free video on Chinese words and phrases
- Learn about Mother’s Day Around the World at this kid-friendly site
- This Mother’s Day celebration site is full of poems, quotes, Momisms, tributes, stories, games and crafts for younger and older children
- EdHelper.com offer a Mother’s Day themed book unit for K-2 and lots of coloring pages, math worksheets, foreign language conversations, writing prompts, and many other activity and puzzle printables
- This is a picture-oriented ESL Mother’s Day site
- Here HowStuffWorks.com answers the question “Who came up with Mother’s Day and why?“
- Surf-the-Net Kids collected, described and rated the best Mother’s Day poetry sites here for your convenience
- Here are some great Mother’s Day math problems from The Franklin Institute
- Carnations have long been associated with Mother’s Day and in this science project, kids can make them bi-colored.
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- "All About My Mom" Graphing Activity - This activity has students working together to create graphs showing the answers the students' mothers gave to a set of questions.
- Chalk Drawing - This activity gives a personal element to art. Students recreate photos of themselves with their moms using chalk. The pictures can be given to the mothers as gifts and/or displayed at the school during conference time.
- Famous Mothers - This is a light-hearted activity that allows students to argue their case about famous moms. Using persuasive writing, students try to convince their classmates whether the mom is/was a good mom or not.
- Memory Box - Students create a memory box that they can share with their mom on Mother's Day. This activity allows students to be creative and practice their writing skills.
- Mom Interview - This activity allows students an opportunity to talk with their moms and learn a little more about them. They then take that information and create a picture representing what they learned.
- Moms of the Future - Imaginations are used in this activity. Students look at the roles moms have played in the past and the present and are asked to think about what they think it will look like in the future.
- Mother Match - Mother's Day and science intertwine in this activity. Students try to identify similar physical characteristics between classmates and their mothers by looking at their pictures.
- Mother's Day Card - The student will follow multi-step directions and sequence the steps in arts and craft activity during lesson.
- Mother's Day Science Project - To learn about how flowers grow.
- Mother's Day Story - The student will be able to write and illustrate a story about Mother's Day using words from the word wall.
- Placemat Present - This art activity allows students to create a gift that shows some of the things that are special to them about their mom.
- Tracking Mother's Tree - This creative activity involves some research on the part of the students. They have to find out about the women on their mother's side of the family tree and create a display representing their accomplishments.
More Lesson Plans From Other Sites
- Allowance Time- Students use pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters to show different ways to reach the same three digit total. Students use coin values to record data and to apply knowledge.
- Angelic Child- Creating a memory for mom.
- Angels of Generosity- This lesson uses ANGEL CHILD, DRAGON CHILD by Surat to identify generous actions. Students will keep a generosity journal reflecting acts of kindness they performed each week.
- Are We There Yet?- This is the review lesson for the unit, Going to Grandma�s. Using the Formative Assessment Checklist and all completed summative assessments, the teacher reinforces skills and concepts using the activities from this lesson.
- Are You My Mother?- Students will discover baby animals look similar to their parents.
- As Good as Gold- Students create a Mother's Day Coupon Book, full of coupons that can be exchanged for special services rendered by students! A work sheet is included.
- Bath Salts For Mom- "This is an inexpensive project. Most materials can be found at a drug store. Enjoy!"
- Blowing Kisses- Fifth Grade students thank their mothers (grandmothers, aunts, god-mothers, etc.) for their first breath of life. Activities are pre-writing, designing a poem form, and making a card.
- Celebrate With Silhouettes- Students help create keepsake silhouettes, frame them, or use them to make a special Mother's Day card.
- I Just Want to Say- I just want to say- I love you, I hate you, things haven't been easy for me, and much more. Through the use of poetry, people can relay a powerful message. Students study poetic devices included in conversation poems and explore their eloquent messages.
- Message to Mother- Students write sentences to their mothers and include them in beautiful Mother's Day gifts.
- Motherhood Math: Mothers in the Workforce- Students study a table showing how the number of working mothers increased between 1955 and 2001 and complete the provided work sheet.
- Mother's Day Bath Basket- A great project for students.
- Mother's Day Card and Poem- Children color the flowers and pot found in the link below cut around the edges of the paper using pinking shears glue onto construction paper.
- Mother's Day Craft- A nifty, thrifty idea for mom.
- Mother's Day Gift- Children make something special for Mom and learn about giving.
- Mother, May I Communicate?- This activity is an inexpensive, active way to teach positive communication of needs, wants, and feelings. Through the use of a "Mother, May I?" type game, students have the opportunity to identify problems and to demonstrate ways to react to given situations.
- The Best Gift, for Shoe-er!- Students turn an old shoe into a memorable planter that's a terrific gift for Mother's Day or any other occasion.
- Whooo's in the Nest?- During a weeklong writing workshop, students illustrate a family of owls and write about their owl family. Students draft a five sentence expository writing essay, revise in peer editing groups, and publish their work.
See more at:
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/holidays/mothersday/