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Mother’s Day

With Mother’s Day creeping up quickly (14/05/2023) today we share some Mother’s Day activities, that are alternatives to decorating bags and cards, that you can incorporate into your next week’s planners, if time permitting of course!

Mother’s Day Mini Books (Literacy Activity):

Students can write and publish a mini book about Mum. You could leave the writing open where students can brainstorm and write on a topic of choice, or you could narrow ideas to support younger writers. For example, students could write on their favorite holiday they shared with Mum, or their favourite memory. This is a great activity, as not only does it automatically have an authentic audience, giving students greater motivation,  but also encourages students to work through the writing process to create a published written text. 

Students could hand write and draw pictures using this printable template from It’s Always Autumn. Alternatively students could type their story and the draw or source images from the internet. 

Paper Bouquet (Art and Craft)

Use the students hand cut outs to make a lily flower, or even a bouquet of flowers. This could be a stand alone activity, or could accompany those Mother’s Day Stall bags. You can find instructions via the Messy Little Monsters website. 

All about Mum. (Maths Activity) 

We’re all familiar with the Numbers About Me or Maths About Me Mathematics activity, however for Mother’s Day it could be tweaked to being about Mum!

Depending on the year level, you could use numbers, or you could have students create equations with their answers being the target number. For example, if Mum has 3 children, the matching equation for this could be 7-4. 

After all equations have been checked (could be peer checked for extra equation practice), students can then get creative to develop this into a poster, like the one shown on First Grade Smiles. With this activity, make sure to support students in challenging themselves so you could discuss one scoop, two scoop and three scoop equations, to make sure students are taking the easy road out! 

Do you have any other Mother’s Day activities? We would love you to share these with our other teachers by posting below!