Mother's Day Activity

Mother's Day is a special day and I would hope that we can honor ALL the women in our lives.

Choose several Mother's Day songs and add a few other songs as needed ("Do as I'm Doing"," I Am a Child of God," etc.)

Tell the children that  they are going to make a list of all the women/girls that help them.  List 3 to 5 then sing one of the songs.  List a few more and singing after.

The list could include: mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, sister, step-mom, nurse, teacher (could include primary teacher, school, piano, flute, violin, dance, ballet, math, music, etc.) tutor, coach, babysitter, doctor, etc.

Now go back and next to each one, write what they do for us.  Sing a song after you write a few.

This activity will help the children (and adults) appreciate what these women do for us.

Honoring Womanhood

Honoring women is important to teach children.  Most of the songs in the Primary Songbook are specific to mothers.  Ask the children what other women/girls help, serve, teach, play and love them.  Examples might include aunts, babysitters, nannies, teachers, friends, friends' moms, nurses, doctors, dentists.

Choose several songs about mothers.  Sing them and in between songs, ask the children to share ways that we can show our thanks/gratitude to our moms and other women in our lives.

Songs about family begin on p. 188.

Mother's Day Bouquet

One of my favorite things to do on Mother's Day is:

• Cut out 20 flowers or use artificial flowers
• Choose songs that you would like to review including some Mother's Day songs.
• You can put the titles on the flowers or give a list to your pianist and he/she can play the songs on the list.
• Call 2 or 3 children up to pick a flower and tell one thing they love about their mother.
• Sing one of the songs on the list
• Continue as time permits

You can put the flowers in a basket or draw stems on the board and let the children tape them to the top of the stems.  Artificial flowers can be placed in a vase.

Mother's Day Flowers

Mother's day is coming up and with several songs about mother's in the Primary Songbook, it's time to brush them up.  Whether you are singing in Sacrament Meeting, a mini program in Primary or singing these songs for fun,  Moms all over will love to hear their little ones sing to them.

Using the patterns below, cut several flowers out of various colors of paper. (You can color them if you prefer.)  On the back put the page numbers or titles of the Mother's Day songs that you know.  Leave several flowers blank.  Have a child "pick" a flower.  If there is a song title on it, sing it.  If it is blank, ask the child to tell one thing they love about their mom.  If you can have someone write the comments down with the name of the child and give it to their mom.

"I Often Go Walking"

Mother's Day is a week away.  "I Often Go Walking" is an easy song to teach and perfect for children to sing to their mothers or use for a Mother's Day program.

• Use a green four-leafed clover for the first phrase
• Cut several blue flowers out of paper or use a bouquet of blue flowers for the second phrase.
• Play like you are gathering/picking flowers for the third phrase.
• Point to the children and tell them to play like they are pointing to their mother for the last phrase.