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.