Mother's Day

This is a great day to sing to sing about Mother's and families in general.  Choose songs that the children will enjoy singing and perhaps even go home singing them.

• Happy Family p. 198
• Mother Dear p. 206
• Love Is Spoken Here p. 190
• The Dearest Name p. 208
• When We're Helping p. 198

Suggest to the children that they find a way to serve their mothers and family.

Pioneers Yesterday and Today

A pioneer is one who first discovers a place, area, land and makes it possible to develop.

We refer to the people we settled in Salt Lake City as the early pioneers of the Church of Latter-Day Saints.  It was a desert and they made it "blossom like a rose."  It was hard work, but they made it their home.

Now we have a world-wide church with many pioneers of today.  They may not have discovered a new land but the church is "blossoming" all over the word with "pioneers" who work hard to do missionary work and serve in wards and branches.

Choose a few pioneer songs in the Primary Songbook.  Talk about the challenges the children had as they walked across the plains and then made their home in a desert. 

What sacrifices do we make today to help our church grow?

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.