TeachersFirst's Mother's Day Resources
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Use the resources found on this page to honor mom! Learn about the history of Mother's Day. And find ways to incorporate celebrating Mother's Day into your curriculum. Plus, find ideas for some cheap (or better yet, FREE) gifts. Looking for some interactive gifts for your students to create for mom (or grandma)? Check out the TeachersFirst Special Occasions Page.
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All About the Holidays - PBS Learning Media
Grades
K to 12
tag(s): 100thday (9), back to school (62), chinese new year (5), christmas (36), cinco de mayo (10), easter (9), elections (77), fathers day (8), fire prevention (16), flag day (5), halloween (31), hanukkah (13), hispanic (28), holidays (155), july 4th (13), Juneteenth (18), kwanzaa (11), labor day (5), martin luther king (41), mothers day (9), new years (5), pi (25), presidents (117), rosh hashanah (8), st patricks day (11), thanksgiving (23), valentines day (11), veterans (19), womens suffrage (37), yom kippur (9)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site to use as a resource for teaching material during holidays throughout the year. For each holiday use a bookmarking site such as Wakelet, reviewed here, to organize and share lesson materials, videos, and game sites for your students. Instead of worksheets or written reports, enhance student learning by asking them to create infographics sharing information about any holiday. Canva Infographic Maker, reviewed here, is a very easy to use tool that includes pre-made templates. Don't keep student learning to yourself, share their knowledge through holiday podcasts for your entire school and community to hear. Spotify for Podcastors (was Anchor), reviewed here, features many kid-friendly tools to get you started with creating and sharing podcasts.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Celebrating the Holidays with a Kid's Heart - Roxie Carroll - A Kids Heart
Grades
K to 4This site includes advertising.
tag(s): christmas (36), earth day (59), fall festival (6), fathers day (8), hanukkah (13), holidays (155), july 4th (13), martin luther king (41), mothers day (9), new years (5), preK (247), rosh hashanah (8), st patricks day (11), thanksgiving (23), valentines day (11), yom kippur (9)
In the Classroom
Need to find quick activities for a special holiday in your class? Find ready-made activities to use during center time, class celebrations, or special reward time on your interactive whiteboard. After school programs can easily use activities for all different interests during holiday times.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Special Occasion Ideas for the Classroom: TeachersFirst Editors' Choices - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 12tag(s): fathers day (8), mothers day (9), parents (59)
In the Classroom
Stretch your students' creative thinking, writing skills, and problem solving skills as they create projects to honor special people on special occasions or just as a surprise "thank you." Create memories for special people as your learners show what they know and how much they care. Share this collection as a link from your class web page for students and parents to use from home or during vacations and holidays.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mother's Day - Myvocabulary.com
Grades
2 to 10tag(s): mothers day (9), vocabulary (231)
In the Classroom
Share the puzzles on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students work with a partner to try out the puzzles on their own. Enhance classroom technology use by having students (or groups) create their own word puzzles to share as a class challenge with a student-run interactive whiteboard activity or share them on a class wiki.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mother's Day Crafts and Children's Activities - DLTK
Grades
K to 3tag(s): crafts (49), mothers day (9), poetry (182), puzzles (143), songs (42)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of these ready to go resources. Share the puzzles and educational activities on an interactive whiteboard or projector. In art class, try some of the crafts. Challenge students to write their own poems to their mothers. Modify classroom technology use by having students narrate a photo of their mother (or another influential female in their lives) using PowerPoint Online, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mother's Day in the Classroom - The Graphics Cupboard
Grades
K to 5tag(s): mothers day (9), preK (247)
In the Classroom
This site is a good one to search for quick and easy ideas to celebrate Mother's Day. Save this site in your class favorites and use this site as a learning center for partners to explore together.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Who Came Up With Mother's Day and Why? - HowStuffWorks
Grades
K to 12tag(s): greek (33), mothers day (9)
In the Classroom
Share this historical site with your students on a projector or interactive whiteboard. List this link on your class website during Spring. Parents may be surprised to learn how this holiday came to be!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Celebrate Mother's Day in a New Way - Education World
Grades
K to 12tag(s): mothers day (9), sociology (22), statistics (114)
In the Classroom
If you are looking for some new ideas to use in your classroom, check out these lessons. They are ready to go, highly creative topics, and most importantly - FREE.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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