Mother’s Day Song
Tune: You Are My Sunshine

I love you mommy
My dearest mommy
You make me happy
When I am sad

I want to tell you
I really love you.
When I'm with you
I am so glad!

Oh, My Mommy
Tune: Oh, My Darling Clementine

Oh, my mommy; oh, my mommy,
Oh, my very special mom,
I want to thank you very much
For being my special mom.

Mothers

Tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb

Mothers make a home sweet home,
Home sweet home, home sweet home.
Mothers make a home sweet home,
And fill it up with love.

Mothers give us lots of love,
Lots of love, lots of love.
Mothers give us lots of love,
With hugs and kisses, too.

Predictable Charts

Make a class predictable chart by having the children
each finish one of the following sentences:

My mom and I like to _____.
My mom always says _____.
My mom loves to _____.

Class Cookbook

Have each child tell you about a recipe they love when their mom makes it. 
Write it down on cute stationery. 
Photocopy each child's "recipe" and bind into a cookbook. 
Send one home with each child.

I Love My Mommy Because . . . Book

Have each child make a book about why they love their mommy.
Print out the words
I love my mommy because __________.
(I print out 4 pages for each child)
For the last page I type:
But most of all I love my mommy because __________.
I work with each child individually to write the words on each page.
Then they go back to their table and illustrate their pages.

Are You My Mother Game

Read the story Are You My Mother by P.D. Eastman



Use a set of animals with babies cards or make your own using animal magazines.
(Make sure you have a mother on one card and her baby on the other).
I make the baby cards into necklaces by attaching string.
Have the children sit in a circle and have one child sit in the middle.
Give each child a picture of an animal mother to place on the floor in front of them. 
Give the child in the middle a picture of an animal baby necklace to wear behind them
(on their back) so they cannot see it but the other children can.
Have that child go up to children and ask "Are you my mother?"
The child needs to answer yes or no.
You and your class can also give the child clues to help them find their mother
(you mother has brown fur, a tail etc.)

Five Minutes Peace

Read the book Five Minutes Peace by Jill Murphy.



After reading the story, discuss the concept of five minutes.  Then, set a timer and have the kids see what they can do in that amount of time.

Butterfly Handprint with Poem

Materials:
White construction paper
3 colors of paint
Black paint

Make each child's handprint butterfly by doing the following steps:
Have the child open his hand and spread out his fingers.
Paint the body of the butterfly first - this is the middle finger and all the way down to the bottom of the palm (paint black).
Next use one of the colors of paint to paint both sides of the palm.
Then use a different color to paint the ring finger and pointer.
Finally, paint the pinky and thumb the last color.
Now press the hand onto a piece of white construction paper.
Keep the middle finger still and move the other fingers to make the wings.
Allow to dry and then use markers to add antennae.
Cut out, glue onto a different color of construction paper with this poem:

This isn't just a butterfly
As you can plainly see,
I made it with my hand
Which is a part of me.
It comes with lots of love
Especially to say
I hope you have a very
Happy Mother's Day.

Handprint Tile

Materials:
Ceramic tiles (one for each child)
Acrylic Paint
Black sharpie marker
Clear coat sealer
 

This project must be done with one student at a time. 
Have each child choose a color of paint and you will paint one hand that color. 
Place the hand down on a ceramic tile. 
When the paint is dry, let each child write their name across the palm. 
Write "Happy Mother's Day" with the year using a  Sharpie marker (below the handprint). 
The next day spray with a clear coat sealer.

Stationery

Materials:
White paper
Stamps Pads
Thin Black Sharpie Marker

Your kids can make Mom some stationery that she will cherish forever! 
Give each child a piece of white 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper.
Have them decorate the edges of the paper by using a stamp pad to make thumbprints.
When dry, they can use a thin Sharpie to turn the thumbprints into animals
(just add tails, eyes, ears etc to create mice, cats, dogs)
You can also make matching envelopes!

Photo Magnets

Materials:
Baby food jar lids (spray painted)
Photo of each child
Glitter or glitter glue
Ribbon

Prepare for this project ahead of time by cleaning and spray painting
the baby food jar lids.  You can spray them any color you like. 
Take a picture of each child. 
Cut it into a circle shape small enough to fit on the inside part of the lid and glue.
Have the children use glitter glue to decorate around their picture.  Allow to dry.
Place a strip of magnetic tape on the back to make a refrigerator magnet!

Mother's Day Teapot

This is an adorable lesson from TLC Art!   Teapot Lesson
Type the following poem and glue onto the teapot:

Happy Mother's Day to you from me.
Relax and enjoy a cup of tea.

Then attach a little teabag to the teapot!

Hand Prints with Poem

Materials:
White construction paper
Tempera paint
Poem

Paint each child's hands with tempera paint. Press onto a piece of paper.

Print the following poem beside it:

Sometimes you get discouraged
because I am so small
and always leave my finger prints
on furniture and walls

But every day I'm growing
I'll be grown someday
and all those tiny hand prints
will surely fade away

So here's a little hand print
just so you can recall
exactly how my fingers looked
when I was very small.

Stress Reliever Ball

DLTK-Kids Crafts for Mom
Kid's Domain Mother's Day Ideas