Father’s Day Celebrations in the Classroom

It’s important to discuss Father’s Day in the classroom. We want to teach our students about appreciating the woman in their lives for this holiday! This blog post has a bunch of ideas for Father’s Day celebrations in the classroom!

If you are looking for general tips about holidays in the classroom, check out an old post HERE. For other June ideas visit my Summer category on my blog! For other seasonal activities, consider June Binder Tasks, June Directed Drawing, or June Vocabulary Activities.

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What Is Father’s Day?

Introduce this holiday with a simple social story for students. Print and bind it or project it on your smart board. Using a social story is a great way to introduce the holiday but also to teach the true meaning of the holiday. You can grab this social story here.

How To Manage Behaviors On Father’s Day

I listed a few behaviors below that may need to be re-taught during these holiday celebrations. We want to set students up for success during classroom celebrations!

School Celebrations: This lesson is kind of a given if your school celebrates holidays. If you are having a celebration or performance the routine is going to be different. Review expectations before the celebrations begin!
How to Act in the Community: This lesson is OH so important for families that plan on going out and about to celebrate Dads this holiday!
I can Be Kind: This lesson is so important because you will most likely be talking about how to treat Dad’s on Father’s Day. Teach kids to be kind to their dad’s and all the men in their life is so important!
I Will Use Nice Words: This lesson is important because we can teach students how to express themselves using nice words. It is important to thank our father’s on father’s day!

Father’s Day Picture Books

Here are 9 funny and adorable picture books for Father’s Day!

Because I’m Your Dad by Ahmet Zappa
The Night Before Father’s Day by Natasha Wing
I Love My Daddy Because… by Laurel Porter Gaylord
My Dad is Amazing! by Hello! Lucky
How To Babysit a Grandpa by Jean Reagan
Just Me and My Dad by Mercer Mayer
I Love Dad with Eric Carle
Dad By My Side by Soosh
Dada by Jimmy Fallon

Communication on Father’s Day

Help students say “I love you” to their dad’s this Father’s Day with this simple holiday communication board.

Father’s Day Goodies

Here are some craft/gift ideas I found on Amazon for you. When I was in the classroom I aways had my students create a gift and card for their Dad’s on Father’s Day. Because I had my students for several years I had to come up with new ideas every year. These ideas below are budget friendly, cute and easy!

Holidays can be a blast in the classroom if planned out ahead of time. I know this blog post is full of all sorts of goodies, and I completely understand if you can’t incorporate all of these ideas every year. I do hope you found some of these tips and tricks helpful for this holiday season. If you plan on discussing more holidays this year, check out my Holiday social stories discounted bundle!