Mother’s Day Celebrations in the Classroom

It’s important to discuss Mother’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 Mother’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 May ideas visit my May category on my blog! For other seasonal activities, consider May Binder Tasks, May Directed Drawing, or May Vocabulary Activities.

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What Is Mother’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 Mother’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 Moms this holiday!
I can Be Kind: This lesson is so important because you will most likely be talking about how to treat Mom’s on Mother’s Day. Teach kids to be kind to their mom’s and all the women 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 mother’s on mother’s day!

Mother’s Day Picture Books

These 9 books are my absolute favorite for Mother’s Day. They mean so much more to me now that I am a mom myself. These books are great to read in the classroom this month!

I Turned My Mom Into a Unicorn by Brenda Li
I Love Mom by Eric Carle
Mommy, Mama, and Me by Leslea Newman
What NOT To Give Your Mom on Mother’s Day by Martha Self Simpson
Just Me and My Mom by Mercer Mayer
Everything is Mama by Jimmy Fallon
I Love My Mommy Because… by Laurel Porter Gaylord
My Mom is There by Martin Thomas
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
My Mom is Magical by Sabrina Moyle

Communication on Mother’s Day

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

Mother’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 Mom’s on Mother’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!