Preschool Mother's Day Theme

Welcome to my Mother's Day Lesson Planning Page.
On this page you can find: links to preschool activities, book recommendations, suggested items to add to your learning spaces, and related Pre-K Printable fun products to compliment your Mother's Day theme.
You might also want to add ideas from our Flowers and Bees, or Family Theme.

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Planning your Mother's Day Theme

Club Members can download all of our Mother's Day activities and their Theme Planning Guide for free!
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Download our Free Mother's Day Preschool Sample Lesson Plan

Create a Mother's Day Card*

Make a special card or other Mother's Day gift for Mom. There are multiple card templates included in our Mother's Day Mini Pack

Create a Gift

You can find a variety of ready to make gifts inside our Mother's Day Activity pack, including these bookmark templates.

Hand Print Craft

Hand print crafts make memorable gifts.
You can either trace and cut out your students hand print, or have them stamp their hand print on the paper. This craft template can be found inside our Mother's Mini Day Activity Pack.

Create a Mom & Me Collage

Set out old magazines, invite children to create a mom & me collage from them. They can cut out photographs of mothers and children, or things that remind them of their mother. Leave this invitation open-ended.

My hand in Yours-Parent Engagement Idea

This can be a send home project, or done in class. This would be a fun station to set up during a mother's day tea party. Have mothers make a hand print from paint on a piece of card stock. Once dry, add the child's hand print in another color.

Decorate your Dramatic Play Space with photos of mothers and their children. If possible use photos of the children in your program. Be sure you also have plenty of baby dolls available in your housekeeping space.

Create a Flower Shop*

Consider setting up a Flower Shop in your Dramatic Play Center this week! Visit my Flower Shop Dramatic Play blog post for ideas.

Dress Up Like a Parent or Special Adult in your Life

Add clothing to your dress-up center for children to dress up like moms and dads.
Include all kinds of adult clothing in small sizes.

Tea Party

Add Tea Party Props to your Dramatic Play Space this week. Include non-breakable Tea Pots, cups,
vases/faux flowers, tablecloths, and doilies.

Add Mother & Baby Animals

Add mother and baby figures to the construction area.

Build a Block Bouquet

Provide your students with faux stems, greenery, and blocks to create block bouquets for Mom.
Take a photo to share your creations!

Add Family Figurines

Add block people of all different types including many different "mothers",
also add little furniture. Children can create homes and add families.

Mom Bookmark

Practice writing the word Mom.
Our friends at Erica's Educare Learning Center making Mom bookmarks from our Mother's Day Activity Pack

Create a Book About Mom

Set up a book making station. Create pages with prompts on them such as "I love my Mommy because..." then invite children to fill them in (or dictate to you) and/or draw illustrations.
The book can be a gift for their mother or for themselves as a keepsake.

Support students in creating a book all about their mom.
They can add photographs, dictate memories for you to write down, and draw pictures.

All About My Mom Survey*

These All About My Mom surveys are so much fun! Community Member Sheena W. shared some her kiddos completed. The Mother's Day Mini pack includes both a color and B&W version.

I Like Noisy Mom Likes Quiet

Read this book aloud or watch it on youtube.
Discuss:
After listening to the book, talk about opposites. Ask preschoolers what they like that is different from what their parent likes. What other opposites can they think of?
Recall information:
Who are the main characters of the book?
What does mom like to do in the book? What does little raccoon like to do?

Sing and Extend a song

Down by the Bay by Raffi is a fantastic song for kids that incorporates rhyming and encourages extension.
Listen to the song during circle time then collaborate to create more lyrics!
**Bring props to circle time such as photos of animals and easy to rhyme objects. Hold up a photo of a fox, what rhymes with fox? Have you ever seen a fox, wearing....

Mother's Names in ABC Order

Have you students tell you their Mother's Name (or Mother Figure), write each name on a piece of paper.
Provide your students with an Alphabet Strip, and practice placing the names in ABC order.

On Mothers Lap by Ann Herbert Scott
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
What Not to Give Your Mom on Mother's Day by Martha Seif Simpson
Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. Joosse
Llama Llama Misses Mama by Anna Dewdney
ABC A Family Book by Bobbie Combs (non-traditional families)
5 Minutes' Peace by Jill Murphy
Are You My Mother? by P.D Eastman

Mother and Child Patterning

Use the Family Counters from Learning Resources to invite children to create patterns.
Challenge them to create mom/child patterns of one color, mom patterns using multiple colors, mom/child/baby patterns...there are all kinds of combinations!

Mother's Day Puzzle*

Work on motor development, number recognition, ordering 1-10 and problem-solving skills with the Mother's Day number puzzle included in our Mother's Day Mini activity Pack.

Mother's Day Graphing*

Play a collaborative group game!
Mother's Day Graphing Game.

Tea Party Count and Clip Cards*

Practice color recognition, and color matching with this set of easy to assemble Tea Party Count and Clip Cards found inside our Mother's Day Mini Activity Pack.

Count and Build a Bouquet

Set out faux flower stems and plastic vases. Provide your students with this set of free counting cards.
Flip a card, and place the same number of stems into the vase to create a bouquet.

Learn About Mother and Baby Animals

Practice Matching Baby Animals to their Mothers!
This activity can be found inside our Mother's Day Mini Activity Pack.

Create a Nature Collage

Plan and create a nature collage for a beautiful Mother's Day gift! Start by encouraging children to plan how they will create their artwork. What colors will they use? What types of material will they collect?
Next, get out into nature and collect materials. As children collect materials challenge them to consider what items may stick to the glue and which may not (and why).
Then, combine clear glue and paint and pour the mixture into a shallow container of choice (a cardboard lid works great). Then encourage students to arrange their nature treasures into the lid as they see fit.
Allow the art to dry , then add string to the back so it can be hung.

Use Recyclables to Create a Gift

Add plenty of recyclables to the art center this week for children to design and create a unique Mother's Day gift.

Material Suggestions:

Paper Towel Tubes
Ribbon
Dried leaves & Flowers
Yogurt Cups
Plastic Containers
Lids

Baby Bath Sensory Bin

All children can benefit from learning what makes a good parent.
Transform your sensory bin into a baby bath tub. Invite your preschoolers to give their babies a bath. Supply washable baby dolls, soap, water, and towels.
Keep the activity going all week, clean the baby clothes, play dishes, and toy cars.

Make Bath Bombs

Bath Bombs make a lovely Mother's Day Gift! You can find your own kits on Amazon, or search for a kid friendly recipe that uses items found around your kitchen

Make your own Perfume

Perfume making with preschoolers is a new and exciting Science and Discovery experience that your preschoolers will enjoy! Making perfume is a great way to stimulate their senses and creativity while following a specific recipe. In our Make Your Own Perfume blog post, we take you through the steps involved in making perfume with preschoolers and how this activity can benefit their overall development.

Try this!

Pick Wild Flowers-Fine Motor

Pick daisies or other wild flowers for your Mom

Try a New Finger play-Fine Motor

This week is a great time to sing the Family Finger song with the kids.

Play: Mother May I?-Gross Motor

This classic is fantastic for gross motor and perfect for Mother's Day week. Encourage movement of the whole body during play.

Dance to Mother's Day Tunes-Gross Motor

Get up and move! The Learning Station transformed their song Boom Chicka Boom into a Mother's Day song.
Play the song on YouTube and dance along.

Family Differences

It's important for educators to keep in mind that children have all kinds of families at home. Some may not have their mother living in the home.
You can support these students by being mindful of the vocabulary used.
Children can make gifts for any caregiver in their life.

During circle time talk about how each family is made up of different members.
Read a book that has different types of families such as ABC A Family Book by Bobbie Combs or The Family Book by Todd Parr.
Invite children to talk about who is a part of their family. Sometimes both parents live at home, sometimes they have different homes. Some children live with extended family.
Some families are very large, others are very small.
Print photos of families (not the ones in your program) with all different types of members. Invite children to count up how many family members are in each family.

Throw a Party to Celebrate Parents

Many Educators like to throw a special party for Mother's Day. It can be as simple as offering Mom's a Fresh Coffee and Bagel for their Commute to as elaborate as a Tea party.

Mother's Day Tea Party

Invite parents to the program for a Mother's Day Tea Party (or muffins, juice, etc).
Set up tables where multiple families can sit and mingle. Find party ideas here

Share something Special about your Mom

Facilitate a group discussion. Allow each student some time to share something special about their Mom.
Some prompting questions:
What do they like to do with their Mom for fun?
What do they appreciate about their Mom
What do they call their Mom (Mom, Mommy, something else)?

Similar & Different

Have your students talk with a partner and find something that is similar about their moms and something that is different about their moms. It can be as simple as they both wear glasses, or one mom reads bedtime stories and the other student's dad reads them a bedtime story.

Mommy and Me Display

Invite children to display photos of themselves with their mother to display on the classroom display board and around the classroom.

Mommy and Me Yoga

Try mommy and me yoga at home with your little one. This can be a fun way to try something new with your preschooler or introduce them to a hobby that you enjoy. Check out this YouTube video if you need ideas on what poses to try!

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