Need some fun ideas for Mother’s Day classroom activities? I will tell you mine! My mom is super important to me, as is my dad by the way, and I used to always love when we made them gifts at school! My students are mostly too old for crafts of any kind. However, they do love to show off their skills in the English language! This means I can usually get them to create something cool for their mothers in my language lessons!
Wanna check out a free activity before reading on? Check out free this Mother’s Day lesson pack with a speaking and a writing activity!
Why is it important to celebrate Mother’s Day?
I love celebrating the holidays with my students, as you well know if you’ve been here a while. First of all, I think it’s important that students celebrate their mothers, or mother figures, once a year – at least! And second, it’s a familiar topic for them to learn about, since Mother’s Day is celebrated in a lot of countries. So let’s see how we can teach them about the subject!
Mother’s Day teaching ideas
Let me list some fun Mother’s Day activities for students right here:
- Get students to talk about their own mothers, or mother figures.
- Have students watch this video about mothers in nature.
- Get students to read this text on the ‘dark’ history of Mother’s Day.
- Tell students to look at these pictures and describe them to each other in small groups.
- Have students write a letter to their moms, or mother figures, in which they describe what makes her so great.
- Get students to reflect on why their mom is so great with a reflections flip book.
Mother’s Day classroom ideas explained
Speaking: Get students to talk about their own mothers. What is so great about them? And what do they love to do? What do they look like? This is not only a speaking activity, but also a listening one as they discuss in small groups. You can use these free discussion cards if you like.
Speaking: Tell students to look at these pictures and describe them to each other in small groups. What do they see? And what are the mothers doing? What are the children doing? Also make them be as descriptive as possible to do this, and you could even persuade them to ask each other questions about the pictures.
Listening: Have students watch this video about mothers in nature and ask them to summarize what they heard. They can use the 5W and H questions to do that. Or you can come up with your own comprehension questions to test their understanding.
Reading: Get students to read this text on the ‘dark’ history of Mother’s Day. Have them summarize what they’ve read. Again they can use the 5W and H questions, or you can have them come up with comprehension questions for a partner to complete. My students always love this!
Writing: Have students write a letter to their moms, or mother figures, in which they describe what makes her so great. Tell them to give many reasons and examples to illustrate their reasoning, an give them some nice paper to write on, so that they can bring the letter home to mom. Do also get them to do a draft version before creating the final one. This makes for one of my favorite Mother’s Day classroom activities!
Writing: Get students to reflect on why their mom is so great with a reflections flip book. They will answer a set of prompts about the various aspects that make their mom who she is. It’s s fun foldable flip book that’s a lovely keepsake too.
Mother’s Day choice board
I think it’s good to have students practice as many skills as possible in one lesson when you do these Mother’s Day classroom activities. Of course, in moderation. That’s why I have put the aforementioned activities in a choice board that you can give to students to complete at their own pace and in their own way, with activities they enjoy. All they need is a device to scan the QR codes and read or watch resources, and a piece of paper or recording sheet to write text on. Grab this Mother’s Day choice board here!
I hope you will enjoy these Mother’s Day class activities with your students! Let me know if you have any questions!
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