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Mother’s Day Theme for Preschool From Miss Cheryl at Preschool Plan It Those special songs, Mother’s Day activities of poems or gifts made by a preschooler and given to Mommy, Grandma or other caring woman is priceless! You’ll need some tissue paper and tape for the children to wrap the many gifts they will make this week! As we celebrate Mothers, please remember that this day may be difficult for some children. Do any of your children have a mother deployed in the military? A mother who has passed away? No mother in their home? Two mothers in their lives? It is important for us, as teachers, to be aware of and be sensitive to these situations. I would suggest making parents aware of this theme in advance so that you can work on alternative arrangements if needed. Example: Make 2 gifts for children with a biological and a step mother. If you celebrate by inviting Moms for a Mother’s Day Tea or a picnic, be sure to include all female caretakers to the children. Let’s celebrate our mothers and mother figures! On the following pages you’ll find over 30 themed activities for all of your Interest Learning Centers—enough for at least a week’s worth of planning! You’ll also find the following printable items: Themed Activities for Your Interest Learning Centers Mothers Day Calendar Pieces Mom Match File Folder Game Soap Dough Recipe Activity Mat #1: How Many? (House) Activity Mat #2: Mom & Mommy Cards M-O-M-M-Y Song Poster & Song Card Graphics created by www.my-cute-graphics.com

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Mother’s Day Theme for Preschool From Miss Cheryl at Preschool Plan It

Those special songs, Mother’s Day activities of poems or gifts made by a preschooler and given to Mommy, Grandma or other caring woman is priceless!

You’ll need some tissue paper and tape for the children to wrap the many gifts they will make this week! As we celebrate Mothers, please remember that this day may be difficult for some children. Do any of your children have a mother deployed in the military? A mother who has passed away? No mother in their home? Two mothers in their lives? It is important for us, as teachers, to be aware of and be sensitive to these situations. I would suggest making parents aware of this theme in advance so that you can work on alternative arrangements if needed. Example: Make 2 gifts for children with a biological and a step mother. If you celebrate by inviting Moms for a Mother’s Day Tea or a picnic, be sure to include all female caretakers to the children. Let’s celebrate our mothers and mother figures! On the following pages you’ll find over 30 themed activities for all of your Interest Learning Centers—enough for at least a week’s worth of planning!

You’ll also find the following printable items: Themed Activities for Your Interest Learning Centers Mother’s Day Calendar Pieces Mom Match File Folder Game Soap Dough Recipe Activity Mat #1: How Many? (House) Activity Mat #2: Mom & Mommy Cards M-O-M-M-Y Song Poster & Song Card

Graphics created by www.my-cute-graphics.com

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Let the lesson planning begin!

Butterfly Picture Materials Needed: Finger paint paper; finger paint This is a cute Mother’s day activities theme idea! Have the children dip their hands in finger paint and then press their hands side by side (with both thumbs next to each other) and press down. Remove paper to dry...let them continue free style finger painting! When their hand prints are dry, add this poem to the picture: (Adapted from a poem written by Elaine Magud) This isn't just a butterfly As you can plainly see. I made it with my hands Which are a part of me. It comes with lots of love Especially to say I hope you have a very, very Happy Mother's Day Thumbprint Flowers Materials needed: washable inkpads or just paint and paper. The children press their thumbs into different ink pads or paint and then press their thumbs onto paper. They can make many shapes by repeating this process. Remember that not all flowers look the same! Do not tell them how to make flowers--they might be making a bouquet whereas might make a daisy! Have them print their names as best they can on the paper. Make a card that says “Thumb-body loves you” and encourage the children to place thumbprints on the letters on that card and then tape or staple the card to the flower art. Candle Collage Materials Needed: Cleaned baby food jars, tissue paper squares, glue, tea light candles

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The children glue the tissue paper all around the jar (overlapping them looks great). Insert a tea light candle. Add the child's picture glued to a square of paper around the neck of jar (attach with a ribbon). On the back write "Happy Mother’s Day" and the year. Flower Pot Materials Needed: Clay flower pots, markers, glue and stickers or foam pieces, plaster of Paris, BIC pens with covers. In advance, pour prepared plaster of Paris into the bottoms of the pots. Insert the BIC pen cover. Let dry. The children decorate the outside of the pots with markers and glue on foam pieces or stickers (flowers, etc.) OR they can paint them or glue on tissue paper squares! When dry, the children take their pot to the Sensory table (see Sensory Table activities below for what to do with the pots next!) Mother’s Day Bouquet Materials: Coffee Filters, markers, eye droppers, water, pipe cleaners The children color filters (several of them) and then drop water on them. This makes the colors spread...they look great! Fold the filters in thirds or fourths to make a flower shape. Pinch bottom and secure with a piece of pipe cleaner which also acts as the stem. The children will LOVE making this bouquet! Chocolate Spoons and a Cup! Here's a great gift idea for the children to make! Materials Needed: Styrofoam or other "hot" cup; items to decorate the cup with; 2 plastic spoons per child; chocolate chips with a drop of milk or candy making chocolate; waxed paper The children glue items (such as precut flowers, stickers, etc.) to the cup. Melt the chocolate in the microwave. The children dip their spoons into the chocolate and then place it on waxed paper. Place these in the refrigerator overnight to harden. The next day, place two spoons in each child's cup and wrap with either clear paper or tissue paper. Add your favorite Mothers' Day Poem to the cup or a note that says "For coffee or tea with Mommy and Me!" Kiss and Hug Box Materials Needed: Small gift boxes (1 for each child); paint; Hershey's Kiss and Hug chocolate. The children paint the box and when dry add some Kisses and Hugs to the box and cover it! Here is a poem for the box--I'm not sure who wrote this poem, but it's great! This is a very special box, that only you can see. The reason it's so special it's just for you from me. It's filled with hugs and kisses, as sweet as sweet can be. Just hold the box close to your heart, and you'll always think of me. You Are My Sunshine

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Materials Needed: Small, clay pot for each child; yellow construction paper and scissors; green Styrofoam (to place in the pots); wire sticks, such as green flower craft wire; a picture of each child (or a picture of each child with their Mom if possible!) Cut the pictures into circles. Make some circle stencils that are the same size as the pictures you just cut. The children trace and cut out a yellow circle and glue it to the back of their picture. Help children place a piece of the wire between the picture and the sun circle. The children push the wire into the Styrofoam that is in the pot. Children print the words You Are My Sunshine onto a paper and glue onto the pot. OR, prepare labels or papers with the saying on it for the children to glue onto the pot. Fork Painted Tulips Materials needed: plastic forks, paint brushes, paint, paper Place paint into shallow trays or paper plates. The children dip the forks into the paint and then press the fork onto their paper. This makes a cool tulip shape. Just let them press as many as they want wherever they want on the paper. When done, they can use the paintbrushes to paint stems onto the flowers if they want to. Extension: Rather than painting stems, give the children colored pipe cleaners and scissors. Have the cut pieces of pipe cleaners and glue them onto their papers for stems. Remember, painting is about the PROCESS—don’t make them draw stems and don’t paint them on yourselves!

Add dollhouse sized people to your block area for some family fun building!

Pick a Flower In advance, cut out flowers of different varieties. Be sure that each flower is a different color. Talk about Mothers' Day and that sometimes we like to give flowers to Moms on this day. Ask a child which color flower he/she would like to choose for their Mom, and then lead the children in this song: (Child's Name) picked a pink flower, pink flower, pink flower. (Child's Name picked a pink flower for his/her Mom.

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Place the flower back into the pile and continue until all the children have had a turn. EXTENSION: Place felt or a piece of dryer softener sheet on the back and use this on a flannel board. EXTENSION: Follow up this activity with an art project where the children make a flower for their Mom. Are You My Mother? This is an awesome book by P.D. Eastman and one of my all-time favorites! We read it daily during this theme!

After one of the readings of this book, play a Mommy and Baby animal match game. Give each child a mother animal/item card (make extras OR play this a few times during Circle Time so all the children have a turn!). You hold up an animal card and ask each child: “Are you my Mother?”. The child either says, “Yes. I am your mother.” Or “No. I am not your mother. I am a ______.” Cooperative Mom Story I LOVE cooperative stories! They are so much fun! I suggest doing one at LEAST twice a month with your children! Sometimes I do them during Circle Time, sometimes I walk around the room and randomly read what we have so far to a small group of children and have them add on to the story! Have paper and pen handy for this. Start your story with, “One day, there was a Mom who…….” Or “Once upon a time there was a Mom….”. What’s the difference? Sometimes beginning a story with “Once upon a time….” elicits fairy tale storylines only because of the children’s familiarity with this opening line of most fairy tales. So, I like to change up the beginning once in a while! From there, just let the children tell a sentence or two about the Mom. It will grow into a pretty fun activity!

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Extension: When done, type and print it. Have the children create a group cover for the story and vote on a name for the story. Make copies and send a copy of the book home to the families!

Mini Apple Pies This recipe is enough to make 12 mini apple pies! This was a big hit after Apply Picking, but also a fun activity to do as a gift for Mom or to make WITH Mom/Grandma at your Preschool Mother’s Day Tea! You will need a round cookie cutter (I’ve seen others use the cover of a large mason jar as well!); mini cookie cutters, brush (to brush butter on the tops of the mini pies) Ingredients: 2 large green (Granny Smith) apples 6 Tbsp. all-purpose flour 3/4 cups of sugar 1 1/4 tsp cinnamon ½ stick melted butter 1 pie crust (I use Pillsbury) 2 Tbsp. butter, cut 12 little pieces (I use stick butter for this, not the type in a tub) Directions: Preheat oven to 400 F Have children help measure and pour the flour, sugar, and cinnamon into a bowl. Have children help peel the apples (I use a peeler, slicer, corer!) & then help cut the apples into pieces (We cut them into strips and then in halves or thirds). Have children add the apples to the flour/sugar/cinnamon mixture and take turns mixing. Unroll the pie crust and have the children help cut out circles (1 per child). Place each circle into a section of a muffin tin. Have the children use the mini cookie cutters to cut a few shapes out (3 each is plenty) from the leftover crust. Have children help you: A. Spoon the apple mix into their muffin section B. Place 1 small piece of butter on apple mix. C. Cover with their cut out shapes and D. Brush the tops with the melted butter. Bake for 18-20 minutes.

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Tea Party! Provide items for a tea party! Cups, saucers, table cloths, serving trays, play food

to cook and serve.

My Mommy.... Ask your children what their Mommy does for them and then encourage them to paint a picture of that at the easel. Print on the paper what the child said about their Mom.

Mother, What May I Do? This game is a watered down version of Mother, May I? typically played with elementary aged children. We have removed the competition. The children ask, "Mother, what may I do?" and the Mother (the teacher to start out with) names a motion or movement. Try suggesting things that Moms do during the day. Some suggestions are: Make your bed 3 times. Drive to work 2 times. or just move with something like you all may hop 4 times." Then choose a child to be the mother (or father!). The rest of the children again ask "Mother (Father), what may I do?" He or she then names something. Continue until all the children have had a turn to be the leader. SUGGESTION: Make number cards that go from 1-10* (use the Calendar pieces in this packet for that!).

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The child who is leading chooses the motion or movement to do and then chooses a number card to determine how many times. If you do not do this, trust me, you will be "making your bed" around "one-hundred thirty thousand fourteen" times! Where’s My Baby? Hide several baby dolls around your room or outdoor area for the children to find. Extension: Hide stuffed baby animals. Give each child who wants to play a duplicate (or Mommy) stuffed animals and them search for the baby animal that matches the one in their hand.

The Berenstain Bears and the Mama's Day Surprise by Jan and Stan Berenstain; Clifford's Happy Mother's Day by Norman Bridwell; Mother's Day Surprise by Stephen Krensky; The Night Before Mother's Day by Natasha Wing; T. Rex and the Mother's Day Hug by Lois G. Grambling; What NOT to Give Your Mom on Mother's Day by Martha Simpson Mother's Day Poem Tiny Hands There used to be so many of my Fingerprints to see, On the furniture and walls and things From sticky, grubby me But if you stop and think a while You’ll see I’m growing fast, Those tiny hand prints disappear, You can’t bring back what’s past. So here’s a small reminder, To keep, not wipe away, Of tiny hands and how they looked, To make you smile someday.

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Mom Collage Materials: Scissors, family magazines, glue sticks, colored paper The children rip out or cut out pictures that remind them of their Mom or family and glue it on a collage. Be sure to ask them why they chose each picture. That way, when they bring the collage home, they will tell their families how each picture reminds them of home! Mom Match File Folder Game In advance make (print pictures from online) pictures of a Mom doing daily activities (driving, shopping, cooking, working, etc.). Make 2 of each picture, and laminate. The children can either place them face down on a table and play a memory game with them or they can leave them face up and find the matches, depending upon their level of ability with this type of activity. How Many Provide children with Soap Dough (recipe in this packet) or your favorite playdough. Have children create people (and house items such as furniture, etc.) to the House page in this packet. Variation: Have children cut people and items from magazines and add to the house. Necklaces for Mom Provide colored pasta or beads and lacing strings. Encourage children to bead the items in different patterns. Loosely tie off the ends and wrap in tissue paper to give as a gift.

M-O-M-M-Y Song sung to the tune of B-I-N-G-O I love my Mommy, she's the best. My Mommy is a great one. M-O-M-M-Y, M-O-M-M-Y, M-O-M-M-Y And Mommy is her name-o! Sometimes Mom Says

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Sung to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star I LOVE this song and it’s a great one for the children to sing at a Mother’s Day Tea or Picnic or end of the year! Sometimes Mom says "don't do this" Sometimes Mom says "don't do that" Still she loves me that I know. Why? Because she tells me so. Sometimes Mom says let's do this. Sometimes Mom says "kiss, kiss, kiss!" Make up hand and body movements to go along with each line such as holding up pointer finger and moving it from left to right when singing “Don’t do this”.

Making Soap! Make soap dough my adding Ivory soap flakes to the table (or in small bins). Color water with food coloring. Add a little at a time to form a dough. Shape into balls and give as gifts! Mother’s Day Pen Holder Pots Materials: Moss, artificial flowers, small flower pots (clay ones already decorated--see Art Activities) The children add moss to the flower pots. Have the children choose a flower that they want to attach to the pen. Help them to wrap the flower around the pen. Place flower-pen into the pen cap that is in the pot. (This is an extension to the Flower Pot Art Activity Above)

Foot Print Stepping Stones! Materials Needed: bag of cement, water, small toys (little bugs, toy car, etc.); 9" round cake pans (disposable);

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1. Mix cement as instructed. 2. Pour into the round pans. Let sit until it is firm enough for a print to stay in it. 3. Press child's foot into it (not too hard though!) 4. Trace child's initials and date into it. 5. Child presses some small toys around the footprint. 6. Let set. Most cement needs to be "cured" by covering with water. Read directions and do this. 7. Let set until hard (a few days) and then remove the stones from the pans. They are great stones for a home garden, on a deck, end of a driveway! This is not as complicated as it sounds! When I first saw this activity, I thought "THERE IS NO WAY...!" But it was easy and fun. We did it outside and the kids were able to run around in the playground barefoot for a while! Heart Shaped Grass-Part 1! Materials: Planting pots (1 for each child); potting soil; heart shaped cookie cutters; grass seed; water Have the children fill their pot with soil until just about full. Place a heart shaped cookie cutter on the soil. Cover the inside of the cookie cutter with a thin layer of grass seed Cover the seeds with more soil. Water the pot. Remove the cookie cutter. The grass will grow into a heart shape! EXTENSION: Before planting, have the children decorate the outside of the pot with markers, stickers, etc. and then glue on a picture of the child to the pot. Add your favorite Mother’s day poem to a heart shaped paper. Hole punch the heart and tie around the pot with ribbon! Heart Shaped Grass- Part 2: Shaping the Grass Once the grass starts growing (if in a warm place it will happen in several days), let the children trim the grass using scissor.

Mother’s Day Cards Provide a paper with the letters M-O-M or M-O-M-M-Y. The children can trace the letters with glue, glitter glue, etc. They place ribbon or misc. arts/crafts items on the glue and let dry for a Mother’s Day card. There are many ways to use the letters in your writing center:

1. Laminate and place in your writing center. Provide dry erase markers for the children to decorate.

2. Print on sturdy white paper. Let the children decorate them using miscellaneous arts/crafts supplies as a Mother’s Day card (see the Writing Center suggestion on the weekly planning form in this packet).

3. Laminate and provide playdough for the children to use this as a playdough mat. They can press dough into the letters, roll the dough into snakes and fill in the letters, etc.

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4. Have children color them anyway they like (markers, colored pencils, etc.) and then encourage them to put the letters in order.

Placemats Materials Needed: Construction paper, markers, stickers, precut letters M-O-M OR, I like to have the word "MOM" posted at the writing table for the children to print it themselves. Over the letter O, have the children glue on a small picture of themselves. They decorate the place mat with markers. You laminate it! Something to write in the card to go with it (sorry, I'm not sure where I got this poem from, but it is fantastic!): Dear Mom, I made this placemat with lots of love Just for you from me. You can read my memories and see my art While you enjoy a cup of tea! I love you! Happy Mother's Day (add year)

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Calendar Pieces Mother’s Day Theme ABCD Pattern

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Print and laminate all of these pieces.Use a dry erase marker to print the month on the card below (after you have laminated it).You can then erase and use again any month you’d like!

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Home Made Soap Gift

1. Pour Ivory soap flakes into separate bowls.

2. In different bowls add warm water.

3. Color each of the bowls of warm water with 1

drop of food coloring.

4. Have the children add colored water* to their

bowl of soap flakes a few drops at a time using

pipettes.

5. Mix with a spoon and then with hands.

6. Continue adding water until the flakes make a

solid texture.

7. Shape into a ball or use cookie cutters to make

shapes.

8. Let dry and give as gifts.

*Let the children experiment with adding a few

colors to create different colored soap gifts!

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Song Card & Song PosterHow to use:• Print and laminate the song card below (it is 5” X 3”).• Place in a can or box with other cards of songs your children

love!• In transitional times (waiting to go outside or wash hands,

etc.), pull out your song box or song can (I use a decorated coffee can!).

• Shuffle the cards in your hands saying “Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle” and your children yell “STOP”!

• When they yell stop, whichever card is on top is the one you sing! The kids LOVE this!

Each month you’ll receive one of these cards that correspond with the song poster for the month to add to your Song Card Collection!

On the next page, you’ll find the Song Poster! Print and laminate for use over the years!

M-O-M-M-Y Song

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M-O-M-M-Y Song

sung to the tune of B-I-N-G-O

I love my Mommy, she's the best.

My Mommy is a great one.

M-O-M-M-Y

M-O-M-M-Y

M-O-M-M-Y

And Mommy is her name-o!

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How Many? Add people and furniture to your house!

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Tracing Letters for Mother’s Day Cards

There are many ways to use the following letters!

1. Laminate and place in your writing center. Provide dry erase markers for the children to decorate.

2. Print on sturdy white paper. Let the children decorate them using miscellaneous arts/crafts supplies as a Mother’s Day card (see the Writing Center suggestion on the weekly planning form in this packet).

3. Laminate and provide playdough for the children to use this as a playdough mat. They can press dough into the letters, roll the dough into snakes and fill in the letters, etc.

4. Have children color them anyway they like (markers, colored pencils, etc.) and then encourage them to put the letters in order.

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Tracing Letters for Mother’s Day Cards

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Tracing Letters for Mother’s Day Cards

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Mom Match File Folder Game

Instructions:Print out 2 copies of each of the Mom Match pages (There are 2 Mom Match Pages). Cut out the cards and laminate.The children use these as a matching game by:1. MEMORY GAME

Place the cards picture side down. The children flip over 2 cards. If they match they hold them aside. If the two cards they don’t match, they flip them back over. They try again.

2. FILE FOLDER GAMETape to one set of cards to the inside of a manila folder. Tape “Mom Match” Label to manila folder tab.The children use the other set of cards. They place the matching card on top of the matching picture in thefile folder.Store pieces and these printed instructions in a Ziploc baggie or envelope inside the folder when not in use.

Cut Out and Use for File Folder Tab

Mom Match File Folder Game

Instructions:Print out 2 copies of each of the Mom Match pages (There are 2 Mom Match Pages). Cut out the cards and laminate.The children use these as a matching game by:1. MEMORY GAME

Place the cards picture side down. The children flip over 2 cards. If they match they hold them aside. If the two cards they don’t match, they flip them back over. They try again.

2. FILE FOLDER GAMETape to one set of cards to the inside of a manila folder. Tape “Mom Match” Label to manila folder tab.The children use the other set of cards. They place the matching card on top of the matching picture in thefile folder.Store pieces and these printed instructions in a Ziploc baggie or envelope inside the folder when not in use.

Cut Out and Use for File Folder Tab

Mom Match Game

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