Mother’s Day falls on Sunday May 11th this year, which means, for teachers, we have to have gifts and cards ready to go home on FRIDAY MAY 9th!!! Time to get cracking!
This year, I thought it would be fun to do something a little different so…
I added a new digitally-editable gift option to my Mother’s Day Made Easy pack. HOW CUTE?! I made it so you can add your students’ faces in either the flower or the bee or BOTH!
But wait, there’s more! 😅
4 more to be exact…5 options in total!
I get it, bookmarks–like tie cards for dad–were seriously overused years ago and I think we were all scarred from that and that’s why they kind of lost popularity…but I want to bring them back! Because if you don’t have a book on the go at all times then either your life is too busy and you need to make a change or there’s something wrong with you (but we can still be friends 😉💛).
Anyways, need a card to go with it? 👇
This is another classic favourite: the Mother’s Day newspaper article. I still love doing this one because I like pairing the activity with a little literacy study on newspapers. It’s rare that a child sees a real life newspaper anymore (and by child I also mean myself as well…seriously, who still reads the paper?).
But to keep it current, I like to bring one in (purchased from our local grocer) and we briefly look at the different sections, general layout, and chat about the “style” and tone of a newspaper article. This helps to give our Mother’s Day card some deeper context and remedies the abstract concept of an “article” about mom.
Okay. I got distracted. Back to the bookmarks.
The first option (pictured on the left up there) is just a print-and-colour option which is great if you want to keep it super simple or are short on time (or, for example, if we’ve done a painting or digital bookmark earlier in the week and a student has been away then I just have them complete that option).
The next 3 are different paint/ink fingerprint templates. And the last one is my favourite: the digitally-editable photo option, which I think mom’s would absolutely love…I know I would!
The above templates (and more!) are included in my Mother’s Day Made Easy pack.
What are some of your favourite Mother’s Day gift ideas? Let’s share some ideas in the comments!
