{"id":216,"date":"2025-04-28T08:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funwithfirsties.com\/?p=216"},"modified":"2025-04-28T08:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:04:07","slug":"mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lsdesignssites5.techsurgeons.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/mothers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mother’s Day falls on Sunday May 11th this year, which means,\u00a0for teachers, we have to have gifts and cards ready to go home on\u00a0\u00a0FRIDAY MAY 9th<\/strong>!!! Time to get cracking!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, I thought it would be fun to do something a little different so…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I added a new digitally-editable gift option to my Mother’s Day Made Easy<\/a> pack. HOW CUTE?! I made it so you can add your students’ faces in either the flower or the bee or BOTH!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But wait, there’s more! \ud83d\ude05<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4 more to be exact…5 options in total!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 \ud83d\ude09\ud83d\udc9b).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyways, need a card to go with it? \ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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?).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Okay. I got distracted. Back to the bookmarks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The above templates (and more!) are included in my\u00a0Mother’s Day Made Easy<\/a>\u00a0pack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are some of your favourite Mother’s Day gift ideas? Let’s share some ideas in the comments!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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