Mother's Day Fun

Books

 Gift for Mama - by Esther Hautzig
Are You My Mother? - P.D. Eastman
Ask Mr. Bear - Marjorie Flack
Celebrating Mother's Day - by Shelly Nielsen
I love My Mother - Paul Zindel
I'll love You Forever - Robert Munsch
Just For You - Mercer Meyer
Koala Lou - Mem Fox
Love You Forever - Robert Munsch
Mama, Do You Love Me? - Barbara M. Joosse
Mama Zooms - Jane Cowne - Fletcher
Mom's Day Off - Eugene Bradley Coco
Mother's Can Do Anything - Joe Lasker
Mother's Mother's Day - by Lorna Balian
On Mother's Lap - Ann Herbert Scott
Something for Mother - by Laura Alden
Stellaluna - Janell Cannon
The Mother's Day Mice - Even Bunting
The Runaway Bunny - Margaret Wise Brown
The Way Mother's Are - Miriam Schlein

Songs & Fingerplays

I Love My Mommy

(Sung to: Ferece Jacques)
I love my mommy, I love my mommy, (hands on heart)
Yes, I do, yes, I do (shake finger)
Mommies are for hugging, (Hug self)
Mommies are for kissing (blow kiss)
I love you, yes I do (point)

Mother Dear

Mother Dear, can you guess (shrug)
Who it is, that loves you best? (point)
I'll give you, three guesses (hold up three fingers)
ONE, TWO, THREE (count on fingers)
There, I knew you'd Think of me (point to head)

I Love My Mommy

(Sung To: Up on the Housetop)
I love my mommy, Yes- sir-e! (give thumb up)
She is very good to me! (point to self)
She makes me cookies and yummy treats, (rub tummy)
That's my mom and she's real neat (Give thumbs up)
Oh, oh, oh, who wouldn't know, (shrug shoulders)
Oh, oh, oh, who wouldn't know, (shrug shoulders)
I love my mommy and she loves me, (hands on heart)
That's the way it's supposed to be (jump in excitement)

Activities

Give Mom a Hug

Make a hug? How do you do that? We’ll make hugs for mom today!

Picnic for Mom

Take mom on a picnic for Mother’s Day.

Ribbon Dance

Dancing ribbons and springtime music.

Large Group Activity

Lummi Sticks