Mother's Day

Hi Everyone! As you are all well aware, Mother's Day is coming right around the corner!

Whether you're a mom, dad, caregiver, grandparent, friend... this blog post is for any and all!

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My hope with this blog post is that in the midst of all your crazy lives, you will get some inspiration and ideas from here, which will hopefully take some of the "planning" burden off! 

At school, we've been making a lot of sweet Mother's Day crafts. I'm going to share that, as well as different crafts you can do with the littles throughout this week for some added fun 👍!

1. Special cards 💗

In school, I've added a fun new element to making cards for mom. I've gathered various core words that we typically use to describe mothers; mine, love, help, teacher, warm, soft, fun...

You can make it in a card style (like you see below) OR essay style format- Go crazy! Using core words introduces new vocabulary and it's also beneficial to give a variety of describing words!

2. Planting 🌱

These rain boots are so super cute and fun to make! It's a nice break from the typical Terracotta pot. You can go to your local thrift store and search for rain boots that have been donated. While planting you can talk about what your plants will need to grow, the stages of how plants grow, categorize plants that are grown from the ground vs. from a tree, etc. Follow this LINK to see how Mary did hers.

3. Finger/Hand Painting ✋ 

No one said that it was just the kiddies that had to make something for their mamas for Mother's Day. Get right in there with your kiddos and make something with your little ones. The picture below is the perfect example of what I'm talking about. Follow this LINK for more examples of hand-print pictures you can make.

4. Are You My Mother? 🐦

We all know I love stories, and there's no better way to spend time with your littles than reading. It expands their vocabulary, phrase length, imagination... You can't go wrong!

Follow this LINK for a fun activity with different baby animals that's a play along with the story.

5. Baking/Cooking 🍪

To get you and your little one ready for the kitchen, make a sweet apron! Follow this LINK for more cute projects. Go to the Dollar Store or your local discount store for plain aprons that you can paint on. I get fabric paint at my local Hobby store as well.

It's fun to describe what you are going to paint on your apron. It's also fun to talk about what sort of things you will make while wearing your apron (wh-questions), and how you can go about making those things (sequencing).

Thanks for reading, and Happy Mother's Day!

Until next time, 

Kassi, the Phoenix Speech Therapist