Mother's Day 5/9/25

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It's almost mother's day!

Poll

How ready are you for Mother's Day? It's on Sunday!

• I'm not ready! Help me!

• I'm almost ready.

• I'm super ready and super excited!

• I've been preparing for Mother's Day for weeks!

​Share some news from your world!

​​NEWS

Let's learn about the origins of Mother's Day and discuss some of the great ways we can show we care!

All About Mother's Day

​We'll brainstorm some ideas, then create something fun for Mother's Day.
Be ready with paper, pencil, and something to color with!

Activity

Open Ended

What's something exciting or interesting happening in your world?

What's Mother's Day All About?

Multiple Choice

In the United States, Mother's Day is celebrated on the same date each year.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

The very first Mother's Day was celebrated in

• 1860

• 1908

• 2015

• 1990

Multiple Choice

Mother's Day is also celebrated in

• Great Britain

• Canada

• Australia

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

In the vast majority of the languages worldwide, the word for "mother" begins with the letter

• A

• M

• G

• F

On May 11, 2025, most Americans will celebrate Mother’s Day. The beloved tradition is credited to Anna Jarvis, a teacher from Philadelphia. She wanted to honor the sacrifices mothers make for their families. The first celebration took place in 1908 at a church in Grafton, West Virginia. It was such a success that Jarvis launched a campaign to make Mother's Day a national holiday.

Mother's Day

Mother's Day has since become increasingly commercial. It is now the country's third-largest retail holiday, after the winter holiday and back-to-school season.

This just means we get to spend some time thinking about other, better ways we can celebrate the ​moms, grandmas, aunts, and other mother figures in our lives!

What can we do?

Word Cloud

First, who are you going to celebrate this Mother's Day?

(mother, grandmother, stepmother, foster mother, aunt, other)

Open Ended

Now, what's something you could do for that person that would make them feel special?

Breakout Rooms

We'll spend a few minutes in a breakout room sharing our ideas with each other. Try to find good ideas from your classmates. This is a great time to steal someone else's ideas!

A few questions to get you started: What do they like? What is something they do that you are super thankful for? What makes them laugh? What makes them smile?

What were the best ideas you heard?

Share!

Super Mom
You'll need: paper, pen, something to color with