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Wednesday's Words, Words, Words post is dedicated to Moms! Hopefully this will be a helpful compilation of book and card ideas for Mother's Day!
Book List
A Ride on Mother's Back: A Day of Baby Carrying around the World by Emery Bernhard
Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
Before I Was Your Mother by Kathryn Lasky
Happy Mother's Day, Mami! by Leslie Valdes
Love You Forever by Robert Muncsh
Mother's Day by Anne Rockwell
Mother's Mother's Day by Lorna Balian
Love to Mamá: A Tribute to Mothers
My Mom by Anthony Brown
Mommies! by Kate Spohn
Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. Joosse
Mommy's Best Kisses, by Margaret Anastas
Mommies Are for Counting Stars (Lift-The-Flap), by Harriet Ziefert
Tell Me a Story, Mama, by Angela Johnson
Where Is Baby's Mommy? by Karen Katz
Mother, Your the Best! (But Sister, You're a Pest!), by Diane de GroatGilbert
A Chair for My Mother, by Vera Williams
I Love You the Purplest, by Barbara M. Joosse
Jonathan and His Mommy, by Irene Smalls-Hector
The Mother's Day Mice, by Eve Bunting
What Mommies Do Best, What Daddies Do Best,by Laura Joffe NumeroffThe Cow That Was the
The Cow That Was the Best Moo-ther by Andy Cutbill
A Gift for Mama, by Esther Hautzig
Sarah, Plain and Tall, by Patricia MacLachlan
Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul 2 , by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Marci Shimoff, Carol
Ma! There's Nothing to Do Here! by Barbara Park
Card Ideas:
Kaboose has a great collection of Mother's Day card making ideas!
Danielle's Place shares several ideas for making cards for mom.
Check out Apples 4 the Teacher for an extensive list of mother's day poems and rhymes you could add to your card.
TeacherVision has supplied a free printable pattern for a Mom's Day card with cute coupons.
ABC Teach has a colored printable sheet of 4 Mother's Day bookmarks.
Writing Prompts:
~What is your favorite thing to do with you Mom?
~What does it take to be a good Mother?
~What does your mom mean to you?
~What are the top 3 characteristics of a mom?
~Write about a time your mom really came through for you.
~Mom is...
~I love my mom because...
~My mom is special because...
~What makes your mom different from other moms?
~The ABC's of Mom
~123's about my mom (Ex. 1 big heart, 2 helpful hands...)
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
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some great books I'll have to see what I can find when we go to the library today!
ReplyDeletehere is my post for mothers day books if your interested
http://bookwormsbooknook.blogspot.com/2009/05/some-great-mothers-day-books.html
Thanks for all the ideas and great book list. We got Ma, There's Nothing to do in Here by Barbara Parks for the girls when I was pregnant with my son-they all loved it! It's such a cute book!
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