Try this Mothers Day kids craft to delight your students' Mothers. Bring a bowl of flowers floating in water into the classroom to show the children a different way of displaying flowers. Most children are familiar with a vase of flowers but not too many have seen flowers floating in a bowl of water. Show the children how most of the stems are cut off the flowers and how they are floating on ... continue reading...

Create your own library of Mothers Day books. Start reading Mother's Day books a week or two before Mother's Day to help students appreciate what their mothers or primary caregivers do for them. For most of us, gratitude is a learned skill and it's easy to assume others should do things for us. Children who see adults acknowledging kindness and selflessness and saying thank you will find it easier ... continue reading...