Mother I Love You

So mother's day is coming up soon. 

I found this Utube video of the sign language for this.  It's super sweet. I plan on using this.  Usually we do two songs so I only plan to sing the first verse of this song and then sing another song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqmCKoKHbfc

I love the ending of this where they just hold up the I LOVE YOU SIGN.  I think it will be really touching. 

Mother's Day Corsages

So I found these flowers at Dollar Tree.  They come with a little vase.  I had this notion, that this could be used two different ways and if you can't find these exact products, you can always make them with cardstock or other household supplies.

First:  The kids could arrange a bouquet of flowers by picking these flowers and putting them in the vase OR I bought another set and made them into corsages.  I just clipped the wire steam off and hot glued a piece of elastic to it.  How this would work is that the corsages will be in a basket.  The helper picks a corsage.  Each corsage has a card color coordinated to it that has a question on it.  So they answer the question which has a mom song to go with it.  Then the helper chooses a sister/mom teacher in the room to give the corsage to.  Our primary has predominately female teachers and so I know this will work in my midst.  I thought it would be kinda sweet to see how they picked, a teacher, the pianist...a member of the primary presidency?

Questions:
What is the yummiest thing your mom makes?  Sing MOTHER DEAR
What is your favorite story that your mom reads to you or used to read to you?  Sing MOTHER TELL ME A STORY
How do you show your Mom that you love her?  Sing LOVE IS SPOKEN HERE
What is your Mom really good at?  Sing MOTHER I LOVE YOU
How do you help your Mom?  Sing QUICKLY I'LL OBEY
Does you Mom have a nick-name she calls you?  Sing DEAREST NAMES
Do you know what your mom's favorite flower is?  SING I OFTEN GO WALKING

Hats Off To Mother

Again, I cannot take credit for this.  I love this idea.  So sweet.  And for those of you like me, who are rather OCD, and plan ahead...here is such a fun idea for mother's day.  It has to do with all the different "hats" moms where.  So the poster is put on the chalk board.  And you ask a helper to come up and pick a hat.  They have to tell the primary why they picked that hat, why it's important to them in regards to all their mother does for them.  The hats are as follows:

the nurse cap - my mother takes care of me when I am sick
the Taxi cap - my mother shuttles me around everywhere
the crown - my mother is a queen because...
the baker hat - my mother makes the BEST....
the detective hat - my mother is really good at finding things that are lost/or finding the truth
the maid hat - my mother keeps our house clean and makes sure my clothes are clean, too
the frilly hat - my mother is beautiful because...

On the back of these hats are songs having to do with family or mothers:

Love Spoken Here
The Family
Mother I Love You
I Often Go Walking
Mother Dear
Happy Family
Happy & You Know
Families Can Be Together
ect...

I have one coming up for Dad's, too (Family TIES that involves ties - stay tuned)