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- Make a Mother's Day card for your mother.
- Create a memory square for your mom. Draw a picture of a favorite memory, and write a sentence or two about it.
- Create a Mother's Day coupon book. Brainstorm a list of things that you can do to help your mom. Write each thing on a separate sheet of paper (using your best handwriting). Add borders and decorations, create a coupon book cover, and staple together.
- Make a list of things you love about your mother.
- Create a word web of adjectives that describe your mother.
- Write an acrostic poem based on the word M-O-T-H-E-R.
- Write a letter thanking your mom for the things she does for you.
- Write about your funniest memory of your mother.
- Finish this sentence in as many ways as you can think of: "My mother is a great mom because ..."
- Create a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting your mother and your grandmother (mom's mother) OR your maternal and paternal grandmothers.
- Keep a week-long "Mom Journal." Observe your mom each day for a week, and record the many things she does both for you individually and for your family as a whole -- from helping with homework to doing laundry. Write them down. Then, take time to thank her for doing them.
- Create a Book of Memories for your mom. Choose five or six favorite memories and write about them. Illustrate if desired.
- Imagine that you and your mom switched places and you suddenly became "Mom for a Day." What would it be like? How would you feel? How would your life be different? Write about it.
- Write about a lesson you have learned from your mom.
- What makes a good mother? Write about it.
- Write about the best piece of advice your mom ever gave you.
- Write a biographical sketch of your mom.
- I wanted to do something special for my mom, but I was flat broke. I thought and thought ...
- "WKRX is inviting kids to nominate their mothers as 'Mother of the Year.' The winning family will win an all-expense-paid trip to New York City," Miss Brewster told her fourth grade class. Sue started thinking. She'd always wanted to visit New York City, and she knew she had a great mom ...
- "Ugh. I need a vacation," Mother groaned, as Matt and Mary ran in the back door, tracking mud on the freshly-mopped floor. "You've got it, deary," an unfamiliar said. "Poof!" Matt and Mary turned around just in time to see their mother vanish a cloud of smoke. Hovering just above the counter was a funny-looking tiny old woman. "Who are you?" Mary asked. "And what have you done to our mother?" Mark added. "And who's going to take care of us?" Mary continued ...
- Joe emptied out my piggy bank and carefully counted the coins. This year, he was going to buy my mom the best Mother's Day gift ever.
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