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Happy Mother’s Day!
1. Mother’s Day is a time to honor a mother, ______ or even a special aunt.
2. Soon after the death of her mother (in May 1905), a woman named Anna Jarvis
urged people to support the idea of a national ______ for moms.
3. Anna wanted people to show respect for ______ and
to give thanks for all the work that mothers do for us.
4. She gave out her mother’s favorite ______, the white
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carnation, a custom that spread to many states.
5. Her home ______ of West Virginia was the first
(in 1912) to have an official Mother’s Day celebration.
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6. On May 9, 1914, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson declared the first
______ Mother’s Day to honor mothers whose sons had died in war.
7. Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second _____ in May (U.S., Canada).
8. A beautiful, historic building in West Virginia was named
The International Mother’s Day Shrine and Museum.
They hold teas and programs to promote the ______
of mothers (and other women) to our country.
9. Businesses promote the ______ of cards, flowers, jewelry and other gifts for Mother’s Day.
10. Although it is nice when children give a gift, it is even more special when they
take the ______ to write a letter or to do something special with their moms.
11. Often families attend religious services, have picnics or do ______ get-togethers or calls.
12. Can you ______ a breakfast, write and decorate a card or plan an activity for your mom’s special day?
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I love Mother’s Day! I was wondering how this lovely holiday
for moms began, so I went to the library to do research to find out.
I searched web sites on the computer. I found beautiful books full of
stories and pictures. To find out what I learned about Mother’s Day
read my clues below, then fill in the crossword puzzle.
I made
a funny card
for my Mom!
Sunday
grandmother
motherhood
flower
state
national
time
buying
family
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Mommy?
Do You Know...?
Sometimes we wear
a white carnation to honor a mother
who has died and a red or pink carnation
for a mother who is still living.
Things Moms Do For Us!
Oh my gosh! If I listed all the
things our moms do for us I’d have
to list a billion bajillion things.
When we are tiny newborns
our Moms feed us, comfort us,
diaper us, rock us to sleep, burp
us, walk us, sing to us and keep
an eye on us all day long. Gee,
how tiring must that be?
Now we are older and go to
school, but moms still do so
much for us. Here is a list my
friends and I put together.
1. Match each chore with
the word that makes sense.
A. bake
B. buy
C. drive
D. take
E. remind
F. make
G. listen
H. shop
I. coach
J. mend
K. watch
L. mop
M. save
N. cheer
O. check
P. fold
Q. plant
R. pay
S. teach
T. wash
2. Then find and
circle the word
in the puzzle.
N C H E C K X G T P S C H M B V E W O
I H A I M T W X E E A S M U G A Y U B
M J G E P X P Z A G A Z N Q C F E O Q
D E K J U Z S F C W R O I R O O D H F
F R N S Q V P R H C I S F E B L B L W
D H E D H G F E N P A A Y M A D A A B
R V C A F O Y E P T U V U I K J K G V
P P L Q B O P H Y A U E A N Y H E M B
W A T C H O N C N W Y G D D V I M A B
V G Y N B J F E M C D T N A L P V K H
Y O L U J T K W H O N F L C I F D E K
N T D U T A W H A V P K T O P A R M Z
D H W T T V M N B E U R C U P U I Z X
N Z Y T N V M L T H P C O A C H V J U
P L I S T E N E R J C I M B J C E A V
1. ______ the beds
2. ______ for groceries
3. ______ us to the dentist
4. ______ to our fears
5. ______ us to practices and lessons
6. ______ our sports team
7. ______ for the school sale
8. ______ holes in our favorite clothes
9. ______ us to feed the dog
10. ______ supplies for school
11. ______ money for a rainy day
12. ______ our homework
13. ______ for us at our games
14. ______ us how to cook
15. ______ our favorite T.V. show
16. ______ vegetables or flowers
17. ______ the floors
18. ______ the windows
19. ______ the bills
20. ______ the laundry
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A Precious Gift!
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Moms give us many gifts: love, care, energy,
money. They also give us a gift of something they
can never get back for themselves. It is one of the most precious
gifts they can ever give us: we watch it every day,
we use it,
it flies by,
once we spend it, we can
never get it back...
Mothers spend their _______ on us.
Color Key:
P = Pink
Y = Yellow
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