Here, I’ve gathered TONS of fun activities to help you prepare your song pick. There’s more than 20 Mother’s Day Singing Time Ideas to help you teach a specific Primary Mother’s Day song or your choice of song with a fun themed activity focused on moms!
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40+ Mother’s Day Primary Songs
If you’re looking for the PERFECT song to teach your Primary kiddos this year, head over to this master list with tons of different ideas and options – both in the Children’s Songbook and other song picks from LDS composers.
40+ Mother’s Day Primary Songs
Mother’s Day Singing Time Ideas
This post will help you find all of my Mother’s Day songs teaching ideas around this blog. Plus, I’m also sharing additional favorite lesson plans from other Primary music leaders at the end of this post!
Mother’s Day Ideas for ANY Song:
1. Flowers for Mom
![20 Mother's Day Singing Time Ideas 3 Flowers for Mom Mother's Day singing time idea or kids activity. Cut out and assemble a paper bouquet! Then use these flower ways to sing cards for a fun teaching activity for LDS Primary music leaders.](https://www.primarysinging.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Flowers-for-Mom9-1500x1000.jpg)
Print out these gorgeous flowers to make a custom bouquet of flowers for Mother’s Day right in your Primary room. You can then send the Junior primary children home with a flower to gift to their mom with something they love about her written on the back.
2. Make a Mom Paper Doll
![20 Mother's Day Singing Time Ideas 4 Mother's Day Make a Mom Paper Dolls - Cute printable singing time activity or kids activities to personalize a perfect mom. Coloring page paper dolls with mix and match outfits. Printable song helps and visual aids for LDS Primary music leaders.](https://www.primarysinging.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sm-Make-a-Mom3-1500x1000.jpg)
Bring in this cute paper doll mom and mix and match her clothes, hair, and accessories to make a mom to sing your Mother’s Day song to! Then, mix it up again and sing to the next mom. The younger primary children will love to recreate their mom!
3. Women in the Scriptures
![20 Mother's Day Singing Time Ideas 5 Women in the Scriptures Info Cards with a scripture verse for 25 different women from the New Testament, Old Testament, Book of Mormon, and Doctrine & Covenants. Singing time lesson plan LDS Primary music leaders for Mother's Day.](https://www.primarysinging.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Women-in-the-Scriptures3-1500x1000.jpg)
There’s so much we can learn from the amazing women in the scriptures! You can incorporate this meaningful lesson plan into teaching your choice of Mother’s Day song to skip games and teach about strong women from the scriptures!
4. Mother’s Day in Her Shoes
![20 Mother's Day Singing Time Ideas 6 Use this fun Mother's Day In Her Shoes singing time idea for children to try on Mom's shoes and lead the Mother's Day song for LDS Primary Music Leaders.](https://www.primarysinging.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG-8622-1500x1000.jpg)
Bring in a bunch of different shoes from your closet and let the kiddos lead the music while trying on one of your pairs of shoes! Or, use the singing style that matches the shoes they pick from the basket.
5. Would Mom Rather?
Let the children share about their mom’s favorites with this really fun game to divide your Primary room into two groups! Ask them which would their mom rather from a choice between two different options.
6. Cards for Mom
![20 Mother's Day Singing Time Ideas 8 Use this fun Mother's Day singing time idea to quote a variety of different Primary songs you could teach to mom this year plus color-in cards for mom from these quotes! An adorable and one of a kind no prep lesson plan with printable song helps for LDS Primary music leaders.](https://www.primarysinging.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Mothers-Day-Cards-for-Mom2-1500x1000.jpg)
Use this adorable Cards for Mom singing time lesson plan to try to guess the song from a quote from the lyrics. Then, sing through a mix of Mother’s Day songs. This is a great way to pick a song to teach or expand their exposure to different songs. It’s also a PERFECT activity to do on Mother’s Day Sunday and send home a colored in card for mom from your lesson!
7. Taking Care of Baby
![20 Mother's Day Singing Time Ideas 9 Mother's Day Taking Care of Baby singing time activity! Use this adorable printable baby care set of printable or this activity with a baby doll and accessories and paired with fun themed ways to sing cards to teach your choice of Mother's Day song! Printable teaching aids for LDS Primary Music Leaders.](https://www.primarysinging.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sq-Mothers-Day-Taking-Care-of-Baby4-1500x1500.jpg)
Get a taste of what a day for mom might be like with this adorable Taking Care of Baby mother’s day singing time idea. You’ll pick out an outfit, toys, and other things to help take care of this sweet little baby with, and then sing through a song of your choice with the coordinating themed Ways to Sing!
Teaching Ideas by Mother’s Day Song:
Mother, I Love You Teaching Ideas
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Mother, I Love You is a great choice that’s easy to teach and learn when you’re short on time. This was the first Mother’s Day song I picked to teach as a new Primary music leader. Get started with these 2 teaching activities:
Grandmother Teaching Ideas
![20 Mother's Day Singing Time Ideas 11 Try this fun Grandmother Primary Song Can You Sing It Solo activity for Mother's Day with 8 solo and group challenges for LDS Primary Music Leaders.](https://www.primarysinging.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG-8721-1500x1000.jpg)
Have you ever considered teaching the Grandmother song in Primary? It’s SO cute and it can easily be adapted to change the word Grandmother to Mother or Father if you’d like. I taught it for Father’s Day one year and it was a big hit! Here’s a few teaching ideas to get you started:
- Grandmother – Can You Sing It Solo?
- Grandmother – Fill in the Blank
- Grandmother – Hot Potato
- Grandmother – Primary Song Pictures
Mother, Tell Me the Story Teaching Ideas
![20 Mother's Day Singing Time Ideas 12 Mother Tell Me the Story Ribbon Wands singing time idea - Use these fun movements with ribbon wands that follow along with the melody and match the lyrics. This printable chart makes it easy for LDS Primary music leaders and the kiddos to follow along.](https://www.primarysinging.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Mother-Tell-Me-the-Story-Ribbon-Wands6-1500x1000.jpg)
Mother, Tell Me the Story is a wonderful song choice for Mother’s Day that also incorporates Jesus Christ! It’s a wonderful song pick and these teaching ideas will make it fun and easy to teach!
The Dearest Names Teaching Ideas
Another beautiful song that will work for either Mother’s Day OR Father’s Day is this sweet song, The Dearest Names. It’s a quick and easy fun song to learn and you can use either of these activities to have easily teach your verse of choice!
Love is Spoken Here Teaching Ideas
Love is Spoken Here is a wonderful song to pick as one of your Mother’s Day songs. It’s not include in any of the Come Follow Me Primary Song Lists from the 4-year rotation. It’s a shame to not teach this song at some point – and Mother’s day is a perfect time! Here’s a couple teaching ideas to get you started:
- Love is Spoken Here – Melody Charts
- Love is Spoken Here – Simple Actions
- Love is Spoken Here – Egg Carton
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10 More Primary Mother’s Day Ideas!
If you’re looking for even more inspiration, I’ve sourced some of my favorite ideas for other Primary Music Leaders to help you teach this song in fun and varied ways.
1. Mother’s Purse
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How cute is this adorable Mother’s Purse activity over on The Primary Pad? You’ll fill up a purse with a variety of random items sometimes found in her purse and then connect it with a silly way to sing out your song choice.
2. What’s Different?
Come into the Primary room overdressed with lots of accessories and embellishments. Then, remove a thing or two and see if the Primary kids can spot what’s missing. Head over to see all the details in this Mother’s Day What’s Different idea on i heart primary music.
3. Mother’s Day Memory Match
![20 Mother's Day Singing Time Ideas 18 20 Mother's Day Singing Time Ideas Singing time ideas for Primary Music Leaders mothers day match](https://www.primarysinging.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/mothers-day-match-1500x839.jpg)
This darling activity you’ll seek for matches of a mother animal and her baby animal. When you find a match, then sing through your song pick! Head over to this Mother’s Day Memory Match activity post to grab her printable.
4. Necklace Songs (Facebook Group)
5. Moms Favorite Primary Songs (Facebook Group)
6. Recipe for a Happy Mom (Facebook Group)
7. Mom in a Bag (Facebook Group)
8. Mom’s Happy Tears (Facebook Group)
9. Mother, I Love You Wand Actions (Facebook Group)
10. Mom Tools (Pattie’s Primary Place)
Next, you won’t want to miss all of these fun Father’s Day singing time ideas including activities to help you teach a variety of different Father’s day songs!
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What other fun singing time ideas have you tried? We’d love to see your fun ideas! Share them in the comments to add to this list.