If you are looking for new Mothers Day poems and songs for your children to perform at your Mothers Day assembly these will be perfect as I wrote them especially for that purpose.
I shall add to them as I get the opportunity to write more, but for now I have started with a good mix of age appropriate poems and songs.
They are all purpose written as performance poetry requiring minimal rehearsal for maximum effect, as there never seem to be enough Mothers Day performance poems to go around!
I am also conscious of the fact that there are many children today for whom Mothers’ Day is difficult; if they are without a mum through personal circumstances or death, so my poem “You’re Special” can be used to acknowledge any carer, rather than just a mum.
You will know your own children and their abilities so feel free to adapt the poems to suit your specific needs, but I have offered suggestions of which age group of children I had in mind as I wrote each of my mothers’ day poems, thinking specifically of children aged 5 to 10 years.
Full of amusing word play, this simple Mothers’ Day performance poem is very effective with just a few basic baking props, and a child dressed in an apron. I have provided a downloadable picture sheet containing each of the ingredients that are added to the recipe to make “My Homebaked Mum”, so that they can be added to a mixing bowl as the poem is recited by a class or group of children. [click to continue…]
This Mother’s Day Performance poem is deliberately non-exclusive to Mums, so that it can be used even if you have some children in your class or group who are cared for by someone other than Mum. Maybe each child could draw a picture of their own Mum or carer, and the poem / song could be performed within the context of a Mothers day assembly, whilst still therefore including those children who are sadly without a Mum, or cared for by someone else.
Alternatively, this poem can be performed to music, by fitting the lyrics to the tune of ‘Puff the Magic Dragon’.
This Mother’s Day song is purpose written to be easily remembered, and has the ‘cute’ factor, so it’s great for younger children. The alternative words “You’re Special” make it possible to use without specifically referring to ‘Mum’ thereby accommodating a host of difficult circumstances by simply celebrating ‘Someone Special’ in general, rather than mums specifically, by replacing the bold type words with those in italics.