Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Sunday, March 14th is Mother's Day....
In the U.S. Mothers' Day is a holiday celebrated on second Sunday in May. This year, this is March 14th. Mother's Day is a day when children honor their mothers with cards, gifts, and flowers. First observed in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1907, it is based on suggestions by Julia Ward Howe in 1872 and Anna Jarvis in 1907, although it wasn't celebrated across the U.S. until 1908.
In the U.S., in 1908 Ana Jarvis, from Grafton, West Virginia, began a campaign to establish a national Mother's Day. Jarvis persuaded her mother's church in Grafton, West Virginia to celebrate Mother's Day on the anniversary of her mother's death. A memorial service was held there on May 10, 1908 and in Philadelphia the following year where Jarvis moved.
Jarvis and others began a letter-writing campaign to ministers, businessmen, and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mother's Day. They were successful. President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement proclaiming Mother's Day a national observance that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.
Many other countries of the world celebrate their own Mother's Day at different times throughout the year. Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium celebrate Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May, as in the U.S.
Mother's Day is one of those holidays with a ton of crafts and activites that can be done in your child care. Here are some of my favorite resources:
In the U.S. Mothers' Day is a holiday celebrated on second Sunday in May. This year, this is March 14th. Mother's Day is a day when children honor their mothers with cards, gifts, and flowers. First observed in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1907, it is based on suggestions by Julia Ward Howe in 1872 and Anna Jarvis in 1907, although it wasn't celebrated across the U.S. until 1908.
In the U.S., in 1908 Ana Jarvis, from Grafton, West Virginia, began a campaign to establish a national Mother's Day. Jarvis persuaded her mother's church in Grafton, West Virginia to celebrate Mother's Day on the anniversary of her mother's death. A memorial service was held there on May 10, 1908 and in Philadelphia the following year where Jarvis moved.
Jarvis and others began a letter-writing campaign to ministers, businessmen, and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mother's Day. They were successful. President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement proclaiming Mother's Day a national observance that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.
Many other countries of the world celebrate their own Mother's Day at different times throughout the year. Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium celebrate Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May, as in the U.S.
Mother's Day is one of those holidays with a ton of crafts and activites that can be done in your child care. Here are some of my favorite resources:
- Kids Domain
- Poems for Free
- Billy Bear
- Enchanted Learning
- DLTK Kids
- 123 Child
- Ed Helper
- Kids Turn Central
- Teacher Vision
- Child Fun
- Education World
- Kinder Art
- A to Z Teacher Stuff
- Home School Zone
- Printable Cards
- Family Crafts
- Crayola Kids
AND since it's nearly Mother's Day, I thought I should share some of my favorite motherly advice. Bet you've heard these classics before...
- Always change your underwear; you never know when you'll have an accident.
- Don't make that face or it'll freeze in that position.
- Be careful or you'll put your eye out.
- What if everyone jumped off a cliff? Would you do it, too?
- You have enough dirt behind those ears to grow potatoes!
- Close that door! Were you born in a barn?
- If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.
- Don't put that in your mouth; you don't know where it's been!
// posted by Tammy Wachter @ 5:30 PM 
