Further Information

Bible Passage: Display Ephesians 6:1-3 or have the children look it up in their Bibles. Read the Bible verses to the class; be sure to emphasize the action words discussed below. Then read it a second time to give the children a “second chance” to hear the action words.

Say It: Ask the children to repeat the Bible verse after you several times.

Review Action Words: Ask volunteers to explain which action words they heard in the passage. For each response, ask the children to explain what the word means. They may need help from the class. After each word, clarify what the word means. Here are the words they should have heard, with meaning in italics.

• Obey – Doing what a person wants you to do

• Honor – Heart attitude about a person’s importance

• Go well – Living a good life

• Live (NIV says “enjoy long life”) – Staying alive a long time

{Objective #1} Is This Honoring Your Mother?

Say, “Honoring means having a right attitude about someone and showing their importance in how you act.” Read the following statements, and have the children agree or disagree. If the statement is something that honors your mother, the children should stand up. If the statement is not honoring, the children should sit with arms crossed.

• Doing what mom says right away {True}

• Throwing a fit if you don’t get what you want {False}

• Eating your dinner with thankfulness {True}

• Complaining about what mom cooked for dinner {False}

• Telling your mom that you love her {True}

• Praying for your mom {True}

• Telling other people your mom is not nice {False}

Directions

1. Give each kid some construction paper and have them trace and cut out their handprint.

2. Give each child a piece of green construction paper and have them cut out a stem and some leaves.

3. Glue the handprint and green stem/leaves on their paper.

4. They can then put happy mothers day at the top!

5. On the back, have them either write a poem, draw a picture, or fill out how special their mom is!

Directions

1. Cut 3-inch wide strips of colored construction paper, one for each flower you wish to make.

2. Then, cut slits almost all the way through each strip, kind of like when you’re making grass for a paper craft.

3. Put a line of glue along the solid edge, place a popsicle stick at one end, and roll it up inside of the paper.

4. Add a thin piece of duct tape around the base of the paper flower to reinforce it onto the popsicle stick.

5. Use your fingers to bend and fluff out the pieces of paper into a flower shape.

6. Glue ribbon around the toilet paper roll, and then place the popsicle stick paper flowers inside the toilet paper roll.

Directions

1. This game is a classic but just in case you aren’t familiar with it, it begins by one child serving as “Mother.”

2. Line the remainder of kids up about 20 feet away from “Mother.”

3. The Mother picks one of the kids and says “Amy, you may take four baby steps.”

4. Amy then says, “Mother, May I?”

5. The Mother says, “Yes, you may.”

6. The Mother then picks another child, and the game goes on until someone reaches her.

It sounds easy enough but any child who forgets to say, “Mother, may I?” has to go back to the starting line. The Mother can make up all kinds of steps like hops, twirls, crab walks etc.

Directions

1. Students get into groups and wrap up a student in toilet paper to look like a mummy.

2. You can judge how good they look, or see who can use the most toilet paper in a set amount of time.