Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Manual of Resources and Activity Ideas
$55.00
A printed activity manual covering Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, with fact sheets, trivia, quizzes, crosswords, card-making templates, and recipes. Individual pages can be removed from the display book pockets for use in sessions. Also available in CD format.
This printable Mother’s Day activity manual is a display-book style resource covering both Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. It is suited to activity coordinators and carers running themed sessions in residential aged care or community settings.
How it can be used
Individual pages can be removed from the plastic pockets and handed out during activities, making it straightforward to run one-to-one or small group sessions without reprinting. The spine can be removed to add extra pockets if needed. The CD version allows pages to be printed on demand from a computer, which suits facilities that pto keep a digital copy on file. For coordinators looking at activity book ideas for adults across multiple celebration days, this manual covers both occasions in a single resource.
This manual includes:
- Fact sheets on the history of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day
- Trivia questions related to mums and dads
- Card-making templates for both occasions
- Quizzes and crosswords
- Recipes suitable for themed sessions
- Social and recreational activity suggestions
- Trivia session: Use the included trivia questions as a group quiz, reading questions aloud and encouraging residents to call out answers or discuss memories the questions bring up.
- Card making: Remove the card-making templates from the display pockets and set up a table activity where residents personalise cards for their own children or grandchildren ahead of the occasion.
- Crossword or quiz time: Hand out individual crossword or quiz pages for a quiet one-to-one activity or as a small group challenge with teams.
- Cooking or reminiscence: Use the recipes as a starting point for a cooking activity or a conversation about favourite family meals and traditions around Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.
- History discussion: Read through the fact sheets as a group and invite residents to share their own recollections of how these days were celebrated when they were younger.
- Format: Printed display book with plastic pockets; also available in CD format (PDF files for printing)
- Construction: Display book style with removable spine to allow additional pockets to be added
- Page removal: Individual pages can be removed from plastic pockets for session use
- CD version: All activities stored as PDFs, printable from a computer
- Occasions covered: Mother’s Day and Father’s Day