Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Manual
$55.00 inc. GST
A ready-to-use printable mother’s day activity manual that also covers Father’s Day, this resource gives lifestyle coordinators a full set of themed sessions in one place. It includes fact sheets, trivia, quizzes, crosswords, card-making templates, and recipes, all presented in a display book format with removable pages.
This activity manual covers Mother’s day and Father’s day sessions for aged care programs
A printable mother’s day activity manual and Father’s Day companion in one, this resource is presented in a display book format with plastic pockets, so individual pages can be removed as needed for each session. It suits lifestyle coordinators running themed programs in residential aged care and gives you a range of activity types without having to source content from multiple places.
What’s included
The manual brings together a variety of themed content across both occasions:
- Fact sheets on the history of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day
- Trivia focused on mums and dads
- Quizzes and crosswords
- Card-making templates for residents to complete
- Recipes
- Social and recreational activity ideas
How to use this resource
Pages sit in removable plastic pockets, so you can pull out what you need for a given session without dismantling the whole manual. The spine can also be opened to add extra pockets if you want to expand the resource over time. A CD version is available separately, with all activities stored as PDFs ready to print from your computer.
- Trivia session: Use the mums and dads trivia pages to run a small-group quiz, reading questions aloud and encouraging residents to share their own memories of parents and family life.
- Card making: Remove the card templates from the manual and set up a craft table where residents can personalise cards for their own children or grandchildren ahead of the occasion.
- Crossword and quiz time: Offer the crosswords and quizzes as a quiet one-to-one activity or a paired session for residents who enjoy word-based challenges.
- Recipe reminiscence: Use the included recipes as a starting point for conversation about favourite family meals, cooking traditions, and what residents’ mothers or fathers used to make.
- History discussion: Read through the fact sheets on the origins of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day as a group discussion prompt, asking residents what the occasion meant to them growing up.
- Format: Printed display book with plastic pockets
- Page access: Individual pages are removable from plastic pockets for session use
- Expandable: Spine can be opened to add extra pockets
- Also available: CD format containing all activities as printable PDFs
