An Inclusive Approach To Mother’s Day For Your Classroom

With Mother’s Day this coming Sunday this week is a great opportunity to discuss family diversity with your pupils in order to celebrate an inclusive Mother’s Day. It’s all about finding the balance between celebrating with the children with biological mother’s while remaining sensitive and aware of those who don’t. Having a discussion in your classroom about how some people don’t have a Mum will help those students without one feel more included while raising awareness to those who do have one. It could also be that you have pupils in your class who have lost their Mum and Mother’s Day could be an emotional time for them so make sure you keep an extra eye and reassure them that you are there if they need to talk to someone.

If you are a primary teacher you could ask your students to make a card for a special someone in their life who looks after them, instead of specifically making a Mother’s Day card. This will help keep the activity inclusive for all. Another idea is to create a ‘Love Makes A Family’ display board by getting pupils to draw what their family life looks like and displaying their artworks so everyone can see just how different our family lives can be.

If you are a secondary school teacher you could explore the dynamics of what a modern day family can look like in today’s society and how each household or family may have different caring figures that take on the role of Mum. You could discuss how the traditional role of a Mother has changed over the years and also talk about examples of gender stereotyping.