Mother’s Day Lesson Plan (ESL)

Mother’s Day is just around the corner! Celebrate Mother’s Day with your ESL students using this ready-to-teach lesson.

Note: this is a lesson plan that covers both Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. Students will have fun learning about some of the most important people in their lives. They will practice speaking about their own families, explore how these days are celebrated around the world, and build key grammar and conversation skills.

Whether you’re teaching one-on-one or in a classroom, this lesson provides a fun and meaningful way to connect language learning with real-life celebrations. Keep reading to find out how to teach it!

When should you teach this Mother’s Day (and Father’s Day) Lesson Plan?

Mother’s Day and Father’s Day (CEFR: B1) is an ESL lesson plan download aimed at students with intermediate proficiency levels.

Mother’s Day is celebrated all around the world on different days — most commonly on the fourth Sunday of Lent in the U.K. and Ireland, and on the second Sunday of May in the U.S., Canada, and many countries around the world. Father’s Day is celebrated worldwide on the third Sunday of June.

Despite this, you can teach this lesson any time of year to celebrate the mothers and fathers in our lives!

How should you teach this Mother’s Day (and Father’s Day) Lesson Plan?

This ESL speaking lesson aims to introduce vocabulary to discuss Mother’s Day and Father’s Day and to provide speaking practice.

All the vocabulary introduced in this lesson is related to how we celebrate these days: flowers, card, gift, hug, kiss, tradition, together, barbeque… When introducing these phrases, remember to refer to the related images to provide context clues.

This lesson will also go over the history of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, and how they are celebrated all over the world.

This lesson includes plenty of reading texts and opportunities for discussion and practice. Encourage students to give longer answers with examples and reasons.

Finally, this lesson ends with a learning activity to write and make a card to celebrate the holidays, which students can of course take home to their parents!

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