Are you looking for a fun activity to review your choice of Mother’s Day song this year? You’ll love this adorable themed activity of taking care of baby for Mother’s Day! Let the kids take on the roll of caring for a newborn baby, just like mom and dad do, with some fun ideas to incorporate the theme with lots of song repetition.
Mother’s Day Singing Time Ideas. If you’re still trying to figure out your song to teach this year, you won’t want to miss this massive list of 40+ Mother’s Day Primary Songs to help you decide!
Mother’s Day Taking Care of Baby
Print and cutout the taking care of baby printable and accessories. Put them around the sides of the board with your baby in the middle.
Tell the children today you’ll need help taking care of baby, just like moms (and dads) do when they have a new baby.
Start with the first task – we need to name our baby! Come up with a name together and write the baby’s name up on the board. Then sing through your song.
Next, invite a child to pick out an outfit for the baby to wear. Then sing through the song.
What should we help baby with next? Let a child pick something that the baby might need – such as a diaper change, bottle, read them a book, etc.
Continue to pick out different items to help take care of baby between each time through the song. Don’t forget to feed, comfort, clean, and entertain the baby!
Invite the children to thank their parents for taking care of them as a baby – it’s a lot of work! Heavenly Father blessed us with parents to help take care of us and to help us better understand how much Heavenly Father does to take care of us, too.
Taking Care of Baby Ways to Sing Actions
- Baby – Let’s Name the Baby – Pick a Keyword to sing extra loud.
- Clothes – Pick out an Outfit – Spin on the last word of the song to show off your own outfit.
- Diaper – Change Baby’s Diaper – Plug your nose and sing.
- Hat or Bow – Add a Hat or Bow – Pat your heat with the beat.
- Baby Food – Try Feeding Baby Food – Don’t let your lips touch.
- Toy Rattle – Play with a toy Rattle – Shake an egg shaker on each word.
- Blanket – Give Baby a Blanket – Sing to baby soft like a lullaby.
- Pacifier – Soothe with a Pacifier – Sway with the melody.
- Book – Read Baby a Book – Put the flip chart in the right order.
- Shampoo & Soap – Time for a Bath – Clean-up the melody with dynamics.
- Bottle – Time for a Bottle – Stomp-Stomp on keyword.
- Teddy Bear – Comfort with Teddy – Rub your hands together than pat.
Extension Activities:
- You can add the optional ways to sing cards to help you pick which task baby needs done next. Just randomly draw one of the cards or let your helper pick an object and match it with the ways to sing actions. Can you stack a few of the different actions together at the same time? It will make funny combinations and be a good representation of a multi-tasking mom having to take care of all the things for a new baby.
- Hide the different things your baby will need around the room. Invite a child to find something that the baby might need. You can challenge them to find a specific object to make the hunt more difficult. Sing through the song while your helper looks for the object, then use the item to take care of baby!
For another fun similar activity, head over to see this Make a Mom Mother’s Day singing time activity!
Mother’s Day Taking Care of Baby Printable Song Helps
There are NO free printables for this post. You can recreate this activity with a baby doll and accessories and follow the directions above! If you’d like to pickup the printable set, you can find this Taking Care of Baby Mother’s Day singing time activity in my shop here.
This printable collection will be included in the April Doctrine & Covenants packet. It is also available for purchase in my shop here. It is also available on Etsy here.
For a fun activity to help you pick a Mother’s Day song or to sing through a mix of different songs to celebrate mom, you’ll love this Cards for Mom Singing Time lesson plan.
What other fun ways will you use this taking care of baby singing time activity in your Primary room?
