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Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Word Power (Anagrams)




 

Coloring Pages !

Click on coloring page to color for Mama or Grandma !
For Mom ...
Birdhouse PDF File Coloring Page
Bunny Tea PDF File Coloring Page
Butterfly PDF File Coloring Page
Birdhouse Quote PDF File Coloring Page
Butterfly Proverb PDF File Coloring Page
Dress Up PDF File Coloring Page
Mother Quote PDF File Coloring Page
Mother Poem PDF File Coloring Page
Mom Teach PDF File Coloring Page
Like Mom, Like Daughter PDF File Coloring Page
Teddy Bear Heart PDF File Coloring Page
Hand that Rocks the Cradle PDF File Coloring Page 
 
For Grandma ...
Birdhouse PDF File Coloring Page
Butterfly PDF File Coloring Page
Grandma Bunny Tea PDF File Coloring Page

 

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Puzzles

 

Famous Mother Word search PDF File
Mother's Day Maze Grades 1-3 PDF File
Mother's Day Maze Grades 5-7 PDF File

 

 

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Mother's Day Analogies

Complete the following analogies.  For analogy help, click here.

 

Mother is to father as woman is to .

Hard working is to father as teaching is to .

Father is to gratitude as mother is to .

Humor is to father as the fun is to .

Father is to son as mother is to .

Steadfast is to father as loyalty is to .

 

 

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Mother's Day Alliteration

 

Alliteration is a lot of fun and great for long car rides.  For alliteration help, click here.

 

Example:
Mischievous merry memory-making mothers make memorable monumental moments.



Do your own Mother's Day Alliteration for
mother, humorous, loyalty, fun, steadfast, true, lioness, memory-maker

 

Hint:

If you have difficulty creating alliteration phrases, try the formula below ...

______

______

______

______

______

______

______

Adjective

Adjective

Adjective

Noun

Verb

Adjective
/ Adverb

Noun

 

 

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Mother's Day Onomatopoeia Activities

Remember:  Onomatopoeia = Words that imitate sounds or sounds that are linked with objects. In short, literary sound effects.
(from Greek = name-making)

Pronounced:  on-o-mat-o-PEE-a

 

Quick ... what sound ...


What sound do you hear when a mother cuddles her child?
What sound is heard when a grandmother cuddles her grandchildren?
What sound do you hear when a mother sees a picture her child made for her?
What sound is heard when a mothery overhears her family and children praying for her?
What sound do you hear when a father hugs a mother playfully?
What sound is heard when a family prays for grandma?

 

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Mother's Day Analogy Answers
Mother is to father as woman is to man; Hard working is to father as teaching is to mother; Father is to gratitude as mother is to memories; Humor is to father as the fun is to mother; Father is to son as mother is to daughter; Steadfast is to father as loyalty is to mother.

 

 

Mother's Day Word Power (Anagrams)

 

Anagrams = An anagram is a rearrangement of the letters of one word to form another word or phrase.

Example:  The word salvation may be rearranged into the phrase A vital Son.

Get a three minute egg timer.

See how many three, four , five and six letter words can you make out of the following words in three minutes ...

 

Mother ?

Motherhood ?

Parent ?

 

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Word Power Answers

mother

motherhood

parent

 

 

mother


3-letter words

hem, her, hot, rot, the, tom


4-letter words
moth, term, them


6-letter words
thermo


 

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motherhood


3-letter words

doe, dot, hem, her, hod, hoe, hot, met, moo, ode, ore, red, rod, roe, rot, the, toe, tom, too, tor


4-letter words
demo, doer, dome, doom, door, dorm, dote, herd, hero, home, hood, hoot, mode, mood, moor, moot, more, moth, odor, redo, rode, Rome, room, rote, term, them, tome, tore, trod


5-letter words
doter, horde, method, metro, motor, ortho, other


6-letter words
hooted, hotrod, thermo


 

 

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parent


3-letter words

ant, art, nap, net, pan, par, pen, per, rap, rat, rep, tan, tar, ten


4-letter words
pert, rapt, rent, tarp, tern, trap


 6-letter words
entrap


 

 

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