Father’s Day Lessons and Teacher Resources

Introduction:

Father’s Day is a day to celebrate parenting, and to honor and commemorate fathers and forefathers. Father’s Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide and typically involves gift-giving, and special dinners to fathers and family-oriented activities. … In recent years, retailers have adapted to the holiday by promoting greeting cards and male-oriented gifts such as electronics and tools. Schools and other children’s programs commonly have activities to make Father’s Day gifts. – Wikipedia

Videos | Lesson Plans | Additional Resources

Lesson Plans:

• Here’s an idea for making Father’s Day t-shirts (Art P-1)
• Make a gift bag for Dad with this craft idea (Art 1-3)
• Students make scented paper flowers in this Father’s Day or Valentine idea (Art 2)
• This Father’s Day card idea begins with an origami shirt with an attached paper tie (Art MO)
• Here’s a brief idea for creating Father’s/Mother’s Day Word Art with Microsoft Word (CI 4-5)
• Create Father’s or Mother’s Day cards here using computers and the Internet (CI 4-7)
• "Quality Time" is a big book lesson about "Me and My Dad" (LA K)
• Here’s a fun collection of Father’s/Mother’s Day activity ideas (LA K-6)
• This idea is for writing Father’s Day/Valentine poetry (LA 3-4)
• This squeezy ball Father’s Day idea teaches gerunds and reduces stress (LA/Art 4-5)
  
• In this writing exercise, students create a Memory-A-Day box as a gift for Grampa, Dad, or anyone special (LA 6-12)

• The following is a collection of brief ideas for boosting Family Involvement (Other K-12):
  • Here’s an overview of the activities for family involvement
  • Here’s a collection of the letters to send to parents regarding the family involvement activities
  • This one tries to help with "Adult Reading Buddies"
  • This part is for developing a "Family Command Post"
  • Here you can create a "Home Book Bag" for taking projects home to be done with the family
  • This portion is called "Science Discovery Days"
  • This one involves celebrating the holidays of different cultures
  • "Curriculum Night" is an idea that gets parents into the schools
  • Here are some miscellaneous ideas for family involvement

• Here are more unrelated Family lesson plans:
  • Here’s an idea for creating a family tree on construction paper (SS 1)
  • This lesson looks at the roles of different family members (SS 1)
  • This lesson is on family diagrams (SS 1-2)
  • Students create and narrate a family tree story line in this Photo Story 3 lesson (CI/SS 3-5)
  • This lesson on immigration looks at family history and origins (SS 4-5)
  • Here’s a computer lesson idea where students create a family tree with scanned photos (SS/CI 5-8)
  • Students create a narrated family tree photo story from a template in this lesson (LA/SS 6-9)
  • Here’s a family lesson plan including a family tree, interviewing family members, and much more (SS/LA 7-12)

Videos and Other Media:

• This film called "Father’s Day" is part of Liberty Mutual’s "The Responsibility Project" and involves forgiving fathers who weren’t there for you
• WikiHow and 5min.com show us How to Celebrate Fathers Day in these short videos
• Camille Erikson created this curious collection of animated and flash video e-cards
• Watch PBS KIDS Sprout Online videos about Father’s Day here with the Berenstein Bears, Caillou and Bob the Builder

Additional Resources:

• Here are fun facts and tips for Father’s Day from the USA.gov.
• PBS KIDS Sprout Online offers Father’s day crafts, videos, coloring pages and games.
• Crayola.com provides coloring pages, craft ideas, e-cards and a handful of art-related lesson plans for Father’s Day.
• LoveYouFather.com and TheHolidaySpot.com host all your Father’s Day needs starting with poems, quotes, recipes, and songs down to jokes, movies and party decorations.
• Learn more about the history of Father’s Day, famous TV dads and more at this History.com minisite.
• You can find a great collection of Father’s Day craft ideas at Kaboose.com.
• EdHelper.com offer a Father’s Day themed book units, a science activity, math worksheets, and many activity pages.
• DLTK presents similar Father’s Day activities, games, and crafts for the pre-school set.