Father's Day Activities for Printable Starter Series

We selected in this post several Father's Day Activities ready to print and apply to early graders (Elementary Education and Early Childhood Education).

O Father's Day, as well as the Mothers Day, is celebrated annually in the second Sunday in August. On this day, it is common for the children to pay tribute and thank the dads for all the company, support and affection they have received throughout their lives.

Normally, on this date, with gifts, messages, kisses and hugs, sons and daughters present their parents, showing all the love they feel for them. And in schools across the country, teachers and other employees use this theme to work in the classroom, and it was with this in mind that we selected these Father's Day Activities, check out:

Father's Day Activities

To work on this very important commemorative date, we selected some suggestions for working in the classroom with students:

• Produce texts (Individually or collectively);
• Drawings to color;
• Making souvenirs with students;
• Making of murals and panels in the classroom;
• Theater about some important work of children's literature;
• Conversation Wheel;
• Plays and Dynamics;
• Newspaper;
• And much more.

(Updated in 2020)

Always thinking of ways to make it even easier for you (site reader) and responding to requests we receive by e-mail, we decided to update this post, check it out:

Handouts with Activities for Father's Day in PDF

One of the most received emails and comments in posts in recent months was ("Also add PDF materials for download"), then check out some educational activities for Father's Day, ready to print and download free in PDF.

Varied Activities for Parents

declaration

• Organize a presentation where short literary texts are read to parents at a meeting in the school yard.

song festival

• Organize parents-themed song presentation.

Look what I made for you!

• We suggest making a small souvenir for parents. Always valuing the children's own construction.

my father - your past my future

• Guide students to collective activities to build texts from parents' stories. The school must be sensitive in how it guides students to understand “father” beyond the biological realm.

My father is my hero!

• As a surprise tribute, the teachers, together with the class, selected a beautiful and emotional song for the children to sing and delight their parents.

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Father's Day Activities – Printable Diploma

An excellent way to work on Father's Day in the classroom is making party favors and messages to honor this indispensable person for us.

Father's Day Activities – Party Favors

Excellent suggestion for working in the classroom, especially with early graders.

Make party favors together with your students:

Check out more at:

• Gift Bag for Father's Day
• Eve Photo Frame Gift for Father's Day

Father's Day Activities - Murals and Panels

Another very interesting tip that can be done together with the students is the creation of murals and creative panels to decorate and pay tribute to. Check out ideas for Murals and Panels:

Father's Day Activities for Coloring

Father's Day Activities - Text Production

How about taking advantage of this commemorative date and working on the production of text with the students? See our tips:

Invent a dialogue between Ricardo and his father and put three interjections on it:

Tell us a little about your father's profession

Father's Day Activities – Fun and Dynamics

1 – Bladder burst game:

It consists of tying colored balloons on the legs of parents and children and to the sound of dancing music, participants will try to pop each other's balloons.

2 – Play of the knot of affection:

In this game, children and parents make a wheel, holding hands randomly. After that, they will make a big knot. To get out of this mess, they cannot let go of their hands and need to think together about strategies to undo this knot.

3 – Bag Race

Parents and children must run together in the sack race. The pair that reaches the destination the fastest wins. If you fall, get up and continue.

Father's Day Activities for Early Grades – Printable

Finding words: Look at the first letter of the word dad and color it.

Letter to dad:

• Photocopy or mimeograph the model below:
• Use the back of the envelope to write the letter to Dad.

Suggestions of tickets that can be sent.

Connect the dots and see what Pedro's daddy will get as a gift:

Paint and write a message to the pope.