Happy Mother’s Day! What a special day for all women–mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, and nieces. Congratulations, girls, on your femininity, strength, and courage. Let’s be especially kind to all of the mothers in our lives. Let’s give thanks to God for mothers. 
Remember the story of “The Ten Young Women?” The wise young women possessed the qualities of a great mother. Let’s be like the five wise young women that had oil in their lamps.
Let’s have fun with this free online word search based on the story, “The Ten Young Women’. If you want to read the story, click on (Matthew, Chapter 25) Learning to Read: New Testament Stories. Word searches develop spelling skills, extend vocabulary and emphasize pattern recognition. Find all of the hidden words! Enjoy replaying one of your favorite word searches. Each time you replay it, try to be your old score. 
Word Search Instructions:
- Click on the Wordsearch Menu.
- Select “How to play” for instructions.
- Highlight the letters of each word.
- Select “Hint” under “Assist” to see first letter of word.
- When finished, it will say “Congratulations” and tell you how long it took to complete.
- Hit “Clear all” to play again and improve your score.
- Share the puzzle with your friends and challenge them to beat your score!
Word list: young, women, oil, faithful, wedding, God, happy, thanks, feast, mother
Homeschoolers/Educators/Parents: sketch/color an illustration and label it. Theme: mothers. Listen to the audiobook story in Learning to Read: New Testament Stories. Write and say the word “mother” five times so you can pronounce and spell it correctly. Put these words in alphabetical order: young, women, oil, faithful, wedding, God, happy, thanks, feast, mother. Use each word in a sentence. Describe a mother. Make a card for a mother. (Skills: identify, comprehend, apply, organize, creative, affective, analyze, synthesize.)
