Have the students use these words for mother in 22 of the world's 6500 languages to make Mother's Day cards.

okaasan Japanese
mor Norwegian
mutter German
moeder Dutch
madre Spanish
mère French
imah Hebrew
mãe Portuguese
mama Swahili
ummi Arabic
ma Chinese
anya Hungarian
máthair Irish Gaelic
matka Czech
mataji Hindi
ma'dar Farsi
mat' Russian
maamaa Ojibwe
meter Greek
emak Malay
tán Klallam
sk’wúy Lushootseed