Children's Holidays and Observances

Our Children's Holidays and Observances summary page will include all Observance and Awareness days related to infants, kids, and teens. We'll include days that are related to children, and days that are honoring those such as teachers and school librarians and school nurses that work specifically with children.  We do have some of the Health Awareness Days that are related to infants, children, and teens also listed here, but have not included those related to both children and adults. We have also included some of the Family Holidays here, but not all of them.

Photo of Baby Eli by Katherine Vess Photography in Sacramento, CA

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Below, listed by month are the Children's Holidays and Observances, that we are aware of so far. There may a few duplicates or incorrect dates, there may be some that we have left off that we will add as we find them, and there are some that are similar, but have different Sponsor Organizations that started the Observances, that may have different approaches and info. As we delve into all the details, we will fix any issues.

Ultimately, there will be a devoted page done for each of the different 
Children's Holidays and Observances.  As pages are completed, they will be linked up below, as well as in our Daily Holiday pages, our Holidays by Month pages, and our Holidays and Observances Alphabetical Listing.

January 2025 Children's Holidays

Month: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Children Impacted by Parent's Cancer Month
• International Child-Centered Divorce Awareness Month
• March of Dimes Birth Defects Prevention Month
• National Birth Defects Prevention Awareness Month
• National Child-Centered Divorce Awareness Month
• National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
• Start Child Health Campaign (Ireland)
• Teen Driving Awareness Month

2025 Weeks: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Catholic Schools Week - January 26, 2025 - February 1, 2025 (Begins on the last Sunday in January)
• National School Choice Week - January 19-25, 2025 (Last Week in January)

2025 Days: (Sorted by Date)

• National Play Outside Day - January 4, 2025 (First Saturday of EVERY Month)
• World Day for War Orphans - January 6
• Girl Hug Boy Day - January 11
• Coming of Age Day - January 13, 2025 (Celebrated in Japan on the Second Monday of January)
• National 4th Graders Day - January 13, 2025 (Second Monday in January)
• Rubber Ducky Day - January 13
• Cesarean Section Day - January 14
• National Good Teen Day - January 16
• Kid Inventor's Day - January 17
• Winnie the Pooh Day - January 18
• Elementary School Teacher Day - January 20, 2025 (Third Monday in January)
• International Playdate Day - January 21
• Celebration of Life Day - January 22
• Child Labor Day - January 26, 2025 (Fourth Sunday in January)
• World Breast Pumping Day - January 27
• International Lego Day - January 28
• National Pediatrician Day - January 28
• Rubber Ducky Day - January 28
• School Day of Non-Violence and Peace (DENIP) - January 30
• National Preschool Health and Fitness Day - January 31, 2025 (Last Friday in January)
• Street Children's Day - January 31

February 2025 Children's Holidays

Month: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• National Children's Dental Health Month

2025 Weeks: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Boy Scout Anniversary Week - February 2-8, 20245 ( First Full Week in February)
• Catholic Schools Week - January 26, 2025 - February 1, 2025 (Begins on the last Sunday in January)
• Children of Alcoholics Week - February 9-15, 2025 (Second Full Week in February)
• Children's Authors & Illustrators Week - February 2-8, 2025 (First Full Week in February)
• Children's Mental Health Week (UK) - February 3-9, 2025 (First Full Week in February)
• Girl Scout Cookie Weekend - February 14-16, 2025
• National Children's Mental Health Week - February 2-8, 2025 and May 4-10, 2025 (First Full Week of February and May)
• National School Counseling Week - February 3-7, 2025 (First Full Week in February)
• Student Volunteering Week (United Kingdom) - February 10-16, 2025

2025 Days: (Sorted by Date)

• National Play Outside Day - February 1, 2025 - First Saturday of EVERY Month)
  
• Take Your Child to the Library Day - February 1, 2025 (First Saturday in February)
• Scout Sunday - February 2, 2025 (First Day of Boy Scout Week)
• Global School Play Day - February 5, 2025 (First Wednesday in February)
• National Girls & Women in Sports Day - February 5, 2025 (First Wednesday in February)
• Give Kids a Smile Day - February 7, 2025 (First Friday in February)
• Boy Scout Anniversary Day - February 8
• National Kite Flying Day - February 8
• Scout Sabbath - February 8, 2025 (Last Day of Boy Scout Week)
• Autism Sunday - also known as International Day of Prayer for Autism and Asperger's Syndrome - February 9, 2025 (Second Sunday in February)
• National Stop Bullying Day - February 9
• Children's Hospice Day (Germany) - February 10
  
• International Day of Women & Girls in Science - February 11
  
• International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers - February 12 (Also Known as Red Hand Day)
• No One Eats Alone Day - February 14, 2025 (Second Friday in February)
• Read to Your Child Day - February 14
• International Childhood Cancer Awareness Day - February 15
• National Black Girl Magic Day - February 15
• Discover Girl Day - February 20, 2025 (Thursday of National Engineers Week which is February 16-22, 2025)
• Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day - February 20, 2025 (Thursday in National Engineer's Week which is February 16-22, 2025)
• National Student Volunteer Day - February 20
• Tell a Fairy Tale Day - February 26
• International Stand Up to Bullying Day - February 28, 2025 (Last Friday in February)
• National Tooth Fairy Day - February 28

Our niece, Amanda on a family trip to Hawaii

March 2025 Children's Holidays

Month: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Child Life Month
• Colic Awareness Month
• Expanding Girls' Horizons in Science and Engineering Month
• Music in our Schools Month
• Preschool Education Month
• Sing With Your Child Month
• Youth Art Month

2025 Weeks: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Autism Acceptance Week - March 24-30, 2025
• Campfire USA Birthday Week - March 9-15, 2025 (Second Full Week in March) (Founded March 17, 1910)
  
• Girl Scout Week - March 9-15, 2025 (Second Week of March)
• Jobs for Teens Week - March 16-22, 2025 (Third Full Week of March)
• National Cheerleading Week - March 1-7
• National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week - March 17-23, 2025 
• National School Breakfast Week - March 3-7, 2025 (Mon-Fri of the First Full Week in March)
• National Schools Social Work Week - March 2-8, 2025 (First Full Week of March)
• Read Across America Week - March 3-7, 2025 (M-F week of Dr. Seuss Birthday on March 2)
• Teen Tech Week - March 2-8, 2025 (First Full Week in March)
  
• World Orphan Week - March 4-11

2025 Days: (Sorted by Date)

• Baby Sleep Day - March 1
• National Play Outside Day - March 1, 2025 (First Saturday of Every Month)
• Daughter's and Son's Day - March 2, 2025 (First Sunday in March)
• Dr. Seuss Day - March 2
• World Teen Mental Wellness Day - March 2
• Japan Dolls Festival - March 3
• Read Across America Day - March 3, 2025 (Falls during the week of Dr. Seuss's birthday on March 2nd)
• World Birth Defects Day - March 3
• National Sons Day - March 4
• World Day of Fight Against Sexual Exploitation - March 4
• Girls Write Now Day - March 8
• Barbie Day - March 9
  
• Girl Scout Sunday - March 9, 2025 (The Sunday in Girl Scout Week, or closest to March 12)
• National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day - March 10
• Girl Scouts Day - March 12 (Founded March 12, 1912)
• International School Meals Day - March 13, 2025 (Second Thursday in March)
• National Children's Craft Day - March 14
• National Preschooler's Day - March 14, 2025 (Second Friday in March)
• Campfire Girls Day - March 17
  
• Forgive Mom and Dad Day - March 18
• Absolutely Incredible Kid Day - March 20, 2025 (Third Thursday in March)
• World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People - March 20
• World Storytelling Day - March 20, 2025 (same day as Spring Equinox)
• National Preschool Teachers Appreciation Day - March 21, 2025 (Third Friday in March)
• National Teenager Day - March 21
• International Day of the Unborn Child - March 25
  
• Children's Picture Book Day - March 28
• Brothers' and Sisters' Day - March 29, 2025 (Last Saturday in March)
• Texas Loves the Children Day - March 29

We are Currently Updating 2025 Movable Dates

Our nephew Kyle, and niece Amanda (twins), at the Calavaras Big Trees State Park in California in June 2011. Kyle is holding a huge butterfly that landed on a stick that he was holding.

April 2024 Children's Holidays

Month: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Children and Nature Awareness Month
• Global Child Nutrition Month
• Mathematics Education Month
• Month of the Military Child
• Month of the Young Child
• National Child Abuse Prevention Month
• National Kite Month 
• National Multiple Birth Awareness Month
• National Youth Sports Safety Month

2024 Weeks: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Big Brothers / Big Sisters Appreciation Week - Last Week of April
• Canadian Immunization Awareness Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Last Week in April) 
  
• Every Kid Healthy Week - April 22-26, 2024 (Monday-Friday of Last Full Week in April)
• Global Youth Service Days - April 26-28, 2024 (Third Weekend in April)
• Go Diaper Free Week - April 28 - May 4, 2024 (7 Days Starting the Last Sunday in April)
• Golden Rule Week - April 1-7
• National Blue Ribbon Week - April 7-13, 2024 (First Full Week of April)
• National Infant Immunization Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Fourth Week of April)
• National Playground Safety Week - April 22-26, 2024 (Last Monday - Friday week in April)
• National Princess Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Last Full Week of April)
• National Student Employment Week - April 9-15, 2023 (Second Full Week of April)
• National Student Leadership Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Third Week of April)
• National Youth Violence Prevention Week - April 22-24, 2024
• Week of the Young Child - April 6-12, 2024
• World Immunization Week - April 24-30

2024 Days: (Sorted by Date)

• National Love For Our Children Day - April 1
• Reading is Funny Day - April 1
• International Children's Book Day - April 2
• Childhelp National Day of Hope - April 3, 2024 (First Wednesday in April)
• National D.A.R.E. Day - April 3
• International Kids Yoga Day - April 5, 2024 (First Friday in April)
• National Kids Yoga Day - April 5, 2024 (First Friday in April)
• Student Government Day - April 5, 2024 (First Friday in April)
• National Love Our Children Day - April 6, 2024 (First Saturday in April)
• National Play Outside Day - April 6, 2024 (First Saturday of Every Month)
• National Student Athlete Day - April 6
• National Girl Me Too Day - April 7
• Encourage a Young Writer Day - April 10
  
• National Sibling Day - April 10
• National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day - April 10
• International Day for Street Children - April 12
• National Only Child Day - April 12
• Baby Massage Day - April 13, 2024 (Second Saturday in April)
• Children with Alopecia Day - April 14
• Global Day to End Child Sexual Abuse - April 14, 2024 (Second Sunday in April
• Teach Your Daughter to Volunteer Day - April 16
• National Transfer Money to Your Daughter's Account Day - April 18
• Support Teen Literature Day - April 18, 2024 (Thursday of the Second Full Week in April)
• Take Your Parents to the Playground Day - April 19, 2025 (8 Days before Easter)
• Celebrate Teen Literature Day - April 25, 2024 (Thursday of Library Week)
• Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A. - April 19, 2024 (Four Days before Passover)
• Healthy Kids Day - April 20, 2024 (See Kerry's Healthy Kids section on her Healthy Diet Habits website!) 
• Kindergarten Day - April 21
• School Librarian Day - April 21
• Girl Scout Leader Appreciation Day - April 22
• National Teach Children to Save Day - April 25, 2024 (Last Friday in April)
• Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day - April 25, 2024 (Fourth Thursday in April)
• Childcare Professionals Day - April 26, 2024 (Last Friday in April)
• National Kids and Pets Day - April 26
• Undiagnosed Children's Awareness Day - April 26, 2024 (Last Friday in April)
• Day of the Child - April 30
• National Military Brats Day - April 30
• Spank Out Day - April 30

May 2024 Children's Holidays

Month: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Awareness of Medical Orphans Month
• Global Youth Traffic Safety Month
• Heal the Children Month
• Home Schooling Awareness Month
• National Foster Care Month
• National Prom Graduation Safety Month
• National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month 
• National Teen Self-Esteem Month
• National Youth Traffic Safety Month
• Prepare Tomorrow's Parents Month - May 14 - June 18, 2023 (From Mother's Day to Father's Day)
• Teen CEO Month
• Young Achievers / Leaders of Tomorrow Month

2024 Weeks: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Go Diaper Free Week - April 28 - May 4, 2024 (7 Days Starting the Last Sunday in April)
• Kids Win Week - May 5-11, 2024 (First Full Week in May)
  
• National Alcohol & Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Week - May 5-11, 2024 (First Full Week in May)
• National Bike Week - Third Week in May
• National Charter Schools Week - May 13-17, 2024
• National Children's Book Week - May 6-12, 2024 and also November 4-10, 2024
• National Children's Mental Health Week - May 5-11, 2024 and also February 4-10, 2024 (First Full Week in February and May)
• Teacher Appreciation Week - May 6-10, 2024
  
• Universal Family Week - May 10-16
• Week of the Classroom Teacher - May 5-11, 2024 (First Full Week in May)

2024 Days: (Sorted by Date)

• Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 Day - May 1
  
• National Day to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy - May 1, 2024 (First Wednesday in May)
• Project Aces Day - May 1, 2024 (First Wednesday in May) (Aces = All Children Exercise Simultaneously)
• Baby Day - May 2
• Brothers and Sisters Day - May 2
• Take a Baby to Lunch Day - May 2
• School Lunch Hero Day - May 3, 2024 (First Friday in May)
• Anti-Bullying Day - May 4
• Childhood Stroke Awareness Day - May 4, 2024 (First Saturday in May)
• Free Comic Book Day - May 4, 2024 (First Saturday in May)
• Join Hands Day: Youth and Adults Volunteering Together - May 4, 2024 (First Saturday in May)
• K.I.N.D. Day - May 4 (K.I.N.D. = Kids in Need of Diapers)
• Learn to Ride a Bike Day - May 4, 2024 (First Saturday in May)
• National Kids Fitness Day - May 4
• National Play Outside Day - May 4, 2024 - (First Saturday in EVERY Month)
• Cartoonists Day - May 5
• International Baby Lost Mother's Day - May 5, 2024 (First Sunday in May)
• International Bereaved Mother's Day - May 5, 2025 (First Sunday in May)
• International Midwives Day - May 5
• No Homework Day - May 6
• Childhood Depression Awareness Day - May 7, 2024 (First Tuesday in May)
• Foster Care Day - May 7, 2024 (First Tuesday in May)
• National Teachers Day - May 7, 2024 (Tuesday of First Full Week in May)
  
• National School Nurse Day - May 8, 2028 (Wednesday of National Nurse Week which is always on May 6-12)
• National Walk Bike & Roll to School Day - May 8
• Alphabet Magnet Day - May 9
• National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day - May 9, 2024
  
• Child Care Provider Day - May 10, 2024 (Friday before Mother's Day)
• Bereaved Mother's Day - May 11, 2024 (Second Saturday in May)
• Birthmother's Day - May 11, 2024 (Saturday before Mother's Day)
• National Babysitters Day - May 11, 2024 (Saturday before Mother's Day)
• Children of Fallen Patriots Day - May 13
• International Day of Families - May 15
  
• International Child Helpline Day - May 17
• National Learn to Swim Day - May 18, 2024 (Third Saturday of May)
• Boys Club Day - May 19
• Emergency Medical Services for Children Day - May 22, 2024 (Wednesday of EMS Week)
  
• National Missing Children's Day - May 25

June 2024 Children's Holidays

Month: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Child Vision Awareness Month
• Children's Awareness Month
• International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
• Potty Training Awareness Month
• Prepare Tomorrow's Parents Month - May 14 - June 18, 2023 (From Mother's Day to Father's Day)
• Sports America Kids Month
• Student Safety Month

2024 Weeks: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• National Little League Baseball Week - June 10-16, 2024 (Week beginning on the Second Monday in June)
• Raggedy Ann and Andy Day - June 12-13
• Teacher Thank You Week - June 2-8, 2024 (First Full Week of June)

2024 Days: (Sorted by Date)

• Global Day of Parents - June 1
• International Children's Day - June 1
• Stand For Children Day - June 1
• Children's Awareness Memorial Day - June 2, 2024 (First Sunday in June)
• National Child's Day - June 2, 2024 (First Sunday in June)
• International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression - June 4
• National Yo-Yo Day - June 6
• World Doll Day - June 8, 2024 (Second Saturday in June)
• Abused Women's and Children's Awareness Day - June 9, 2024 (Second Sunday in June)
• Children's Sunday - June 9, 2024 (Second Sunday in June)
• Multicultural American Child Awareness Day - June 9, 2024 (Second Sunday in June)
• National Children's Day - June 9, 2024 (Second Sunday in June)
• Write to Your Father Day - June 9, 2024 (One Week Before Father's Day)
• Little League Girls Baseball Day - June 12
• World Day Against Child Labor - June 12
• International Day of the African Child - June 16
• Autistic Pride Day - June 18
• Tall Girl Appreciation Day - June 20, 2024 (Longest Day of the Year - Summer Solstice)
• Go Skateboarding Day - June 21
• America's Kids Day - June 23, 2024 (Fourth Sunday in June)
• Please Take My Children to Work Day - June 25
• School Prayer Banned Anniversary - June 25
• Please Take My Children to Work Day - June 24, 2024 (Last Monday in June)

July 2024 Children's Holidays

Month: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Bereaved Parents Awareness Month 
• Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
• National Child-Centered Divorce Month
• National Make a Difference to Children Month
• Worldwide Bereaved Parents Awareness Month

2024 Weeks: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• National Baby Food Week - July 17-20, 2024
• National Parenting Gifted Children Week - July 11-13, 2024
• National Unassisted Homebirth Week - July 1-7

2024 Days: (Sorted by Date)

• Father-Daughter Take a Walk Together Day - July 7
• Teddy Bears' Picnic Day - July 10
• Etch a Sketch Day - July 12
• Global Hug Your Kid Day - July 15, 2024 (Third Monday in July)
  
• Disneyland's Anniversary - July 17 (First Opened July 17, 1955)

August 2024 Children's Holidays

Month: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Child Support Awareness Month 
• Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
• Children's Vision and Learning Month
• Get Ready for Kindergarten Month
• National Back to School Month
• National Breastfeeding Month
• National Crayon Collection Month
• National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month
• National Truancy Prevention Month

2024 Weeks: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Exercise With Your Child Week - August 4-10, 2024 (First Full Week of August)
• Rock for Life Week - August 4-7
• Twins Day - August 2-4, 2024 (First Full Weekend in August)
• World Breastfeeding Week - August 1-7 

2024 Days: (Sorted by Date)

• International Childfree Day - August 1
• Respect for Parents - August 1
• National Play Outside Day - August 3, 2024 (First Saturday of Every Month)
• Hooray for Kid's Day - August 4
• National Doll Day - August 4, 2024 (First Sunday in August)
• National Kid's Day - August 4, 2024 (First Sunday in August)
• National S'mores Day - August 10
• Son and Daughter Day - August 11
• International Youth Day - August 12
• Middle Child Day - August 12
• Color Book Day - August 14
• Stay Home With Your Kids Day - August 19, 2024 (Third Monday in August)
• National Tooth Fairy Day - August 22 (Also on February 28)
• National College Colors Day - August 30, 2024 (First Friday of Each College School Year)

Our nephew Kyle (with Hercules), and our niece Amanda with Chloe at Alpine Lake in California on the Inspiration Point Trail - taken October 2010 (Dogs are allowed off-leash on this trail)

September 2024 Children's Holidays

Month: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Baby Safety Month
• Chiari Malformation Awareness Month
• Child Passenger Safety Month
• Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
• Children's Good Manners Month
• College Savings Month
• Little League Month
• National Child Awareness Month
• National Childhood Injury Prevention Month
• National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
• National Family Meals Month
• Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month

2024 Weeks: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week - September 15-21, 2024 (Third Full Week in September)
• Global Week of Student Prayer - September 23-27, 2024
• National Childhood Injury Prevention Week - September 1-7
• National Keep Kids Creative Week - September 22-28, 2024 (Last Week of September)
• Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week - September 1-7, 2024 (First Full Week of September)

2024 Days: (Sorted by Date)

• Toy Tips Executive Toy Test Day - September 1
  
• Barbie Doll Day - September 6
  
• Stillbirth Remembrance Day - September 6
• National Play Outside Day - September 7, 2024 (First Saturday of Every Month)
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Day - September 9
• National Teddy Bear Day - September 9
  
• Kids Take Over the Kitchen Day - September 13
• National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children - September 14, 2024 (Second Saturday in September)
• National Neonatal Nurses Day - September 15
• Tackle Kids Cancer Day - September 15
• National Play-Doh Day - September 16
  
• National Stepfamily Day - September 16
• Teenager Workout Day - September 16
• National School Backpack Awareness Day - September 18, 2024 (Third Wednesday in September)
• Boys and Girls Club Day for Kids - September 21, 2024 (Third Saturday in September)
• National Farm Safety Day for Kids - September 21
• National Seat Check Saturday - September 21, 2024 (Fourth Saturday in September)
  
• Daughter's Day - September 22, 2024 (Fourth Sunday in September)
• Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner With Your Kids - September 23, 2024 (Fourth Monday in September)
• See You at the Pole - September 25, 2024 (Fourth Wednesday in September)
• Kids Day - September 28, 2024 (Kiwanis Clubs) (Fourth Saturday in September)
• Family Health and Fitness Day USA - September 28, 2024 (Last Saturday in September)
• Nickelodeon's Worldwide Day of Play - September 28, 2024 (Last Saturday in September)
• Read a Child a Book You Like Day - September 28
• National Attend Your Grandchild's Birthday Day - September 29
• Orange Shirt Day - September 30
  

October 2024 Children's Holidays

Month: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Campaign for Healthier Babies Month
• Celebrating the Bilingual Child Month
• Child Health Month
• Children's Magazine Month
• Dollhouse & Miniatures Month
• Head Start Awareness Month
• International Walk to School Month
• National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month
• National Family Sexuality Education Month - Let's Talk
• National Go on a Field Trip Month
• National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
• National Roller Skating Month
• National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
• SIDS, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Month
• Youth Against Tobacco Month

2024 Weeks: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Kids Care Week - October 27 - November 2, 2024 (Always includes 10/27 - Make a Difference Day)
• Kid's Goal Setting Week - October 6-12, 2024 (First Full Week in October)
• National Red Ribbon Week - October 23-31 (Last 9 Days of October)
• National School Bus Safety Week - October 20-26, 2024 (Third Full Week of October)
• National School Lunch Week - October 14-20, 2024 (Starts on Second Monday in October) 
• Pediatric Nursing Week - October 7-11, 2024
• Teen Read Week - October 13-19, 2024 (Week of Columbus Day)
• Universal Children's Week - October 1-7
• Walk a Child to School Week - October 6-12, 2024 (First Full Week of October)

2024 Days: (Sorted by Date)

• Kid's Music Day - October 4, 2024 (First Friday in October)
• World Teacher's Day - October 5
  
• Blue Shirt Day World Day of Bullying Prevention - October 7, 2024 (First Monday in October)
  
• Child Health Day - October 7, 2024 (First Monday in October)
• National Children's Day - October 8
  
• Walk & Roll to School Day - October 9, 2024
• International Day of the Girl Child - October 11
• National Kids Bowl Free Day - October 12, 2024 (Second Saturday in October)
• Father Daughter Day - October 13, 2024 (Second Sunday in October)
• World Student Day - October 18, 2024 (Third Friday in October)
  
• Plush Animal Lovers Day - October 28
• Girl Scout Founder's Day - October 31
• Halloween - October 31

November 2024 Children's Holidays

Month: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Child Safety and Prevention Month
• National Child Mental Health Month

2024 Weeks: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Dear Santa Letter Week - November 7-13
• Kids Care Week - October 27 - November 2, 2024 (Always includes 10/27 - Make a Difference Day)
• National Adoption Week - November 24-30, 2024 (Week of US Thanksgiving)
• National Young Readers Week - November 11-15, 2024 (Five days starting Monday of the Second Full Week in November)

2024 Days: (Sorted by Date)

• Cookie Monster Day - November 2
• Hug a Bear Day (Stuffed Bear!) - November 7
• Little League Girls Day - November 7
• National Parents as Teachers Day - November 8
• Orphan Sunday - November 10, 2023 (Second Sunday in November)
• World Orphans Day - November 11, 2024 (Second Monday in November)
• National Young Reader's Day - November 12, 2024 (Second Tuesday in November)
• International Girls Day - November 14
• National American Teddy Bear Day - November 14
• International Stand Up to Bullying Day - November 15, 2024 and February 23, 2024 (Last Friday in February and Third Friday in November)
  
• International Games Day - November 16, 2024 (Third Saturday in November)
• Playmobile's National Day of Play - November 16, 2024 (Third Saturday in November)
• International Students Day - November 17
• World Prematurity Awareness Day - November 17
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• Universal Children's Day - November 20
• Children's Grief Awareness Day - November 21, 2024 (Third Thursday of November - One Week before Thanksgiving)
• Family Volunteer Day - November 23, 2024 (Saturday of Weekend Before Thanksgiving)
• National Adoption Day - November 23, 2024 (Saturday before Thanksgiving)

December 2024 Children's Holidays

Month: (Sorted Alphabetically)

• Safe Toys and Celebrations Month
• Safe Toys and Gifts Month

2024 Days: (Sorted by Date)

• National Communicate with Your Kids Day - December 5
  
• National Commute With Your Baby Day - December 5
• St. Nicholas Day - December 6
• Coats & Toys for Kids Day - December 7, 2024 (First Saturday in December)
• Gingerbread House Day - December 12
• Christmas - December 25
• Visit the Zoo Day - December 27

Children's Holidays Pinterest Board

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