Children’s Grief Awareness Month
Children’s Grief Awareness Month, observed in November, is dedicated to raising awareness of the unique needs of grieving children and supporting them through education, advocacy, and community resources.
Children’s grief awareness day is celebrated the third Thursday of the month.
Here are things you can do to celebrate
Wear blue: Blue is the color of Children's Grief Awareness Day and wearing it shows solidarity with children who have experienced a death.
Create a memory wall: Create a space to write messages of support or to remember those who have died.
Decorate doors : Have a contest to decorate doors. A butterfly is the official icon for Children’s grief awareness day. Here are other creative ideas.
Read books: Highlight books about grief in the school library. Check out Guardian Lane’s children’s grief book ‘My Forever Guardian’ appropriate for students in K-5.
Have a lesson: Teach students about grief and how to support peers who are grieving.
Create a project: Invite students to create a project for the day. (Use guardianlane.com to find a project).
Use morning announcements: Use announcements to bring awareness to the day. http://nacg.org/flipthescript/ Is the national campaign for the month with already crafted things to share and say!
Make a video: Have student leaders create a video about the day.
Highlight the day: Put the day on the school calendar and website.
Use social media: Follow the Children's Grief Awareness Day social media channels and use #childgriefday.
Reach out to a family: Have school mental health staff contact a grieving family.
