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National Observances Related to Physical Education

​National observances are a great way to reinforce your curriculum: activities, student projects, themes, etc. Check the provided hashtags for resources and example activities on Twitter. Additional national observances can be found at National Day Today and/or National Day Calendar.

January

• National Compliment Day (#NationalComplimentDay)
• The Great Kindness Challenge (#GreatKindnessChallenge)

february

• ​American Heart Month (#AmericanHeartMonth) (Example Activities)
• ​Global School Play Day (#GlobalSchoolPlayDay)
• National Eating Disorders Awareness Week​ (#NEDAwareness)
• National Girls and Women in Sports Day (#NGWSD)
• ​National No One Eats Alone Day (#NoOneEatsAlone)
• National Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention (#TeenDatingViolence)
• Random Acts of Kindness Week (#RandomActsofKindnessWeek)
• World Day of Social Justice

march

• ​National Nutrition Month (#NationalNutritionMonth)
• National School Breakfast Week
• ​Read Across America (#ReadAcrossAmerica) (#PhysEd Activities)
• Sleep Awareness Week (#YourDayBeginsWithSleep)

April

• ​Earth Day (#EarthDay)
• Every Kid Healthy Week​ (#EveryKidHealthyWeek)
• International Kid's Yoga Day
• ​​National Biomechanics Day
• ​​National Dance Week​ (#NationalDanceWeek)
• National Park Week (#NationalParkWeek)
• ​​Park Rx Day (#ParkRX)​​

May

• Bike to School Day (#BiketoSchoolDay)
• Kids to Parks Day​ (#KidsToParks)
• International Water Safety Day (#IWSD)
• Mental Health Month
• ​National Physical Fitness and Sports Month (#MoveInMay)
• National Physical Education and Sports Week (#SHAPEresources)
• ​​Project ACES (#ProjectACES)
• ​Screen Free Week (#ScreenFreeWeek)​​

June

• Global Running Day
• National Get Outdoors Day​ (#GetOutdoorsDay)
• ​​Stop Cyberbullying Day (#StopCyberbullyingDay)

July (none)

August (None)

September

• Exercise US
• International Day of Peace (#PeaceDay)
• ​National Dance Day​ (#NationalDanceDay)
• National Public Lands Day (#NationalPublicLandsDay)
• Take Your Parent to PE Week (#ParentsLovePE)
• ​​Worldwide Day of Play (#WorldwideDayofPlay)

october

• Bring PE to Your Family Week (#FamiliesLovePE)
• ​Lights on Afterschool​ (#LightsOnAfterschool)
• ​​National Bullying Prevention Month​ (#BullyingPreventionMonth)
• Walk & Roll to School Day
• ​​World Day of Bullying Prevention (#BlueShirtDay)​

NOVEMBER

• Family Health History Day (#FamilyHealthHistoryDay)
• International Day for Tolerance​ (#ToleranceDay)
• ​National S.T.E.M./S.T.E.A.M. Day (#NationalSTEMDay) (Example Activities)
• World Kindness Day (#WorldKindnessDay) (SHAPE America Resources)

December

• International Day of Persons with Disabilities (#IDPD) (Inclusion Activities)