📅✨ Download your FREE December Events and Awareness Day Calendar! ✨📅
🎄 December – Celebrating culture, kindness and end-of-year reflections
December is a rich month for early learning services, full of chances to honour culture, shine a light on rights and inclusion, and celebrate the end of the year with children and families. From recognising #InternationalDayOfPersonsWithDisabilities to gathering together for #Christmas and #NewYearsEve, there are many meaningful ways to connect your program with your community.
This calendar is a practical planning tool for educators, supporting you to highlight key dates, design purposeful experiences, and invite families to collaborate in ways that reflect your service philosophy. You definitely don’t need to mark every event—simply choose the ones that best match your children, families and local community. 🌟
Available in A3 and A4 wall versions, plus an A4 list version, the calendar includes:
Links to EYLF V2.0 Learning Outcomes
Connections to the National Quality Standard
Space for family ideas and contributions
Room to add your own local events and celebrations
It’s a handy resource for strengthening Quality Area 1 – Educational Program and Practice and Quality Area 6 – Collaborative Partnerships with Families and Communities, while making those EYLF links visible in everyday practice.
❤️ December 2025 Highlights
December offers a wonderful mix of health, rights, culture and celebration:
Start the month exploring healthy choices and the senses with Eat a Red Apple Day (1 Dec).
Promote inclusion and access with International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 Dec) – “Fostering disability inclusive societies for advancing social progress.”
Enjoy some playful maths, science and literacy in the kitchen for International Cookie Day (4 Dec).
Recognise helpers in your service and community on Volunteer Day (5 Dec) – “Every Contribution Matters.”
Learn about Aboriginal histories and cultures by acknowledging Mannalargenna Day (6 Dec).
Talk about caring for all living things with International Animal Rights Day (10 Dec).
Explore fairness and dignity through Human Rights Day (10 Dec) – “Human Rights, Our Everyday Essentials.”
Investigate water, climate and landforms on International Mountain Day (11 Dec) – “Glaciers matter for water, food and livelihoods in mountains and beyond.”
Share stories of light, family and tradition during Hanukkah (14–22 Dec).
Celebrate language and culture on World Arabic Language Day (18 Dec).
Honour diversity and belonging with International Migrants Day (18 Dec) – “Honouring the Contributions of Migrants and Respecting their Rights.”
Wind down the year with Christmas Eve (24 Dec), Christmas Day (25 Dec) and Boxing Day (26 Dec), focusing on giving, gratitude and togetherness.
Explore community, identity and heritage during Kwanzaa (26 Dec–1 Jan).
Reflect on the year that’s been and hopes for the year ahead on New Year’s Eve (31 Dec).
Use the calendar to spark conversations, plan play-based experiences, and partner with families so celebrations feel culturally responsive, inclusive and joyful.
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