Resources for September Observances

Various organizations, states, and nations recognize a number of observances each month. Resources help parents, caregivers, and child care professionals acknowledge and navigate them.

Here is a list of resources for September observances.

Month-Long Observances

Attendance Awareness Month

• Attendance Awareness Campaign 2025, Attendance Works

• Key Research: Why Attendance Matters for Achievement and How Interventions Can Help, Attendance Works

Hispanic Heritage Month

• Family Guide to Discussing Race and Equity with Young Children, Trying Together

• One in Four Children Nationwide Are Latino, National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families

• Characteristics of the Early Childhood Workforce Serving Latino Children, National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families
  PLDIC Celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month, Pittsburgh Legal Diversity & Inclusion Coalition

Days of Recognition

September 6 is National Read a Book Day

• Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Releases 2025 Best Books for Babies List, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

• PA Promise for Children Releases August Books for Children, Trying Together

• PBS for Parents Recommends Books from Around the World for Kids, Trying Together

• Children’s Books on Race and Equity, Trying Together

• Resource: Books to Celebrate Gender Expression, Inclusion, and Pride, Trying Together

• Children’s Books About Transitions, Trying Together

• Children’s Books About Mental Health, Trying Together

September 22 is National Family Day

• Family Engagement Toolkit, Trying Together

• Family Guide: Family Dynamics, Trying Together

• Strategies to Support Social-Emotional Development: A Guide for Families, Trying Together

• Family Transitions and Routines: Resources, Trying Together

• Trying Together Releases Family Resources in Spanish, Trying Together

• Navigating Sibling Relationships, Psychology Today

• Foster and Adoptive Families: Supportive Strategies, PennState Better Kid Care

• Blended Family and Self-Parenting Tips, HelpGuide.org

• Keeping in Touch with Family Can Keep You Healthy, WebMD.com

• Healthy Communication in Stepfamilies, National Stepfamily Resource Center (NRSC)

• Get to Know Your Stepkids, National Stepfamily Resource Center (NRSC)