Inclusive Schools Week (December 8 to 12, 2025) is right around the corner. It is a chance for schools everywhere to celebrate progress toward inclusion and renew their commitment to ensuring every child feels seen, valued, and supported.
This year’s Inclusive Schools Week Activity Guide, created in partnership between Changing Perspectives and Kids Included Together (KIT), is filled with ready-to-use, low-prep activities for classrooms and school communities. Whether you work with kindergarteners or high schoolers, you will find meaningful ways to help students connect, reflect, and take action for inclusion.
Download the 2025 Inclusive Schools Week K-12 Activity Guide to explore all of the resources and daily themes.
This Year’s Theme: “Children First”
The 2025 theme, Children First: Building a Stronger Tomorrow, is inspired by the Maasai greeting Casserian Engeri, which asks, “And how are the children?” It reminds us that when children are nurtured and supported, communities thrive.
This week invites every school to pause and reflect:
- Are all children in our classrooms and programs feeling welcome?
- Do our routines help everyone feel included?
- How can we ensure students with disabilities are fully seen and supported?
Putting children first means creating environments where every student can learn, grow, and belong together. For a deeper look at how inclusion and social-emotional learning work hand in hand, read Building Inclusive Communities to Support Social-Emotional Growth.
Inclusive Schools Week Activity Sneak Peek
Here is a glimpse of what you will find inside the full guide:
- Inclusion Skit
Invite students to work in small groups to act out short skits showing how to include someone who has been left out. It is a simple, powerful way to spark discussion about real-life moments of inclusion. - What Makes Me…ME?
Using a self-portrait outline, younger students fill in words or drawings representing their strengths and challenges. This activity builds self-awareness and empathy while celebrating what makes each person unique. - What Makes Someone a Good Friend?
Lead a conversation about kindness and belonging. Have students brainstorm what makes a good friend, such as sharing, helping, or listening, and create a class “Friendship Wall” to display their ideas. - Understanding Emotions
Help students build emotional vocabulary and empathy by finishing sentences such as “I feel happy when…” or “When my friend feels nervous, I can…” Then discuss how understanding emotions helps us care for others. - Take Action for Inclusion
Wrap up the week by encouraging students to identify ways to make their school more inclusive through kindness challenges, awareness campaigns, or community projects.
Inclusive Schools Week is more than an event. It is a mindset. When educators model inclusion, students learn to carry those values into every space they enter. Together, we can build a stronger tomorrow, one inclusive classroom at a time.
Download the full 2025 Inclusive Schools Week K-12 Activity Guide and celebrate inclusion with your students this December.
