Children's Day facts for kids

Children's Day is a special day that is all about the caring and fun for children. Not many people celebrate this day but celebrations can go as far as taking a day off school, and doing something fun with your child/s for that day. It was invented in 1856 in the USA, and is celebrated in some countries on various dates.

Universal Children's Day takes place annually on 20 November. It was first proclaimed by the United Kingdom in 1954. On 20 November 1959 the United Nations adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 20 November 1989. Information can be found on the Council of Europe website.

Images for kids

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  Children's Day in Donetsk, Ukraine, 2011

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  International Children's Day in Taesongsan Funfair, North Korea, 1 June 2019

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  Children's day in Seoul, South Korea, 5 May 1954

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  Children's Day celebration in Kendhoo, Maldives

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  Children's Day 2012 at the Chiang Mai Royal Thai Air Force base

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  "The Holiday of National Sovereignty and Children" (Turkey), celebrated in Germany, in 2011

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  Mid-Autumn Festival in Vietnam

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  Children's Day in Norway, in 1911

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  Children's Day at Arlekin Theatre, Łódź, 2015

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  Children of Vladivostok, Russian Federation celebrating the International Children's Day

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  Participants compete at the baby crawling contest held in Volgograd ahead of International Children's Day, 2011.

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  Children's Day in Donetsk, in 2013

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  Children's day (Día del Niño) in Ecuador

See also

In Spanish: Día del Niño para niños