21 Ways to Celebrate 3.21
A family checklist of 21 optional ways to celebrate, including socks, learning, photos, signs, crafts, games, kindness, and giving.
Explore free activities, toolkits, lesson plans, graphics, and guides to help you celebrate World Down Syndrome Day.
A family checklist of 21 optional ways to celebrate, including socks, learning, photos, signs, crafts, games, kindness, and giving.
Everything you need to lead the six whole-class activities from the Upper Elementary Teacher Guide: prep checklists, materials, scripts, ways to include every student, and all the printables. Many activities are student-led!
Everything for independent work and home: a family letter, a Teach Your Family challenge, a BELONG acrostic poem, the 3.21 Cipher, a challenge word search, a photo prop sign, and conversation cards. Includes a teacher page on using Myth or Fact? in class, plus an answer key.
A party-planning kit for home, church, or classroom celebrations, with an inclusive checklist, invitations, banner pennants, food ideas, games, and favors.
A March 15–21, 2027 family plan with daily learning, craft, kindness, sock, and celebration moments, plus fridge cards and a sock tracker.
A youth group session on King David inviting Mephibosheth to eat at his table “like one of the king’s own sons.” It includes a discussion-based lesson, a memory verse, invitation place cards, a Church Welcome Walk service project, verse cards, a family note, and a 5-day devotional.
Everything in “A Seat at the Table” adapted so every teen can fully take part, including teens with Down syndrome, autism, or other disabilities. It includes a plain-language story, a chunked verse with signs, discussion supports, place cards with ready-made invitations, a teen-led Welcome Walk, a peer buddy guide, a visual schedule, a talk board, and a what-to-expect page.
Six ready-to-lead advisory conversations that expand the “More messages to teach” page of the Middle School Teacher Guide. Each one has an opener, a script, how to handle what students might say, a quick activity, and a follow-up. Six posters for your room are included.
Want [Your Town] Celebrates 3.21? This kit shows how to start a local campaign in 90 days: building a local team, the 90-day plan, recruiting businesses, outreach packages for schools, churches, and the city, a local landing page, and how to stay connected to Celebrate 3.21.
For businesses that want to go a step further. Giving is always optional: every business that rocks, shares, or displays is a full participant. Inside: simple giving ideas, how to run a promotion the right way, where donations go, and ready-to-print signs.
Simple ways for businesses to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day, with participation ideas and sign-up information. Giving is optional.
Everything your business needs to show up for World Down Syndrome Day. Pick from five simple ways to take part, choose how big you want to go, and use our ready-made signs, social posts, and ideas made for your type of business. Most businesses spend about 15 minutes.
Ready-to-post graphics, a caption bank, a posting plan, a customer email, and website and email-signature graphics. The graphics are separate PNG files you can post right from your phone.
A display sign featuring “Everyone belongs here” and “Proud Celebrate 3.21 Business.”
Print-ready signs for your windows, counters, tables, and break room. Print on any office printer (cardstock looks great), or send the print files to a local print shop for window clings, sign riders, and vehicle magnets.
A ready-to-go plan for businesses that want to post about World Down Syndrome Day: a 3-week posting calendar, 25 graphics, a numbered caption bank, the hashtags to use, video ideas, and 21 do-it-yourself ideas to make your posts awesome.
Everything to get your employees excited and ready for 3.21: Rock Your Socks instructions, ready-to-send staff emails and chat messages, a one-page Down syndrome 101, a guide to welcoming customers with disabilities, what to say when customers ask, and extras for larger employers.
Everything to invite businesses to take part in World Down Syndrome Day and help them say yes. This page shows what’s in the toolkit, who each piece is for, what to hand a business, and the timeline to March 21, 2027.
An 18 × 12-inch vehicle magnet design with Celebrate 3.21 branding and the message “We’re showing up for 3.21!”
An 8 × 8-inch window cling design showing your business is celebrating 3.21, with the message “Different looks good here.”
Forms and templates for the Canal Winchester community page, including logo and listing requests, Extra Mile nominations, event listings, and milestone wording.
Kids with Down syndrome grow up. Today, many adults with Down syndrome live into their 60s. They want what every adult wants: friends, a purpose, a place to serve, and a faith of their own. This guide helps your church make room for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in every part of church life.
A buddy is a trained volunteer who comes alongside a child, teen, or adult with a disability so they can take part in church with their friends. This guide walks you from idea to first Sunday: how it works, the roles, launch steps, screening, training, and every form you need.
The first five minutes decide whether a family comes back. This pack helps greeters and hosts welcome people with disabilities and their families warmly and naturally, and gives families what they need to know before they ever walk in the door.
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