It’s November, which means it’s National Adoption Month! There are many ways to celebrate adoption together as a family.
- First, celebrate your child’s adoption, tell your child’s adoption story together and have each family member share from their unique perspective. In addition, create a book together through Shutterfly or blurb.com.
- Second, celebrate NAAM by watching positive adoption-related movies as a family.
- Meet the Robinsons
- The Odd Life of Timothy Green
- ELF
- Annie (2014 version)
- Chimpanzee Documentary (Disneynature documentary)
- Tigger Movie
- Despicable Me 1 and 2
- Kung Fu Panda 1, 2 and 3
- Anne of Green Gables
- The Great Gilly Hopkins (age 10+)
- Lion (age 13+)
- Easy A (age 15+)
- Instant Family (age 13+)
- Found documentary on Netflix (age 13+)
- Dan in Real Life (age 13+)
- Third, celebrate adoption through reading books together that promote the value of adoption.
- Bringing Asha Home by Uma Krishnaswami
- Bad Kitty Meets the Baby by Nick Bruel
- Happy Adoption Day! by John McCutcheon
- We Match on the Inside: A book to help your child answer questions about adoption by Christine Bunkowski
- I’ve Loved You Since Forever by Hoda Kotb
- Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk (age 12+)
- A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life (age 13+)
- In addition, celebrate your child’s adoption by celebrating their heritage!
- Make a meal from your child’s birth country or go out to a restaurant featuring food from your child’s country.
- Watch a movie or documentary about your child’s birth country or heritage.
- Visit cultural festivals or museum exhibits
- Incorporate a tradition from your child’s birth country.
- Learn the language of your child’s birth country.
- Fifth, celebrate adoption by spreading the word about CCAI’s Adoption Services and Orphan Care.
- Sixth, celebrate NAAM by educating yourself and the people around you about adoption and adoptee experiences through CCAI’s The Park Adoption Community Center.
- Finally, get your child involved in AdopTween (ages 9-12) or AdopTeen (ages 13+) through virtual and in-person events!
