
Uplift Values Calendar Program
To guide families through the Uplift annual membership, we’ve created a rotating 12-month printable calendar along with other printables. You can follow this calendar, or choose whatever lesson seems worthwhile that week.
Each month focuses on a theme, which helps the principles in the weekly lessons sink in and bring about inner transformation.
Each week has the option of an A or B lesson, so you can choose what works best for you. If you’re new to Uplift, we recommend focusing on the option A lessons first.
We’ve also created a printable journal for the option A lessons that enables family members of all ages to dig deeper into the daily discussion questions. This is something that you can look back on to see how your kids have grown over time, and it also helps solidify each of the principles discussed in the lessons. We recommend that parents fit it it into a short bedtime routine.
Download the Uplift worksheets, 2026 calendar, journal, and more. (Members only)
Note: You can start this program at any point of the year.
January: Intentions
If you’re new to Uplift Kids, we recommend starting with the option A lessons, with the exception of week one here, as both lessons can be a good launching pad.
Week 1
- A. Intentions: Knowing What You Want and Getting It
- B. Family Time: Deciding How You Want to Gather Together
Week 2
Week 3
- A. Courage: Standing Up For Yourself and Others
- B. Habits: Replacing Unhealthy Cycles With Healthy Ones
Week 4
Week 5
- A. Practice: Finding Joy in Deliberate Improvement
- B. Careers: Exploring What’s Possible Now and in the Future
February: Wisdom
Week 1
- A. Focus: The Power of Concentration in a Distracting World
- B. Racism: Hearing People’s Stories (for Black History Month)
Week 2
- A. Wisdom Reading: Words That Awaken the Heart
- B. Tragedies: Talking About School Shootings, War, and Disasters
Week 3
Week 4
March: Presence
Week 1
Week 2
- A. Curiosity: Asking Questions Without Judgment
- B. Hinduism: Chanting | Holi: A Celebration of Play, Joy, and Color
Week 3
- A. Mindfulness: Being Present to Whatever Is Here
- B. St. Patrick’s Day: A Celebration of Ireland and Immigration | Spring Equinox: A Fresh Look at Life
Week 4
Week 5
April: Renewal
Week 1
- A. Heroic Journeys: Growing Through Challenges
- B. Easter: A Holiday of Renewal | Christianity: Parables and Contemplation
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
- A. Emotions, Part I: Naming Your Feelings
- B. Shame: Breaking the Cycle | May Day: A Festival of Spring / Workers
May: Emotions
Week 1
Week 2
- A. Journaling: An Approach to Inner Transformation | (Mother’s Day)
- B. Depression: Definitions and Healthy Practices
Week 3
Week 4
- A. Self-Compassion: Being a Friend to Yourself
- B. Vacations: Planning to Create Connections and Memories | Memorial Day: Reflecting on Life Lost in War
June: Home Life
Week 1
Week 2
- A. Digital Technology: Being Fully in Your Life
- B. Digital Technology, Part II: Connected or Disconnected?
Week 3
- A. Conflict: Facing Each Other With Love
- B. Father’s Day: Honoring Our Dads and Father Figures | Juneteenth: A Celebration of Freedom | Summer Solstice: Celebrations of Wonder and Reflections on Life
Week 4
Week 5
July: Fun
Week 1
Week 2
- A. Critical Thinking: Developing Healthy Skepticism
- B. Critical Thinking, Part II: Spotting Lies and Misinformation Online
Week 3
Week 4
- A. Music: A Universal, Elevated Language
- B. Singing: Songs That Inspire and Connect (Features Original Recordings)
August: Movement
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
September: Community
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
- A. Friendship: What Makes a Good Friend?
- B. Personalities: Naming Traits and Growing Beyond | Fall Equinox: A Time to Reflect on Abundance
Week 5
October: Connection
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
- A. Lineage: Telling Family Stories
- B. Halloween: An Evening to Confront Death Using Humor | Day of the Dead / All Souls’ Day: A Celebration of Ancestors
November: Gratitude
Week 1
Week 2
- A. Stillness & Contemplation: A Practice of Deep Listening
- B. Growth Mindset: Cultivating a Sense of Abundance | Shinto: Spirit in All Things
Week 3
Week 4
- A. Gratitude: Appreciating What’s Present
- B. Thanksgiving: Celebrations of Abundance Around the World
December: Giving
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
- A. Hope: Overcoming Despair
- B. Winter Solstice: A Celebration of Rebirth Christmas: A Time to Celebrate Hope, Giving, and Togetherness
Wisdom Traditions
Each of these mini-lessons celebrates one or two gifts that a wisdom tradition brings to the world. Insert them as you’d like.
- Christianity: Parables and Contemplation
- Islam: Fasting and Service
- Hinduism: Chanting
- Buddhism: The Middle Way
- Taoism: Effortless Action
- Native American Religions: Ceremony and Ritual
- Stoicism: Finding Inner Calm
- Judaism: Keeping Tradition and Community
- Sikhism: Equality for All
- Shinto: Spirit in All Things
- Secular Humanism: Reason and Ethics