August 2025 | Calendars

It's nearly here! Do you hear the school bells ringing? Students chattering with excitement while teachers firmly, but lovingly, guide them? Pencil sharpeners buzzing? Pages turning?

It's back to school time! 

The Mr. is so excited to be back in 5th grade this year, and the Mrs. is looking forward to helping him plan that more in-depth content. Who doesn't love teaching the American Revolution, after all? 

We hope you are excited for the back-to-school season, too. If you're looking for some fresh ways to add celebration into your school routine or Bible study into your personal routine, we're here to help!


Resources to Support You in Your August Journey:


August 2025 Ideas for EVERY Day


Add "Would you rather..." questions into your daily holiday festivities this July to welcome even more JOY. Or get it (for free!) at our TPT store.

Also, consider sampling our JOY for Today posts, where we celebrate selected days throughout the year by offering facts, connections, scripture, quotes, and activity suggestions. Check out these posts for upcoming August holidays:

August 2025 Growth for Today Calendar


This year, we're committed to grow deeper in our relationship with Jesus by learning more about Him. To achieve that end, we're studying the gospels and would love it if you'd join us! We suggest daily activities and post our Wolfe Notes in the "Faith Food" tab as we finish them. Our notes offer a glimpse at our understanding of the text, which we know is fallible and incomplete. We encourage you to undertake the activities on your own so you can enrich your own understanding of the text.

Please note: we are no longer following the pace we set in these calendars. To update you on our progress, we're currently in Mark 6.         
  

View previous Growth for Today calendars at our JOY for Today page.

BLANK 2025 Calendars

Both our Idea for Every Day and Growth for Today calendars include a blank calendar for your convenience. Use it to pace your own activities for the month or for personal use. Here are the featured quotes:

A lightning with waves crashing against it at sunset makes the background for a quote about resisting storms.
August 2025's Featured Quote


A jellyfish makes the background for verse in Luke 17.
August 2025's Featured Verse




Please know that we are praying for you as you start your school year. We pray that you plan purposefully and celebrate wholeheartedly. Let's work together on finding JOY in every moment and HOPE in every tomorrow. We're cheering you on!

With you,

Red bowl with gray steam rising from top, Wolfe Stew written on front of bowl.


Sample these related posts:

August 2021 | Calendar
See more detailed suggestions for several August holidays including our top five: National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, Book Lover's Day, Relaxation Day, Speak Kind Words Saturday, and Trail Mix Day. This post also includes links to daily activity suggestions.

September 2021 | Calendar
Browse our favorite back to school activities for fifth grade. Alter them to make them work for you. Features a Wolfe Stew original: a chapter book scavenger hunt.

Planner Day | JOY for Today
Get some of our best back to school tips including choosing a planner and planning to use it, and our top five focus areas for back-to-school preparations. Also includes facts about planning, a reflection on holding plans loosely, and verses and quotes about planning.

Thank Goodness It's Monday Day | JOY for Today
Getting started is often the hardest part, Mondays remind us of that weekly. Find encouragement to celebrate getting started with us in this post. Includes facts, a reflection on reJOYcing (even when you don't want to), uplifting verses and quotes, and activity suggestions.

One of the hardest things about starting a new school year for us, is that our plans hardly ever stick. We have to live in a state of flux based to meet the needs of the students, parents, principal, and teammates. But that means we get to practice letting things go. This post encourages us in exactly that. Find facts, a personal Disney song connection, Bible verses, quotes, and activity suggestions to support you in learning to let go.

Are you interested in browsing archived calendars? If so, find them all on our JOY for Today page. 

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