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Curriculum Plan 2007-2008
Children's religious education classes (Preschool - 5th Grade) will begin on Sunday, September 16 at 9:30 and 11:15. Information on youth classes (grades 6-12) is available in the Youth section of the website. Clicking on one of the class names below will bring up an Excel spreadsheet containing the schedule of classes for the year.
We Are Many, We Are One - 3 and 4 year olds (Preschool - Pre-Kindergarten)
We Are Many, We Are One offers young children the opportunity to learn about their religious community and tradition, as well as the freedom to discover and express their uniqueness. The four units in the program encourage children to use their minds, bodies, and emotions to develop their sense of identity and self-esteem within their Unitarian Universalist community and their world.
A Discovering Year - 5 and 6 year olds (Kindergarten-1st grade)
A Discovering Year nurtures children's spiritual and religious growth through connections to their ever-widening environment. They explore selves, friendships, families, congregation, nature, and religious and cultural days. Through ritual, sharing times, quiet times, crafts, activities, singing and music, games and movement, stories and talks, they learn to appreciate the worth of each person, to work and play cooperatively, to express feelings, to celebrate human diversity, and to feel part of their UU community
Free to Believe - 7 and 8 year olds (2nd and 3rd grade)
Free to Believe explores Unitarian Universalist principles and sources while nurturing the emotional, social, and spiritual life of children. Its first sessions focus on UU principles, values, and beliefs through hands-on activities, stories, games, songs and discussions. Children address the conflicts they often face, and create an accepting classroom community. Later sessions focus on life's big questions (about God, death, the creation of life) through the lens of UU sources.
Bibleodeon - 9 and 10 year olds (4th and 5th grade)
Bibleodeon introduces Hebrew and Christian scriptures by presenting the best-known Hebrew and Christian stories with such props as the Bibleodeon microphone and such interactive challenges as investigating the Cain-Abel crime scene. Participants act in dramatic playlets , illustrate a time line, keep doodle books, give awards to outstanding biblical women, and more. They explore connections between biblical events and Unitarian Universalist principles, between biblical ideas and their own lives. They experience the Bible as one of many wonderful UU sources.