Nursery – For our youngest members (ages 4 to 5 and under) we offer a well-equipped and supervised Tots Room every Sunday morning from 10:45 to 15 minutes after the end of the service.

Pre-K & K – From around age 5 through Kindergarten the children attend Spirit Play, a Montessori-based class that uses play and stories from UUism and other religious traditions to introduce the children to important religious themes, questions, and ideas and allows them to explore them in an age-appropriate and supportive environment.

Grades 1 through 6 will use two curricula each in their classes this year.  The curricula in the first half (#1) of the year use the Principles to introduce and deepen our children’s understandings of UU religious beliefs, values, and practices; the second curricula (#2) used will encourage them to integrate and express these principles in a personally meaningful manner.

1^st & 2^nd Grade – #1  We Believe explores the 7 Principles through stories, crafts and activities that encourage the children to formulate positive expressions of what it means to be UU.  #2  Experiences With the Web of Life is focused around Principle #7 (the “interdependent web of all existence”) and approaches nature and environmentalism from a grounding in UU spiritual values. 
 

3^rd & 4^th Grade - #1  Beginning UU is designed to provide children at this level an understanding of not just the 7 Principles, but church life itself, exploring worship, stewardship, social justice work, as well as beginning to discuss some bigger questions about UU attitudes towards revelation, God, etc.  #2  God Images continues the exploration of the deep questions about God from a variety of different religious and scientific perspectives, encouraging the children to literally craft their own image (or images) of the Divine.

5^th & 6^th Grade - #1  Carry the Flame encourages the children to go on their own journey of spiritual self-discovery through a study of the 7 Principles.  #2 Lessons of Loss has lessons designed specifically for this age group to help them understand and feel comfortable with death, by exploring its meanings for us, the feelings it evokes, and what responses to it seem most appropriate and comforting. 
 

7^th & 8^th Grade will work with Rev. Jeremy and their teachers to craft their own curriculum this year.  Some possibilities: ethical choice-making; consumerism, environmentalism, and justice; UU history; and others!  Come and help make it happen!