First Parish Bedford UU

1st & 2nd Grades    SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE

This UU identity curriculum uses activities, rather than arts and crafts projects, to help the children explore Unitarian Universalism, our people and our Principles; for example during the session on Tim Berners-Lee, UU founder of the world wide web, the kids will take apart a computer. The religious skills of sharing, reflecting and listening are cultivated with the children during the Council Circle. 

 

Through activities, games, dramatizations, discussions, songs and more, the 3rd and 4th graders will spend the year exploring what We Believe as Unitarian Universalists. There will be opportunities to work in an active and intentional way for each child to learn to live the UU Seven Principles in their own life.

 

This new curriculum from the Unitarian Universalist Association, invites UU Kids to reflect on the qualities of our UU faith, such as integrity, courage and love, as tools they can use in living life and building their own faith; tools are used as a metaphor for important quality of UU faith, such as reflection/mirror, flexibility/duct tape and justice/flashlight.

 

Our junior youth will venture outside the classroom as they explore what other faiths believe, value and do as religious people.  They will work together with class leaders to plan their own program by determining which religious groups they want to learn about, visit, and relate to their growing Unitarian Universalist faith.  Preparing for visits will include historical information, guest visits and discussions on appropriate dress and behavior in each place of worship.