Author: s.nelson

Islam, Hinduism, and Caring

On the 10th…

The Pre-K class talked about how we help others and then made greeting cards to give to the Caring committee.

The K-2 class read a story about an American girl’s Muslim grandmother who lives on the other side of the world, and who hopes … read more.

Puzzles, Camels, Thoughts, and Overlap

Last Sunday ….

The Nursery had a semi-quiet day. Lots of thoughtful puzzling and block building.

Pre-K kids had fun making up stories on the flannel board, mastered the UU matching game, and explored the art of collaboration using jigsaw puzzles.

The K-2 class had our first lesson … read more.

Fall Fun

October was a busy month filled with Parent’s Night Out, Fall Work Day, and more.

Classes discussed Hinduism (K-2), Unitarian Universalism (pre-K), and Catholicism (7-9).

We also had a great Family Fun event! We all went to the Fall Fun Festival at the Lazy T Ranch down … read more.

Sacred Places

September began with an introduction to the World Religions for all classes.

The K-2 class spent most of the month discussing sacred spaces and built a fairy church in the woods near the memorial garden.

3rd-6th graders learned about Earth-based religions, oral traditions, and connections with nature … read more.

On to World Religions

On Sunday we said goodbye to summer and hello to our World Religions curriculum.

Students spent much of their time getting to know each other. Since we have nearly 40 students registered for RE, that’s a lot of kids to get to know!


    

 

After … read more.

Fall 2013

It’s Winter and our UU children are enjoying the World Religions curriculum.

7th-9th grade class  – Marisa Larson and Ken and Pat Embers have been meeting with these students and are discussing various aspects of Far Eastern religions with an emphasis on Buddhism.

3rd-6th grade class… read more.

UU Travelers… welcomed home

Our weary world travelers “came home” on Sunday and were greeted with a welcome home party. We reminisced about our favorite trips, sang songs, played travel games and guessing games, and tried our hands at the 7 principles bucket-toss game that so many kids played … read more.

UU Travelers… Musicale!

On Sunday we all thoroughly enjoyed Musicale XII! What a talented bunch of folks we have. It’s wonderful to see our youth participate in this annual event as well.

Nick

Destinie

The Wednesday and Thursday before we practically melted in the heat of Purple Power Play, … read more.

UU Travelers… Art Tour

On Sunday our kids started the morning by telling us things that they find awesome…  Books! School! The Sky! The Clouds! Sunsets! Cats! Dogs! Animals! New Shoes! Pink! Nature! The Community! WOW! I think all our kids are AWESOME!

Then, Dick Beeman led us on a … read more.

UU Travelers… Tour of California

On Sunday Scott Tanona led us on a tour of California. We saw huge redwood trees (12 of us linked hands and could barely reach around the trunk of a tree!), the fertile central valley (we stomped grapes to make wine), the steep hills in … read more.