Category: RE Blog

Blog for the Religious Education Program.

Cooperation, Celebration, Compassion, and Judaism

What a busy January we had! The Family Fun Taco dinner was delicious! Thanks to all the kids for making those lovely tissue paper flowers for table decorations!

The Nursery kept busy by reading stories, singing, dancing, and using blocks to learn about sharing and cooperation.

The … read more.

Puppets, Snow, and Christmas fun

December was filled with preparations for the Christmas Eve service. What creative minds our children have! They came up with fabulous ideas for the script, wonderful puppet characters, and beautiful scenery. Thanks to everyone!

We also snuck in some sledding! Always good to take a break … read more.

Islam, Buddhism, and Thanksgiving

On the 17th…

The Nursery kids were plentiful! They read stories, played with toys and played with friends.

Pre-K kids added their own own puzzle pieces to the big jigsaw puzzle. Each puzzle piece has a drawing of a family and all the families make up the … read more.

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.

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.