3rd-5th Grade - 9:00 a.m.
These Sessions begin Sept. 19th 2010
3rd- 5th Grade at 9:00 a.m.
Spirit of Adventure
(UU Identity Curriculum -by Kate Tweedie Erslev)
Activities involving movement, creativity, challenge and adventure are common in these lessons, which teach about UU identity and principles in unusual and fun ways. Each session has a quote or worthwhile insight that pertains to all of our lives and takes its theme from a variety of categories.
Examples of lesson themes or quotes:
Sports: teamwork offers important parallels to the UU way of being in the world
Medicine: taking care of others and keeping each other safe
Food: using science to prepare food and nurturance
Winter holidays: learning kindness and generosity
Science: curiosity and reason….yearning to learn!
Building: “People today can learn to live in harmony with nature” Frank Lloyd Wright, architect
Exploring: trying new things
Web of life: “I have tried to do my humble bit of preservation in this district” Beatrix Potter