Curricula and Programming

Here are just some of the programs and curricula I created or brought to congregations I’ve served.

Children and Youth

Two Room Schoolhouse RE Model

A more welcoming and inclusive take on the one room schoolhouse model for PS-5th graders. Each month on different Sundays I offer peaceful practices workshops, service projects, the curriculum we’re working on, and stations on the theme introduced in the curriculum. The key is that we break all opportunities for learning into two spaces, one designed as a more spirited space and the other as a more contemplative space. Children are invited to choose the space they would like to be in.

UU Trading Card Game

A game for 4th and 5th graders to play each week where they could collect cards of different famous Unitarians, Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists, with prizes at the end of the game.

Holy Week Through a UU Lens

A telling of the story of Christian Holy week with illustrations created in legos. One of the goals is to introduce common sayings in the English language, such as “doubting Thomas”, “Judas” and “cross to bear”.

Minecraft

During the COVID pandemic, I created a UU world in Minecraft where we could discuss ethical questions, build UU churches, create covenant, and explore some of life’s big questions. This was so loved, we continued this long after quarantine was over.

Passports

Passports is a curriculum that is based on a different theme each week, such as love, welcoming, friendship, journeys, gratitude, etc. The theme is explored through stations for art, story, song, movement, and activity. Children have a passport they can stamp at each station, and they can choose to participate in one station or all stations. It’s a radically welcoming experience that’s not at all like school.

Death and the Afterlife for Elementary Children

This is a curriculum about afterlife beliefs of ancient civilizations, several modern faith traditions, and including what Unitarian Universalists believe. We explore what participants believe right now, recognizing that our beliefs can change over our lifespan. We conclude the experience with a tour of a local funeral home (sans embalming area) with the grownups of our family joining us.

Summer Peace Camp

This is a one-week Unitarian Universalist camp for kids! We’ve done different themes such as outer space and science. We include small group meeting time, crafts, outdoor time, games, chapel, singing, free play time, peaceful practices workshops, etc.

You are UU! Curriculum

For this curriculum we learned about a new UU principle for eight weeks. Each week we lit the chalice, learned about a “UU hero of the week” related to the principle, sang a UU hymn such as Spirit of Life, listened to a wisdom story that went along with the principle, and played UU trivia for prizes.