BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.2.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:867@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170312T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170312T103000 DTSTAMP:20170102T014323Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/sunday-school-for-children-and-youth-age- 3-through-grade-8-2017-03-12/ SUMMARY:Sunday School for children and youth age 3 through grade 8 DESCRIPTION:Sunday School for children and youth age 3 through grade 8 Sun day Programs for Families\n\nBecause we believe in learning by doing\, an most important part of our religious education is participation\, with all ages\, in the first part of regular worship services. Then during Sunday school\, young people learn and play with people their own age. Feel free to ask Sunday school teachers what they did this week\, and if you would l ike to review any of the curriculum materials we are using\, please call D an Harper.\n\n9:30 Sunday morning\, September through early March\n\n&nbs p\;\n\n 3 and 4 year olds (Red Class)\, 2016-2017 — We Are Many\, We Ar e One is a curriculum to introduce young children to age-appropriate diver sity concepts in a supportive setting.\n Grades K-1 (Yellow Class)\, 2016 -2017 — In the fall\, the Creating Home curriculum helps children develo p a sense of home. In early winter\, children learn about feminist god-ima ges using the story book Hide and Seek with God. Late winter brings the wi der religious world with stories from Picture Book World Religions.\n Gra des 2-3 (Green Class)\, 2016-2017 — This group begins with Spirit of Adv enture to learn about Unitarian Universalist values through fun activities . In early winter\, Timeless Themes presents stories from the Hebrew Bible (Torah). In late winter\, From Long Ago introduces stories from other rel igious traditions.\n Grades 4-5 (Blue Class)\, 2016-2017 — In the fall\ , the group will explore social justice using In Our Hands. In early winte r\, they will learn more about liberal interpretations of Jesus with Kingd om of Equals. In late winter\, the class uses Greek Myths to delve deeply into a few key myths.  N.B.: Due to the large number of 4th and 5th grade rs in 2016-2017\, there will be two sections of Blue group\, both using th e same curriculum.\n Middle School (gr. 6-8)\, there is a choice of two d ifferent classes:\n\n Violet group: Ecojustice (grade 6-8)\, 2016-2017 &a mp\; 2017-2018 — This is a project-based program that includes projects relating to environmental justice\, nature study\, and campcraft. Projects may include urban/suburban farming and gardening\, creating habitat for n on-human organisms\, learning how to cook outdoors\, and studying environm ental justice heroes like Rachel Carson and Cesar Chavez. There will be di fferent projects each year\, and this class may be repeated.\n Purple gro up: Neighboring Faith Communities (grades 7-8) — This middle school grou p will visit other places of worship\, beginning with another UU congregat ion\, moving through Jewish and Christian groups\, and ending up with non- Western religions. Participants go on 6-8 field trips during the year\, an d sometimes have guest speakers from other faith traditions. There will be different field trips each year\, and this class may be repeated.\n\n\n CATEGORIES:Children & Youth END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20170312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR