Children & Religious Education

Preschool
We offer a variety of fun learning experiences for our young children, including songs, games, movement, stories, arts and crafts, and outdoor play. Our goals for this age group are to ensure that our children experience the UUFA as a loving, safe, and fun community! Children are welcome to join the Pre-K group once they are potty trained, and once the family feels that the child is ready to interact socially with three & four year olds.

Rainbows - Ages 5-6 / K-1st grade
Programming for this age group aims to help children appreciate the worth and importance of every person, including themselves. Children work and play cooperatively as they refine skills in recognizing and expressing feelings. They explore and celebrate the natural world as well as the rich diversity of humankind. And they are beginning to discover and express a spiritual dimension.

Explorers - Ages 7-8 / 2nd-3rd grade
Over the course of the year, children in this age group are becoming familiar with our seven Unitarian Universalist Principles , and learning how to connect with them in their own lives. Children are exploring our fellowship as a place where all are valued for who they are, and where each person’s ideas are true and right for them. Children are learning that we all look for answers to life’s big questions, and beginning to grow a feeling for spirituality.

Seekers - Ages 9-10 / 4th-5th grade
Older elementary children are learning about our Unitarian Universalist traditions and values in more depth, in a lively atmosphere. Children get to connect with our UU heritage in new and fun ways, while exploring their own unique spirituality. A strong social justice theme is woven throughout the year, and children are encouraged to take more roles of leadership.