September 2026-June 2027
Ages 2-4: Hello Friends
Children learn how to be friends with each other, the earth and all its creatures using crafts, games, and stories. Introduces the UU values of generosity, equity, justice, and love.
Ages 5 & Kindergarten: Our UU Values
This Soul Matters curriculum uses our shared UU Values to learn about racial justice, environmental stewardship, and more, putting love at the center of all we do. Crafts, stories, and games are shared each week.
Grade 1: Our Whole Lives (September to December)
Our Whole Lives in first grade teaches children the basics about their bodies and introduces consent and how babies are made and grow – in an age-appropriate manner. Children keep a journal of pictures while learning about their amazing human bodies.
Grade 1: World of Wonder (December to June)
What are the amazing parts of our world and where do we fit in? This curriculum helps children explore the wonder and awe of our magnificent world. Each week the class ventures outside on the wooded UUCF campus for first-hand encounters with nature. The curriculum teaches the UU value of Interdependence through taking care of nature and the environment.
Grades 2 & 3: Lego ValUUes
Lego ValUUes is an experiential class where children learn about UU values using Lego Bricks, building meaning through love and friendship. Each week the class will build a Lego project individually or in a group to share what that week’s value means to them. Special sessions for Mardi Gras, Valentine’s Day, and Christmas help “build” on the fun.
Grade 4: Toolbox of Faith and Gather the Spirit
This curriculum gives children a “toolbox” to explore their faith and values. Using literal tools as well metaphorical ones, children build on their own ideas as they explore what it means to be a faithful Unitarian Universalist. Gather the Spirit is another Unitarian Universalist Association curriculum that focuses on water conservation and continues building on the spiritual journey we are all invited to take through life.
Grade 5: Our Whole Lives (February to June)
Grade 5 Our Whole Lives introduces children to their growing and changing bodies through puberty and goes more in depth about friendships and relationships as they transition from child to tween.
Grade 5: Introduction to Bible Literacy (September to February)
Children learn about the major figures and main themes of the Christian Bible in a fun, participatory way. The course uses a UU lens to understand the human context of the Bible and find UU values within the most widely-known stories like Noah’s Arc, Exodus, and the parables of Jesus.
Grade 6: Amazing Grace and Virginia Inclusive History
Amazing Grace is a values and ethics curriculum that explores right and wrong and moral decision-making at this critical age before entering middle school. The second part of the year focuses on racial justice as students learn more about the experiences of the Indigenous peoples of colonial Virginia and the experiences of African Americans in Virginia through slavery, the civil war, and the 20th Century civil rights struggles. Virginia Inclusive History was written for UUCF and is continually updated to share the most recent information about the racial justice movement.