Summer Religious Education
This summer, MVUC is using the Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church’s A World of New Friends: An Introduction to World Religions developed specifically for children in grades Kindergarten through Fifth. All ages are welcome to participate, but we ask that children age four bring a parent. Nursery care is available for children age three and younger.Composed of nine stand-alone lesson plans, A World of New Friends is designed to introduce a multi-aged classroom to the eight largest world religions. Lessons are designed using a thematic approach to world religions and a center-based teaching format that used multiple intelligence learning.
The lessons use imaginary classroom members to introduce the world religions. Each week the class will learn about a new Classroom Star. Through a show-and-tell presentation of the Classroom Star, our UU students will learn about the faith and traditions of the imaginary student while learning the basic tenets, customs and celebrations of each faith.