Grades 2-3: Spirit of Adventure (fall)

 

Sports: What is your favorite sport?

9/10/2017

We will discuss our favorite sports and play some games together, while discussing how good sportsmanship relates to our Principles.

 

Sports: Lessons for Life

9/17/2017

We will think about the lessons we learn from playing sports.

 

Sports: In the Congregation

9/22/17

A visitor from our congregation will share their love of sports.

 

Sports: The Good and the Bad

10/1/2017

Just like life, sports have a good side in good sportsmanship, and a bad side in violence, racism, crudity, drug abuse and other issues.  Today, we'll discuss the balance of good and bad in sports.

 

Building: JellO, Peter Cooper

10/8/2017

Experiment with JellO and learn about Unitarian engineer and philanthropist, Peter Cooper.

 

Building: Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect

10/15/2017

We will learn the value of ingenuity and hard work through Unitarian Frank Lloyd Wright's approach to architechture.

 

Building: Frank Lloyd Wright, Harmony

10/22/2017

We will explore the interdependent web through Wright's cantilevered design for "Fallingwater" and graham crackers!

 

Halloween: Dia de los Muertos

10/29/2017

We will think about the meaning of life and death while investigating this holiday from Latin America.

 

Building: A Visitor

11/5/2017

A visitor from our congregation will have fun with the class as they learn about the love of building and construction.

 

Building: Daniel Chester French

11/12/2017

We will express ourselves through sculpting as we learn about UU sculptor Daniel Chester French, who crafted the Lincoln Memorial and The Minuteman.

 

Winter Holidays: Charles Dickens

11/19/2017

We will learn about Unitarian Charles Dickens, author of the classic Christmas story, "A Christmas Carol".

 

Winter Holidays: Jingle Bells

12/3/2017

We will learn about Unitarian songwriter James Pierpont, whose simple gift, despite a lifetime of struggle, gave us a universally known holiday song.

 

Winter Holidays: Hannukah

12/17/2017

We will learn about the Jewish holiday of Hannukah.

 

Exploring: Try Something New!

1/7/2018

We will try a new food the way that Unitarian Artic explorer Vilhjamur Stefansson tried the foods that the Eskimos were eating.

 

Exploring: Treasure Maps and N.C. Wyeth

1/14/2018

We will hold a treasure hunt and hear about Unitarian N.C. Wyeth, illustrator of "Treasure Island" and other classic children's stories.

 

Exploring: A Visitor

1/21/2018

We will have fun finding out about the love of exploring and adventure with a visitor from our congregation.