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This faith development curriculum uses Montessori philosophy of education to help children find their own answers to “existential questions: Who am I? Where did I come from? What is my purpose? What are my gifts? How do I choose to live my life? What happens when I die? Why am I lonely and sad sometimes?”  This approach fosters a spiritual community among the children and supports multiple learning styles.  Two adult guides encourage the children to find personal meaning to stories that are focused on core principles and sources of our faith through the use of wondering questions, learning centers and manipulative materials such as paint, clay and other media.

Stories embrace the following themes:

Unitarian Universalist Focus

Promises (Our Principles)

From our Sources

Stories of the Mystery that some people call God

Beginnings and Endings

Sacred Places

Church Corner or Altar Table

Ways to Pray

Heroes and Heroines (Prophetic Women and Men)

World Religion Stories

Judeo-Christian Stories

Stories based in Science

Stories of our Interdependent Web

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