Society members teaching in our Sunday school use age appropriate curricula to help children understand themselves, their relationships to others around them and the world they live in. Kids make friends and have fun as they gradually develop their own sense of morality and their own humanistic ideals.

These are some of the goals of the Ethical Culture Sunday School:

* To encourage each child to seek personal answers to questions of ethics within a framework of respect for themselves, their families, their communities and their natural environment
* To foster social responsibility in each child
* To introduce concepts from other belief systems while promoting tolerance and affirming diversity
* To affirm a broad spectrum of family traditions in a joyous atmosphere of celebration at festivals
* To provide a sense of belonging in an established community of people actively living their ethical ideals
* To offer each family an identity in, and with, Ethical Culture as its religious choice and commitment

Program Information

The Sunday school takes place at the same time as the Platform Meeting, with the children starting off with their parents in the big group, and then moving to the next room for their activities, and re-joining the adults for closing and snacks at the end of the platform.

Children who are old enough to separte from their parents for 45 minutes (around age 4) up to age 13 are welcome to join the Sunday school. Infants, or older children who are ready to participate in the adult platforms are welcome to stay with the adults in the main room.