Article on how and why to
adapt teaching thinking activities for children in the early years.
The Galactic Question
Center
http://galquest.blogspot.com/
Lots of interesting
questions for philosophical discussion.
N.B. this is a site
that is useful in providing inspiration for questions, rather than a site to
direct children to visit.Not all questions are necessarily suitable for children to discuss,and
the
language in some of the comments may not be appropriate. For a selection of
questions from this site that would be useful with primary children click
here
Dialectics 4 Kids
http://www.dialectics4kids.com/
Using Engels' laws of
dialectics to teach. Ideas for children from 4 years old up.
If you've watched the
film 'half nelson' you will have seen some of these ideas being used
in the
classroom.
Philosophy
for Children - Philosophical Questions from Children's Stories
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/omc/kidsphil/index.html
A good list of
story-books suitable for philosophical discussions with primary-age
children,
with for each book, a
review of the philosophical issues involved and a 'question set'.
Society for Philosophical
Enquiry
http://www.philosopher.org/
Christopher Phillips
has written some interesting books on philosophy including 'Socrates' Cafe'
and 'The Philosophers Club'. Article on his work in schools -
here.
