Firstly, congratulations on daring to have fun in inquiring how the two curious creatures visit, trip over and are dumped on the shores of ten different islands. We guarantee that you and your students will share many adventures exploring how motivation and purpose shape decision-making and problem-solving. Red Wool Editions’ Why In The World Are […]
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In 2017, Maughn Gregory, the director of the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy For Children (IAPC), published a crucial article in Routledge’s International Perspectives series, History, Theory & Practice of Philosophy for Children. On reading it, I acknowledged that my knowledge of philosophy for children (P4C) is as nothing in comparison to those researching
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Why In The World Are We Here? is not an ordinary children’s picture book. It is a philosophical text focused on raising questions about how values and beliefs give our lives meaning. View what the author has to say about bringing ‘philosophy and magic’ to children in the following video. Just to be clear, though,
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Are you looking for exciting books for your 9 to 13-year-old with a wild imagination? It could be that you’ve had enough of those bland, fill-in-the-space type resources that are everywhere. Is your child less than excited about writing? The Book With No Story is an exciting young writers resource which holds 52 creatures who
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In their guide to philosophy in schools, Matthew Lipman, Ann Sharp and Frederic Oscanyan say this: Getting students to engage in philosophical dialogue is an art. As with any art, some knowledge is a prerequisite – in this case, the teacher should possess an understanding of when it is appropriate to intervene in the discussion
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I’m pretty sure that parenting today is far busier than at any other time in human history. At the heart of the busyness is the unprecedented amount of information with which parents deal, brought to them via fast internet speeds. Theoretically at least, parents have access to the most updated information on parenting skills, the
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Parents are frequently the focus of media and academic reports linking academic success or failure to a child’s home life. This is particularly true in debates on learning literacy. Scholastic recently published the seventh edition of Kids And Family Reading Report which made the case that parents should continue reading aloud to children beyond the
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