On the brand new Thoughtful website you can now access a great selection of resources for P4C (Philosophy for Children).
Here’s a link to some free suggestions:
www.thoughtful.org.uk/resources/stimulus-suggestions-for-beginner-p4c-practitioners/
For young children, I really love Jon Klassen’s We found a hat (Hmm… What should you do if you find something…?)
And for older learners, Benjamin Zephaniah’s Money (Rant) is a stimulus which will prompt lots of wondering and questions. For example: What's the most valuable thing in the world? Can money buy happiness? Should everyone have the same amount of money? If you work harder, should you always get more money?
Would you rather spend most of your time indoors or outdoors? And more
Are these examples of adventure, bravery, or both?
Talk prompts and sentence stems to help learners express different types of thinking
Lawrence the Lion and Maple the Meerkat tackle some philosophical dilemmas…
An example of using children’s wonderings to guide a philosophical discussion
Get your class thinking about fairness, teamwork, competition and more
Use talking points to get students thinking and talking about a painting
How to start a question, and think about whether or not it’s philosophical
