40 lessons to get children thinking: Philosophical thought adventures across the curriculum

About this book

This new book by bestselling author and founder of The Philosophy Foundation, Peter Worley, is a collection of practical lesson and activity plans for the primary classroom, designed to get children thinking philosophically and creatively across different curriculum areas. The sessions, called 'thought adventures', use thought experiments, stories, and poems to encourage children to discuss and understand topics more deeply. Each session is explained step-by-step, with everything you need to 'do' and 'say' spelled out, along with a list of required equipment and instructions on how to set up each session. The sessions can be implemented in the classroom either as complete lessons or as activities within other lessons. All sessions are tried and tested by Peter and his colleagues at The Philosophy Foundation, who work with primary schools on a regular basis.