Inspire your class to think more deeply about curriculum subjects and get them actively taking part in exciting philosophy experiments today!This new book by bestselling author and founder of the Philosophy Foundation Peter Worley is a collection of practical lesson and activity plans to use in the primary classroom to get children thinking philosophically and creatively around different curriculum areas. The sessions - called thought adventures - use through experiments, stories and poems to get children discussing and understanding topics more deeply.The Education Endowment Foundation advocates that weekly philosophy sessions can really help improve students' literacy and numeracy skills - this book will help you to do just that whatever your level of experience when it comes to using philosophy teaching strategies. Each session is explained step-by-step, with everything you need to 'do' and 'say' spelled out , and all the equipment you need listed with instructions on how to set up each session. You can implement the sessions in the classroom either as a complete lesson or as an activity within another lesson. All the sessions are tried and tested by Peter and his colleagues at the Philosophy Foundation who work with primary schools on a regular basis.It is a 'pick up and go' resource, with each session explained step-by-step in a consistent format so that they are easy for any primary teacher to implement in the classroom either as a whole lesson or as an activity within another lesson. All the sessions are tried and tested by Peter and his colleagues at the Philosophy Foundation who work with in primary schools with teachers to implement these sessions on a regular basis.
40 Lessons to Get Children Thinking: Philosophical Thought Adventures Across the Curriculum