Has anyone looked at Philosophy with their children?

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Can you tell me about where you started? We're not an HE family, but I do things with them out of school in areas they're curious about (and areas I think they should be interested in!). I've looked through Amazon and haven't found anything yet, particularly as this is not an area I've studied in any depth so don't have a reference point from which to start; we live abroad so other English Language browsing is limited. My children are 12, 10 and 7 by the way. And thanks!

I have no idea, but watching with interest!

perhaps it would help to start with a narrowing down to philosophy of....?

Could you get a copy of Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder? It's a great book as it covers a lot, but in a narrative so maybe easier to digest.

Not in depth- we have discussed quite a lot of philosophical stuff about human nature etc, but my DDs are young (eldest is 6) so a few topics are beyond them at the moment. This might help.

We used a philosophy tutor with some other HE children for a couple of terms. It was ok if your child would join the discussions.

sorry i should have said more - for example if your children are really into science then starting with philosophy of science makes sense (plus it's fascinating). if they are drawn to the big questions about life and meaning and morality then philosophy of ethics (and this could be interesting given they've got the multicultural frame of reference already so should pick up quickly on things like cultural relativity and ethnocentricity etc in classic ideas about morality and ethics with a western or christian bias etc).

philosophy, imo, is better introduced in a context and the context is best one that can be related to and is an area of existing interest itms.

sorry babbling a bit more but looking at ideas of is there right and wrong (re morality) is a good place to start that kids can get their teeth into and throws you straight away into 'the big stuff' re: objectivity/subjectivity, is there such thing as universal truth, is everything relative, what about culture, one's point in time (changing ideas of morality over time, medicalisation of things once seen as moral deficiency re: alcoholism, social acceptance of things once seen as crimes eg. homosexuality), belief systems etc. kids are surprisingly good at getting their teeth into these things at their own level and broadening their thinking.

it's generally the place we as human beings start i think.

Try this for ideas
www.sapere.org.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=162

Their resources page has quite a few books aimed at children, although if am not familiar with them and can't recommend a particular one.

The main thing is to preserve the Socratic spirit of questioning everything!

Hi I started an access course in 2007 but I dropped out and I want to know if a college will let me do the access course again. I dropped out due to my illness. Or do I need to do English and Maths to be considered on the course. Emailed the college few times no reply

Hi I started an access course in 2007 but I dropped out and I want to know if a college will let me do the access course again. I dropped out due to my illness. Or do I need to do English and Maths to be considered on the course. Emailed the college few times no reply

This website has a few starters for philosophy for children p4c.com

Realise this is a slightly old thread but I attended a conference recently where philosophy for children was included and a sapere lady had a workshop. They looked really good and had some fab ideas about how to get going with kids at all ages. They're worth. Look. If you cant find any obvious ideas from them online PM me qnd i'll dig out the notes i made and give you a rundown of some.