The Prindle Institute of Ethics is a US-based organisation, and on their website they promote philosophy with children by providing brilliant discussion guides for well-known picture books.
There are over 200 guides, covering books including Frederick, A Squash and a Squeeze, Fantastic Mr Fox and The Gruffalo, to name just a few.
You can also search for books which address specific aspects of philosophy such as fairness.
Ways to keep everyone engaged and develop the community of enquiry
A detailed description including building, helping, sharing and working together
How to start a question, and think about whether or not it’s philosophical
How do they want to behave to become great 4C thinkers?
Reminders from six-year-olds about some of the benefits of P4C
Show your pupils that you are trying to understand their thinking
Get your pupils thinking and talking about resilience, barriers, beauty and more
Pupils feel that P4C helps them with everything from relationships to confidence to staying calm
