It’s useful to note potential philosophical concepts (or ‘big ideas’) on the inside cover of picture books. This simple form of planning gives you a ready-to-use resource whenever you want to set up a P4C session.
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
