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Out of the ordinary experiences and conversations in kindergarten
Product: Book
Trim size in cm: 21x29,7cm
Pages: 152
ISBN: 978-88-590-2459-0
Publication date: 01/03/2021
Suitable for: Nursery 1st Level (ages 3-4), Nursery 2nd Level (ages 4-5)
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The volume proposes an innovative method to set up a program of philosophical reflection in kindergarten to facilitate a “different” type of discussion with children, one which triggers wonder in them and helps them discover the world in an original way. Each of the 5 areas examined illustrates a starting reflection point to propose to the children:
The author suggests a series of questions, stories and experiences that, starting in kindergarten, allow you to have conversations “charged” with wonder and a philosophical tension that makes them different from other types of conversations.
Why do philosophy in kindergarten?
The volume offers ideas and examples for starting philosophical conversations from very different starting points: fragments of ancient philosophers, “classic” thought experiments, fables, paintings, illustrated books, experiences, proverbs … Doing philosophy with girls and boys is like inviting them to explore paths and landscapes that, in order to be crossed, require them to experiment with new gaits, to walk up ascents and descents that are steeper than usual and to find connections between what you know (or think you know) and what you still don’t know yet. By doing this and playing by exploring the boundaries of what they are able to think, even the little ones train themselves to deal with doubt and uncertainty. The question then becomes: why not do it, since it can be done with great involvement and fun for both the children and the teacher?
Index
Introduction
The tree of key words
FRAGMENTS OF PHILOSOPHY
Nothing is too much
The important things
Know yourself
The mind grows
The children’s walker
The mind of animals
Sleeping and being awake
Thales’ star
The smallest thing
Reality and appearance
Schopenhauer’s hedgehog
MENTAL EXPERIMENTS
Travelling towards utopia
A beautiful landscape
The sailing ship and its rules
The flute problem
The origin of art
CLASSIC STORIES
The ant and the grasshopper
The tortoise and the hare
The two frogs
The lion and the mouse
ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
An idea
Bugs in a blanket
Blue city, yellow city
The wave
The door
The blue chair
I saw a mole
A squash and a squeeze
Exercises in prospective
The Most Magnificent Thing
I got this!
The trouble with friendship
Two for me, one for you
Changing emotions
Strictly No Elephants
Daniel
Take flight
Bear, hole!
My grandmother was a fish
The factory of words
Real and fantastic things
We are here
Nature and us
OTHER AREAS OF DISCOVERY
Sepúlveda’s snail
Thoughts in paintings
The mysterious game
Proverbs
Time
Questions everywhere
Outdoor philosophy
Out of the ordinary experiences and conversations in kindergarten
Luca Mori
The volume proposes an innovative method to set up a programme of philosophical reflection in kindergarten to set the stage for a "different" type of discussion with children which triggers wonder in them and helps them discover the world in an original way.
THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK
The author suggests a series of questions, stories and experiences that, starting in kindergarten, allow you to have conversations "charged" with wonder and a philosophical tension that help children to question themselves about various situations and concepts, all guided in a simple and stimulating way.
Each question is introduced with a starting point, which is essential for identifying the focal point of the discussion and the possible connecting topics; real practical experiences are then proposed from which to draw inspiration.
Each question is introduced with a starting point
The questions allow for a class conversation to be set up
The author's advice, expansions and practical experiences help the teacher guide and regulate the debate in the most appropriate way.
Leaf through some pages of the volume which have been translated into English to facilitate your evaluation of the product.
Can philosophy really be done in kindergarten? With what meaning? In what way?
Yes, there are questions, stories and experiences that, as early as kindergarten, allow you to have conversations "charged" with wonder and philosophical tension that makes them different from other types of conversation. The history of philosophy teaches that wonder can arise both from considering questions and phenomena that appear new and distant from ordinary experiences, and from looking at things in a new way, seeing ordinary experiences and the things we have every day right under our noses "with fresh eyes”.
This volume offers ideas and examples for create philosophical conversations with very different starting points:
THE AUTHOR
Luca Mori has a PhD in Philosophical Disciplines and he is a History of Philosophy professor at the University of Pisa. He has been designing and conducting philosophy workshops with children and adolescents for years. Among his projects is a journey of over 10,000 km throughout Italy to propose the mental experiment of utopia to children between 5 and 11 years of age. He collaborates with the Collegio San Carlo Foundation and the Municipality of Modena, with TSMSTEP (School for the management of the territory and the landscape of the Autonomous Province of Trento) and with schools in various Italian regions and European countries.
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