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Little Big Minds: Sharing Philosophy with Kids Paperback - 2006
by Marietta McCarty
Drawing on McCarty's conclusion that children are natural philosophers who can understand such concepts as prejudice, compassion, and death, this title guides parents and educators in introducing philosophy to K-8-age children in order to develop their critical thinking.
Summary
A guide for parents and educators to sharing the enduring ideas of the biggest minds throughout the centuriesfrom Plato to Jane Addamswith the "littlest" minds.
Children are no strangers to cruelty and courage, to love and to loss, and in this unique book teacher and educational consultant Marietta McCarty reveals that they are, in fact, natural philosophers. Drawing on a program she has honed in schools around the country over the last fifteen years, Little Big Minds guides parents and educators in introducing philosophy to K-8 children in order to develop their critical thinking, deepen their appreciation for others, and brace them for the philosophical quandaries that lurk in all of our lives, young or old.
Arranged according to themes-including prejudice, compassion, and death-and featuring the work of philosophers from Plato and Socrates to the Dalai Lama and Martin Luther King Jr., this step-by-step guide to teaching kids how to think philosophically is full of excellent discussion questions, teaching tips, and group exercises.
Children are no strangers to cruelty and courage, to love and to loss, and in this unique book teacher and educational consultant Marietta McCarty reveals that they are, in fact, natural philosophers. Drawing on a program she has honed in schools around the country over the last fifteen years, Little Big Minds guides parents and educators in introducing philosophy to K-8 children in order to develop their critical thinking, deepen their appreciation for others, and brace them for the philosophical quandaries that lurk in all of our lives, young or old.
Arranged according to themes-including prejudice, compassion, and death-and featuring the work of philosophers from Plato and Socrates to the Dalai Lama and Martin Luther King Jr., this step-by-step guide to teaching kids how to think philosophically is full of excellent discussion questions, teaching tips, and group exercises.
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- Title Little Big Minds: Sharing Philosophy with Kids
- Author Marietta McCarty
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Thus
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Tarcherperigee, New York
- Date 2006
- Features Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781585425150 / 158542515X
- Weight 0.74 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.48 x 0.91 in (20.83 x 13.92 x 2.31 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Children and philosophy, Philosophy - Study and teaching (Elementary)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006029099
- Dewey Decimal Code 108.3
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Citations
- Christian Century, 06/26/2007, Page 41
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