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Piggybook by Anthony Brown
Disscussion ideas for parents and teachers. 		Picture Books James Nottingham 15/05/2012
Mr Gumpy’s Outing by John Burningham
Disscussion ideas for parents and teachers. 		Picture Books James Nottingham 15/05/2012
'Changes' by Anthony Brown
Some ideas for parents and teachers for talking about with this popular picture book 		Picture Books James Nottingham 15/05/2012
Argumentative Artifacts: Using arguments for philosophical inquiry in schools
Link to a web e-book on p4c.com about the use of created arguments as stimuli and models for p4c 		E-Books Steve Williams 11/05/2012
The Gruffalo
Ideas for using the popular story by Jane Donaldson 		Picture Books James Nottingham 01/05/2012
Rose and Carrot
A set of resources for investigating a range of concepts related to gardening and growing, food production and consumption. 		Scripts and Dialogues Steve Bramall 22/02/2012
All, some and none: A dialogue with young children
An audio clip with some comments on using these concepts in discussion with 4 to 5 year old children 		Community Dialogue, Reasoning Concepts Steve Williams 08/02/2012
Answers, Questions and Truth
Here are two activities with which to explore children's attitudes to questions and to ask them to consider degrees of truth in answers to a questions. 		IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts IAPC 03/02/2012
One Hand Clapping
A simple circle game to focus a group before an enquiry 		Games Jason Buckley 03/02/2012
Loneliness and friendship
A brief dialogue raising ideas about friendship and loneliness 		Dialogues Jason Buckley 03/02/2012
Small Talk for Big Talk
When did you last have a meeting where the very first thing you spoke about was the subject of the meeting? This article explores the use of directed "small talk" to make small group discussions more productive. 		Community Dialogue Jason Buckley 03/02/2012
Wondering
Two activities to stimulate young children to reflect on their wondering. 		IAPC Materials, Notes and Activities IAPC 03/02/2012
Good and Bad
Exercises with which to explore the different uses of the words "Good" and "Bad". 		Examples, IAPC Materials IAPC 03/02/2012
If ...
Exercises with which to reflect on the logical, causal and imaginative uses of the word "if". 		IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts IAPC 03/02/2012
Knowing and Believing
An exercise and discussion plan on these two essential and connected concepts. 		Examples, IAPC Materials IAPC 03/02/2012
Examples
An exercise on giving examples 		IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts IAPC 25/01/2012
Generalization
An activity to help children become aware of generalization,its uses and abuses 		IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts IAPC 25/01/2012
Possible and Impossible
An activity for young children to develop awareness of these important concepts. 		Reasoning Concepts Sara Stanley 24/01/2012
'Probably'
Two exercises on, using the word 'probably' and the links to inductive reasoning. 		IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts IAPC 26/10/2011
Inferring
Two exercises on inferring, the act of thinking beyond what is give. 		IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts IAPC 26/10/2011
Thinking Moves
An e-books with 14 activities to enliven you P4C sessions. There are short 'thinking games', ideas for role plays and routines you can adapt for mini-enquiries and follow-ups. 		E-Books, Games Karin Murris 26/10/2011
The Enquiry Chauffeur
Practical ideas for making your enquiries more inclusive, more reflective or more involving 		P4C Craft Jason Buckley 09/09/2011
Unfinished Business: Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden
A open ended dialogue about faries and reality. 		Scripts and Dialogues, Dialogues Jason Buckley 08/09/2011
Fruit Salad and Philosophers' Fruit Salad
A game to mix up a group and introduce philosophical questions 		Games, Opinions Jason Buckley 08/09/2011
The Water Catcher
A story about how a new dam threatens the way of life, and livelihoods, of villagers downstream. Includes ideas for enquiries. 		Stories & Storytelling Jason Buckley 08/09/2011