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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
Happiness
An activity to explore the question: 'What do you need to be happy?' There are some picture cards for young children to use but you could do the activity with any age group 		Examples Jason Buckley 07/09/2011
Keeping Promises
An exercise on promises and promise-keeping that could turn into an interesting enquiry 		Concept Stretchers Sue Lyle 07/09/2011
Sir Wilfred and the Dragon
A story about a cynical dragon unimpressed by the do-gooding antics of the knight in shining armour about to slay it. 		Stories & Storytelling Jason Buckley 29/08/2011
The Story of Little Mole: Lesson Ideas
Lesson ideas for this humorous book about a mole who finds poo on his head and goes looking for someone to blame. 		Picture Books, Lesson Outlines Steve Williams 13/06/2011
Expectations of P4C skills in the Foundation stage
Examples of skills and progression of skills expected from the majority of pupils in the Foundation Stage over the course of a year's participation in P4C. 		Evaluation Sara Stanley 10/06/2011
Panel Discussions
The method of 'panel discussion' provides a very useful and flexible discussion format. It also helps you work with very large groups. 		Community Dialogue Steve Williams 09/06/2011