Literacy
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Piggybook by Anthony Brown Disscussion ideas for parents and teachers. |
Picture Books | James Nottingham | 15/05/2012 |
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Mr Gumpy’s Outing by John Burningham Disscussion ideas for parents and teachers. |
Picture Books | James Nottingham | 15/05/2012 |
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'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 |
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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 |
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The Gruffalo Ideas for using the popular story by Jane Donaldson |
Picture Books | James Nottingham | 01/05/2012 |
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Teaching Notes for Harrison Bergeron Ideas to support dialogue issues of equality, discrimination and freedom following a reading of Kurt Vonnegut's classic story. |
Lesson Outlines | Tim Sprod | 09/04/2012 |
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Mark's Dilemma A story and ideas for discussion on the themes of race, culture and representation. |
Scripts and Dialogues | Darren Chetty | 04/04/2012 |
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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 |
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Good Reasons Six exercises to introduce the notions of relevance, strength and sense with which to evaluate reasons. |
IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts | IAPC | 03/02/2012 |
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Wondering Two activities to stimulate young children to reflect on their wondering. |
IAPC Materials, Notes and Activities | IAPC | 03/02/2012 |
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Good and Bad Exercises with which to explore the different uses of the words "Good" and "Bad". |
Examples, IAPC Materials | IAPC | 03/02/2012 |
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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 |
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Knowing and Believing An exercise and discussion plan on these two essential and connected concepts. |
Examples, IAPC Materials | IAPC | 03/02/2012 |
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Examples An exercise on giving examples |
IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts | IAPC | 25/01/2012 |
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Questions and Answers Activities to help children think about what makes good questions and answers and how to answer them. |
IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts | IAPC | 25/01/2012 |
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Similarities and Differences Thoughts and an exercise about similarities and differences with respect to ... |
IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts | IAPC | 24/01/2012 |
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Possible and Impossible An activity for young children to develop awareness of these important concepts. |
Reasoning Concepts | Sara Stanley | 24/01/2012 |
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'Probably' Two exercises on, using the word 'probably' and the links to inductive reasoning. |
IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts | IAPC | 26/10/2011 |
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Inferring Two exercises on inferring, the act of thinking beyond what is give. |
IAPC Materials, Reasoning Concepts | IAPC | 26/10/2011 |
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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 |
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Sports Day in the Jungle A script to stimulate questions and discussion about fairness and competition |
Scripts and Dialogues, Stories & Storytelling | Libby Ahluwalia | 25/10/2011 |
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The Tunnel by Anthony Browne Some lesson ideas to use with a popular picture book by Anthony Browne. The activities have been tried with pupils in year 3–6 but could be adapted for younger or older pupils. |
Picture Books | Sue Lyle | 25/10/2011 |
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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 |
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The King's Last Command The story of a good king who, against the wishes of his people, decides to give his powers away to them. |
Stories & Storytelling | Jason Buckley | 07/09/2011 |
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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 |