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Philosophy Sucks . . . Kids Right In!: Exploring Big Ideas with Young People Using Stories from Around the World

by Nel de Theije - Avontuur

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Philosophizing--considering life questions--stimulates: thinking, processing information, reasoning, thinking creatively, evaluating alternatives. Many children are natural philosophers. They observe the world around them from a young age, have a keen sense of right and wrong, and ask endless questions. Stories, fables, fairy tales, and parables are a classic device for teaching lessons about life, morality, chance, consequences, and other cultures to audiences both young and old. 
Philosophy Sucks...Kids Right In! is a guide that parents and educators can use to structure and guide this process. Contributors Nel de Theije-Avontuur and Leo Kaniok have collected 40 short stories that encourage children to ponder the themes of happiness, love, friendship, peace, freedom, respect, and equality and more. An introductory chart clearly lays out the age groupings the stories are appropriate for, a primary theme, possible secondary themes, and the teaching purpose of the story. Many stories come with discussion papers that suggest areas of exploration with children of different age groups (4-6, 6-8, 8-10, and 10-12) and grades. The open-ended questions encourage self-reflection and stimulate children to experience the stories more intensely and seek their own answers to the big questions of life.

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Book details

Author
Nel de Theije - Avontuur, Leo Kaniok
Imprint
Hunter House, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
Published
Pages
192
Formats
Paperback, Hardcover
Series
SmartThoughts
Ages
6-18
Subjects
Juvenile Nonfiction › Philosophy
Topics
philosophy for children · critical thinking · stories and fables · moral reasoning · creative thinking · world cultures · parent and educator guide
ISBN-13
9780897936750 (Paperback)9781630269265 (Hardcover)

About the author

NEL DE THEIJE-AVONTUUR is a teacher of children with special needs and the author of four books, including Philosophy Sucks... Kids Right In!: Exploring Big Ideas with Young People Using Stories from Around the World, co-written with Leo Kaniok, and Filosoferen met kinderen. His other titles include Filosofische verhalen voor kinderen and 55 philosophische Geschichten für Kinder.

De Theije-Avontuur specializes in teaching values through stories and leads storytelling workshops for parents and educators.

When not writing, De Theije-Avontuur works directly with children with special needs, drawing on that practice to guide young people in philosophical discussion. His books use short stories from around the world as a framework for that work.

Nel lives in Deurne, in the Netherlands.

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