{"id":12320,"date":"2022-01-07T20:03:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T20:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/development.plato-philosophy.org\/?page_id=12320"},"modified":"2025-10-01T05:14:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T12:14:25","slug":"wondering-aloud","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wondering-aloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Wondering Aloud: Philosophy with Young People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t#blog-grid {\n\t\tposition: relative;\t\n\t\tpadding: 0px 0 50px;\n\t\tmargin-top: 50px;\n\t}\n\t.blog-grid {\n\t\tdisplay: grid;\n\t\tgrid-template-columns: 1fr;\n\t\tcolumn-gap: 30px;\n\t\trow-gap: 30px;\n\t}\n\t.blog-card {\n\t\tposition: relative;\n\t\tborder-radius: 0px;\n\t\tbox-shadow: 0 0 20px gray;\n\t\tdisplay: flex;\n\t\tpadding: 20px;\n\t}\n\t.blog-card hr {\n\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\tborder-color: var(--deep-sea);\n\t\theight: 5px;\n\t\tbackground: var(--deep-sea);\n\t\ttransition: all .5s;\t\n\t\tmargin: 10px 0;\n\t}\n\t.blog-card:hover hr {\n\t\twidth: 100%;\t\n\t}\n\t.blog-card:hover {\n\t\tbox-shadow: 0 0 20px #222;\t\n\t}\n\t.blog-card .feat-section {\n\t\twidth: 350px;\n\t\theight: 200px;\n\t\tborder-radius: 0;\t\n\t\tposition: relative;\n\t\tz-index: 1;\n\t\toverflow: hidden;\n\t\tborder:2px solid var(--deep-sea);\n\t}\n\t.blog-card .post-meta {\n\t\tfont-size:14px;\n\t\tfont-weight: bold;\n\t\tfont-family: 'Merriweather',serif;\n\t\tcolor: grey;\t\n\t}\n\t.blog-card:hover .shade {\n\t\tbackground: rgba(0,0,0,.5);\t\n\t}\n\t.blog-card a.cat-pill {\n\t\tbackground: var(--deep-sea);\n\t\tpadding: 3px 8px;\n\t\tposition: absolute;\n\t\tz-index: 1;\n\t\ttop: 10px;\n\t\tright: 10px;\n\t\tborder-radius: 15px;\n\t\tcolor: white;\n\t\ttext-transform: uppercase;\n\t\tfont-size: 14px;\n\t\twidth: max-content;\n\t\theight: auto;\n\t\tleft: unset;\n\t}\n\t.blog-card .content-section {\n\t\twidth: calc(100% - 400px);\n\t\tmargin-left: auto;\n\t\tpadding: 0px;\n\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\n\t\tborder-radius: 0;\n\t\tborder-top: 0;\t\n\t\theight: 200px;\n\t\tposition: relative;\n\t\tz-index: 1;\n\t}\n\t.blog-card .content-section .post-title {\n\t\tfont-family: 'Roboto';\n\t\tfont-weight: bold;\n\t\tfont-size: 18px;\n\t\tmargin-bottom: 5px; 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Emmerman<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Karen S. Emmerman is PLATO\u2019s Education Director. Some readers of Wondering Aloud will know that I have a long-standing interest in building philosophical skills in ways that are joyful and<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/thinking-clearly-through-art\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-01-22-at-9.22.47-PM.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Why I Wonder<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 1, 2026, by: Naphat Prateepveruriya<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">My name is Naphat Prateepveruriya (my nickname is In). I\u2019m a 4th grade student at International Community School (ICS) in Bangkok. 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I Am Henry Finch by Alexis Deacon (illustrations by Viviane Schwarz) tells the story of Henry, a member of a community of finches, all of whom think and<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/i-am-henry-finch-identity-courage-and-thinking-for-yourself\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-01-15-at-7.10.49-PM.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">\u201cThe Bowl\u201d \u2013 A New Documentary Showcases High School Ethics Bowl<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 4, 2026, by: Peter Fristedt<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Peter Fristedt is a member of PLATO\u2019s Academic Advisory Board. He holds a PhD in philosophy from Stony Brook University and has published scholarship on ethics, Continental philosophy, and the<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-bowl-a-new-documentary-showcases-high-school-ethics-bowl\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Library-Lion.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Library Lion<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 18, 2026, by: Karen S. Emmerman<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Karen S. Emmerman is PLATO\u2019s Education Director. When my son was in elementary school, there was an alarming incident in one of the classrooms. A teacher had a cerebral event that led to her acting<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-library-lion\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elena-mozhvilo-j06gLuKK0GM-unsplash.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Through Mental Prisms: What Online Learning Taught Me About Ethics and Justice<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 4, 2026, by: Aanya Padhi<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Aanya Padhi is a sophomore at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California. She is interested in applied ethics and political philosophy and is active in advocacy work to overturn wrongful<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/through-mental-prisms-what-online-learning-taught-me-about-ethics-and-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-01-13-at-9.48.37-PM.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">We Are in a Book!<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 21, 2026, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Jana Mohr Lone is PLATO\u2019s Executive Director. &#8220;The age of five is the most philosophical age you can be.&#8221;&#8211; Mo Willems&nbsp; Mo Willems\u2019 We Are in a Book! raises in a playful way<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/we-are-in-a-book\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-11-11-at-7.58.09-PM.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">My Dad Was a Baptist Preacher \u2013 I\u2019m a Philosophy Professor<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 7, 2026, by: Wes Siscoe<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Wes Siscoe is an Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University. With a passion for making philosophy accessible, Wes founded the Philosophy Teaching Library as a postdoctoral fellow at the<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/my-dad-was-a-baptist-preacher-im-a-philosophy-professor\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monster-at-School-Monster-copy.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Monster at School<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 17, 2025, by: Karen S. Emmerman<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Karen S. Emmerman is PLATO&#8217;s Education Director. Thinking philosophically requires, among other things, developing a set of philosophical skills. 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Aside from advocating for philosophy in music education, he researches how<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophy-in-the-music-classroom-the-interplay-of-notes-and-ideas\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-11-11-at-7.51.22-PM.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Death is Stupid<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 19, 2025, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Jana Mohr Lone is PLATO\u2019s Executive Director. Many children wonder about death, and many adults find it difficult to respond to their questions and fears. In the United States, we don\u2019t discuss<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/death-is-stupid\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/emily-morter-8xAA0f9yQnE-unsplash.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Purpose<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 5, 2025, by: Amna Ehsan Ul Haq<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Amna, a high school graduate from a small city in Pakistan, describes herself as \u201ca certified misfit who never really fit into the system.\u201d She loves watching documentaries and having deep, random<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophy-can-help-us-find-our-purpose\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/aaron-burden-QJDzYT_K8Xg-unsplash.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">My Love for Philosophy<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 22, 2025, by: Siddharth (Sid) Swaminathan<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Sid is a PLATO Student Advisory Council member. He lives in Illinois and is a homeschooled senior planning to major in philosophy. When I disclose my interest in philosophy, I\u2019ve often been asked<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/my-love-for-philosophy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-jopwell-collection-0UnuYI_HrTA-unsplash.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Studying Thinking Itself: What I Learned at Fifteen in a College Philosophy Class<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 1, 2025, by: Aanya Padhi<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Aanya Padhi is a sophomore at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California. She is interested in applied ethics and political philosophy and is active in advocacy work to overturn wrongful<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/studying-thinking-itself-what-i-learned-at-fifteen-in-a-college-philosophy-class\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/siniz-kim-LZ3O2Q4Me0Q-unsplash.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Musical Philosophers: The Power of Integrating Philosophy of Music into an Elementary School Music Curriculum<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 17, 2025, by: Ellen T. Sirower<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Ellen T. Sirower, a doctoral&nbsp;student in piano performance at the University of Texas at Austin and a PLATO Philosopher in Residence, maintains a busy performing and teaching&nbsp;schedule while<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/musical-philosophers-the-power-of-integrating-philosophy-of-music-into-an-elementary-school-music-curriculum\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-28-at-8.25.17-PM.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Embracing Difficult Conversations:\u00a0 The Intersection of Ethics and Civics Education<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 3, 2025, by: Roberta Israeloff<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">A panel discussion highlighting PLATO\u2019s 7th Biennial Conference at Tufts University (June 2025) convened five philosophers and educators.&nbsp; Their exchange focused on how we talk to each other<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/embracing-difficult-conversations-the-intersection-of-ethics-and-civics-education\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/casey-allen-8cg0rd8M5D0-unsplash.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Seeing Vultures, Smelling Sage, and Touching Pinecones: Environmental Philosophy in Elementary School<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 11, 2025, by: Shoshana McIntosh<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Shoshana McIntosh is a philosophy PhD student and teaching fellow at the University of North Texas and a PLATO Fellow. Can trees make decisions? Why do people litter if they know it harms the<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/seeing-vultures-smelling-sage-and-touching-pinecones-environmental-philosophy-in-elementary-school\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/brooke-cagle-g1Kr4Ozfoac-unsplash.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">New to Ethics Bowl<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 28, 2025, by: Mary Lee<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Mary Lee is a junior at Skyline High School in Sammamish, WA. My name is Mary Lee, and I\u2019m a junior at Skyline High School in Sammanish, WA. In March 2025, I was on a team that competed in the<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/new-to-ethics-bowl\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/tristan-sosteric-K0zTEj0Nf1M-unsplash.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Advocacy and Civic Renewal<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 14, 2025, by: Peter Levine<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Dr. Peter Levine is professor of philosophy and political science, and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship &amp; Public Affairs at Tufts University\u2019s<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/advocacy-and-civic-renewal\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/twilight-zone-rod-serling1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Uncertainty, Open Minds, and the Twilight Zone<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 30, 2025, by: Scott MacLeod<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Scott MacLeod, a retired public high school teacher and Ethics Bowl coach, currently serves on the board of PLATO. \u00a0Decades after taking his first philosophy course, he still wonders about the nature<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/uncertainty-open-minds-and-the-twilight-zone\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"plato wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/jaikishan-patel-2eMemvByB-8-unsplash.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Philosophy for Children in India:\u00a0 The Changing Landscape<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 16, 2025, by: Rhea Kuthoore<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Rhea Kuthoore is promoting philosophy with children in India, and researching philosophy in children\u2019s literature from an Indian context.\u00a0 She has degrees in philosophy and childhood studies. \u00a0<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophy-for-children-in-india-the-changing-landscape\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sergiu-valena-7VPdLfzLwg8-unsplash.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Like a River<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 2, 2025, by: Roberta Israeloff<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Roberta Israeloff, PLATO\u2019s co-founder and Board secretary, directs the Squire Family Foundation.&nbsp; Her most recent book, What Went Right:&nbsp; Lessons from Both Sides of the Teacher\u2019s Desk<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/like-a-river\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/priscilla-du-preez-VTE4SN2I9s0-unsplash.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Delicate Dancing:\u00a0 Creating a Shared Language\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 19, 2025, by: Winston C. Thompson<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Meet Winston C. Thompson: William H. and Laceryjette V. Casto Professorship in Interprofessional Education; Associate Professor, Educational Studies; Associate Professor, Philosophy (by courtesy);<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/delicate-dancing-creating-a-shared-language\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-02-28-at-7.50.01-PM.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Philosophy Across the Ages:\u00a0 Should Artists\u2019 Ethics Affect Our Artistic Judgements?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 5, 2025, by: Debi Talukdar<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Debi Talukdar is PLATO\u2019s Program Director and an adjunct lecturer for online courses at the University of Washington School of Educational Studies.&nbsp; A few months ago, PLATO hosted its first<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophy-across-the-ages-should-artists-ethics-affect-our-artistic-judgements\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Robert-and-Sarah.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Talking Across Differences at the Dinner Table<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 18, 2025, by: Roberta Israeloff<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Meet Sarah M. Stitzlein: Professor of Education and Affiliate Faculty in Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati Roberta Israeloff is PLATO\u2019s co-founder and Board Secretary, and Executive<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/talking-across-differences-at-the-dinner-table-meet-sarah-m-stitzlein\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/javier-trueba-iQPr1XkF5F0-unsplash.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Asking Big Questions at Dean Tech<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 5, 2025, by: Marina P\u00e9rez del Valle<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Marina P\u00e9rez del Valle is a philosophy PhD student at UMass Amherst and a PLATO fellow for the academic year 2024-25. When not doing philosophy, she can be found climbing, biking, or hanging out<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/asking-big-questions-at-dean-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pietro-de-grandi-KF3GJ3DYhY8-unsplash.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">\u201cIS IT OK TO PEE IN THE OCEAN?\u201d &#8211; A Philosopher in Residence Explains<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 15, 2025, by: Jack Flesher<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Jack Flesher (he\/they) is a PhD Candidate in Ethnomusicology at the University of Washington. In his free time, he enjoys making music, spending time with friends in nature, and things that get his<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/is-it-ok-to-pee-in-the-ocean-a-philosopher-in-residence-explains\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"ethics wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-cottonbro-5473955.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">From Deterrence to Adaptation: What Should AI Look like in High Schools?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 29, 2024, by: Chloe Chun<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Chloe is a rising freshman at Duke University who plans to double major in public policy and philosophy. She has been involved with PLATO for two years. In my AP history class, you\u2019ll see rows of<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/ai-in-high-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"blog wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-4.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Teach Different: Philosophy and Emotional Health<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 14, 2024, by: Dan Fouts<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Dan has taught high school government and philosophy in Chicago for thirty years and serves on PLATO\u2019s Academic Advisory Board. In 2017, my twin brother Steve and I co-founded&nbsp;Teach<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophy-and-emotional-health\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/SoCal-Philosophy.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">SoCal Philosophy Academy \u2013 Corrupting the Youth since 2017<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 31, 2024, by: Brian J. Collins <\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Brian J. Collins is Associate Professor &amp; Chair of Philosophy at California Lutheran University and is the Founder &amp; Director of the SoCal Philosophy Academy To explain the SoCal Philosophy<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/socal-philosophy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-8423410-3-e1728921254349.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Philosophical Dialogues Between Children Across Borders<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 14, 2024, by: JC Wright<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">JC teaches philosophy, game design, and jazz improv to elementary, middle, and high schoolstudents at Qualia: The School for Deeper Learning in Los Angeles, California. Which activities or conditions<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/children-across-borders-philosophy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/homepage-slider-highschoolessaycontest.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Evidence-Based Assessment in Philosophy Education: Take the PLATO Research Committee Survey<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 26, 2024, by: Michael Vazquez<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Michael Vazquez is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Director of Outreach at the Parr Center for Ethics, member of<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/evidence-based-assessment-in-philosophy-education-take-the-plato-researchcommittee-survey\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P4-Journal-announcement.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Philosophical Scholarship for and with the Whole Public: Precollege Philosophy and Public Practice<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 11, 2024, by: Kris Phillips<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Kristopher Phillips, editor-in-chief of Precollege Philosophy and Public Practice, is assistant professor of philosophy at Eastern Michigan University. Precollege Philosophy and Public Practice (P4),<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophical-scholarship-for-and-with-the-whole-publicprecollege-philosophy-and-public-practice\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/tomwithkids.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">When to Run a Philosophy Camp for K-12 Students?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 27, 2024, by: Landon D.C. Elkind<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">by Landon D. C. Elkind, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Western Kentucky University In my involvement with pre-college philosophy, I have been blessed in more ways than one. First, I had excellent<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/when-to-run-a-philosophy-camp-for-k-12-students\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Australia.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Pre-College Philosophy in Sydney, Australia: A Whole School Approach<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 12, 2024, by: Britta Jensen, DPhil<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">By Britta Jensen, DPhil We are pleased to share news from in Sydney, Australia, where we recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of both our state&#8217;s not-for-profit association, the Association<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/pre-college-philosophy-in-sydney-australia-a-whole-school-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Measure-Success.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Measuring the Impact: An Invitation to the Ethics Bowl Community<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 30, 2024, by: Michael Vazquez, PhD (UNC-Chapel Hill)<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">By Michael Vazquez, Ph.D. As readers of a philosophy blog, you probably do not need to be convinced that philosophy is a worthwhile activity. You may already think\u2014as I do\u2014that engaging in<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/measuring-the-impact-an-invitation-to-the-ethics-bowl-community\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-05-17-at-6.26.38-PM.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Dialogue Across Time: Philosophy through Paradoxes<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 17, 2024, by: Cassie Finley<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The fact that a famous philosopher expressed virtually the same thought as the student, but roughly 1600 years ago, was both exciting and validating for all of the students. Engaging with Augustine<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/dialogue-across-time-philosophy-through-paradoxes\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-04-26-at-2.35.05-PM.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Thinking about Infinity with Elementary School Students<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 26, 2024, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">By Jana Mohr Lone In the beautiful picture book Infinity and Me, written by Kate Hosford and illustrated by Gabi Swiatkowska, a young girl, Uma, looks up into the night sky and starts to feel \u201cvery,<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/thinking-about-infinity-with-elementary-school-students\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-design-5.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Good, the Bad, &#038; the Ethics Case Library<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 29, 2024, by: Roberta Israeloff<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">By Roberta Israeloff If at first glance these questions seem easy to answer, think again. The more you consider them, the more complex they become. Ethics is less about discussing right and wrong than<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-good-the-bad-the-ethics-case-library\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-design-2.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Philosopher-in-Residence Program at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 12, 2024, by: Debi Talukdar and Jack Flesher<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The PIR program responds meaningfully to the changing nature of the world we live in, constantly addressing new issues and topics for students to consider. &#8230;  Students\u2019 ideas, thoughts, and<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-philosopher-in-residence-program-at-thurgood-marshall-elementary-school\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Muir-Building-1-1024x839-1.webp);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Building &#038; Running a Philosopher-in-Residence Program<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 5, 2024, by: Karen S. Emmerman<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">By Karen S. Emmerman, Philosopher-in-Residence at John Muir Elementary &amp; PLATO Education Director How a Philosopher-in-Residence Program Works Yesterday, as I walked down the halls of John Muir<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/building-running-a-philosopher-in-residence-program\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Audrey-Photo.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Discussing the Meaning of Life in High Schools<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 8, 2024, by: Audrey Ledbetter<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">By Audrey Ledbetter, Boston-area Philosopher-in-Residence at Medford High School High schoolers are not often given the space to let their minds wander freely. Their days are punctuated by bells<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/discussing-the-meaning-of-life-in-high-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2023-12-19-at-4.10.23-PM.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">How TikTok Helped Me Expand My Philosophy Education<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 19, 2023, by: Saisha Agarwal<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">By Saisha Agarwal, high school student &amp; PLATO Student Advisory Council member I was in the trenches of quarantine when I began making TikToks about philosophy. Formerly philosophyloverr222, I<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/how-tiktok-helped-me-expand-my-philosophy-education\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/jeshoots-com-pUAM5hPaCRI-unsplash.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Making Friends with Tech in Schools<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 1, 2023, by: Erica Bigelow<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">By Erica Bigelow, Philosopher-in-Residence at Rainier Beach High School in Seattle, WA &amp; University of Washington Philosophy PhD Student Since the beginning of the year, I\u2019ve been one of the<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/making-friends-with-tech-in-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"plato wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2023-11-13-at-11.20.26-AM.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Process &gt; Product: Thoughts on How to Combat the Loser\u2019s Blues<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 13, 2023, by: Laurie Grady<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">By Laurie Grady (HS English &amp; Philosophy Teacher, Haverford Senior High School, PA) The concept of failure is so vast, so diverse, and so widespread, that it is impossible to examine<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/process-product-thoughts-on-how-to-combat-the-losers-blues\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/8E5606AB-0151-472D-A740-FF20547030F61-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Reflections on Successful P4C Facilitation<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 26, 2023, by: Ariel Sykes<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Ariel Sykes provides ongoing workshops and training for educators new and experienced in Philosophy for Children. Check out her PLATO workshops here and other services here. She is available for<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 6<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/reflections-on-successful-p4c-facilitation\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementary-schoolgroup.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Ethics Bowls with Elementary and Middle School Students<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 9, 2023, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">By Jana Mohr Lone During the past couple of years, I have organized ethics bowls with 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students, both as classrooms units and as larger whole grade events. Ethics Bowls are<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/ethics-bowls-with-elementary-and-middle-school-students\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iowa-Philosophy-Lyceum-Logo_2020.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Iowa Lyceum: Building a Precollege Philosophical Community<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 18, 2023, by: Joe Glover<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">By Joe Glover, PhD Candidate, University of Iowa As a teenager I did not really know what philosophy was. This is surprising considering my interests at the time. Beyond the usual interests of a high<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-iowa-lyceum-building-a-precollege-philosophical-community\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20230719_095742-scaled.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Moral Reasons and Time Constraints: Reflections on Ethics Education in Summer Camp Settings<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 5, 2023, by: Brianna Larson<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">By Brianna Larson, Philosophy PhD Student at University of Cincinnati The Cincinnati Ethics Center, established in January of 2022, recently concluded its 2nd year of ethics programming at the Youth<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 5<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/moral-reasons-and-time-constraints-reflections-on-ethics-education-in-summer-camp-settings\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/book-beach-s-summer-water-sky.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Have a Great Summer!<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 29, 2023, by: Cassie Finley<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The PLATO blog series will be taking a break for the summer and will resume in September with new and exciting posts about philosophy with children and youth and other public philosophy efforts! In<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/have-a-great-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2023-06-21-at-1.35.44-PM.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">My Journey with Philosophy<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 21, 2023, by: Liam Lobl<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">By Liam Lobl (Student from Ardsley High School) Coming into high school, I knew very little about philosophy, as my school district does not offer any classes even remotely within the field of<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/my-journey-with-philosophy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2023-06-05-at-2.10.54-PM.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Cultivation Requirements: Teaching Virtue Ethics for Whole-Child Education<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 5, 2023, by: Evan Dutmer<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">By Evan Dutmer I teach ethics and leadership in the Department of Leadership Education at Culver Academies, a boarding school in northern Indiana. I received my PhD in Ancient Philosophy from<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 6<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/cultivation-requirements-teaching-virtue-ethics-for-whole-child-education\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2023-05-12-at-9.27.49-PM.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Teaching Philosophy as Virtuous Dialogue: Bridging the Gap between K-12 and Higher Education<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 12, 2023, by: Cassie Finley<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">By Cassie Finley (University of Iowa) Traditionally, philosophy has had different pedagogies between the K-12 and higher education levels. Insofar as there is a \u201ctypical\u201d approach to teaching<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 5<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/teaching-philosophy-as-virtuous-dialogue-bridging-the-gap-between-k-12-and-higher-education\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2023-04-24-at-10.55.58-AM.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Generating Philosophical Questions through Simulation<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 24, 2023, by: Jane Rutstein Shay<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Written by Jane Rutstein Shay Above: Map of the \u201cArcan\u201d Civilization as designed by my 5th-grade class. The map\u2019s legend is written in our invented language, which is written from top to bottom<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 5<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/generating-philosophical-questions-through-simulation\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-rodnae-productions-6936162.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\"><strong>Does Content Matter in Philosophy for Children?<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 30, 2023, by: Dustin Webster<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">By Dustin Webster, Co-Director Penn\u2019s Project for Philosophy for the Young A philosophy for children (p4c) session based in the Community of Inquiry format developed by Matthew Lipman and Ann<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/does-content-matter-in-philosophy-for-children\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/learning-experience-matters-1020x1024-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Exploring Robert Nozick\u2019s \u201cExperience Machine\u201d with Fourth Grade Students<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 2, 2023, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This week I introduced philosopher Robert Nozick\u2019s 1971&nbsp;Experience Machine&nbsp;thought experiment in a fourth-grade class.&nbsp;&nbsp;The experiment asks us to imagine that there is&nbsp;an<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/exploring-robert-nozicks-experience-machine-with-fourth-grade-students\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-4103247.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\"><strong>Building a Community of Philosophical Inquiry Online<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 20, 2023, by: Debi Talukdar<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">By Debi Talukdar, PLATO Program Director One of my favorite things about teaching online, besides the fact that I get to wear pajama bottoms, is that my students are often from all over the country,<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/building-a-community-of-philosophical-inquiry-online\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/download.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Philosophy for Social-Emotional Learning<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 9, 2023, by: Alex Chang<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">By Alex Chang When I first came back to the classroom after a year of remote teaching, I was ecstatic. After a year behind a screen, I could not wait to be back with students, witnessing their<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 5<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophy-for-social-emotional-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/friends-3042751__340.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Is it Better to Be a Dog or a Human?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 27, 2023, by: Karen S. Emmerman<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Last week, I read Daniel Pinkwater\u2019s book I am the Dog with three kindergarten classrooms. In the story, a boy named Jacob and his dog Max decide to switch places for a day with Jacob living Max\u2019s<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/is-it-better-to-be-a-dog-or-a-human\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"teaching-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Artificial_Intelligence__AI__Machine_Learning_-_30212411048.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Incorporating ChatGPT in Philosophy Classes<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 9, 2023, by: Cassie Finley<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">By Cassie Finley, PhD Candidate in Philosophy, University of Iowa Since the launch of ChatGPT on November 30th, there has been widespread discussion among educators about what this new technology<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 5<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/incorporating-chatgpt-in-philosophy-classes\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-pixabay-268533.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Reflections After the First Year of PLATO\u2019s Merger<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 28, 2022, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">We\u2019ve reached the end of the first year of our expanded organization (here is a&nbsp;history), a year that has been exciting and hectic and demanding. I have paused this past couple of weeks to<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/reflections-after-the-first-year-of-platos-merger\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"plato teaching-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-photo-5965612.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Philosophy in &#038; Beyond the Classroom<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 22, 2022, by: Mark Sanders<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">By Mark Sanders (University of North Carolina Charlotte) I have been teaching a Philosophy of Education class at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte every fall for the past five years.&nbsp;<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophy-in-beyond-the-classroom\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-linkedin-sales-navigator-2182977.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">An Intergenerational Ethics Conversation<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 28, 2022, by: Nina Kibria<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">By Nina Kibria, a senior high school student at Seattle Academy Three years ago, my 9th-grade history teacher suggested I join my school\u2019s Ethics Club. At first, I hesitated. I liked thinking<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/an-intergenerational-ethics-conversation\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"plato wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-24-at-1.36.20-PM.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Reflections on the Southern Utah Lyceum<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 24, 2022, by: Sam Cook and Kaleigh Bronson-Cook<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">By Sam Cook and Kaleigh Bronson-Cook Growing up in rural southern Utah doesn\u2019t exactly afford young adults robust opportunities to engage with philosophy before college, that was at least, until the<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/reflections-on-the-southern-utah-lyceum\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"plato wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/coffee-1276784_1920.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Applications for PLATO Grants Now Open!<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 10, 2022, by: Sam Cook and Kaleigh Bronson-Cook<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Since 2016, PLATO has funded various innovative philosophy programs aimed towards expanding access to philosophy around the United States. Most successful grants have been in amounts ranging from $200<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/applications-for-plato-grants-now-open\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog-photo.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Challenges and Growth: The Improvement of Ewha Saturday Philosophy Class<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 26, 2022, by: Chaeyeon Lee<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Guest Blog Post from Chaeyeon Lee (Philosophy Ph.D. Student, University of Iowa) It has already been a decade since Ewha Saturday Philosophy Class (ESPC), a Philosophy for Children (P4C) program in<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/challenge-and-growth-the-improvement-of-ewha-saturday-philosophy-class\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/patrick-fore-0gkw_9fy0eQ-unsplash.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Introducing the PLATO Guest Blogger Series!\u00a0\ufffc<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 21, 2022, by: Chaeyeon Lee<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">My name is Cassie Finley and I\u2019m excited to introduce myself as the new Communications Intern for PLATO. As part of my work with PLATO, I will be facilitating a new guest-blogger program with the<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/introducing-the-plato-guest-blogger-series-%ef%bf%bc\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/B085BC31L9.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500_.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Philosophical Themes in Fairy Tales<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 21, 2022, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Guest Blog Post from Wendy TurgeonEditor-in-Chief of PLATO&#8217;s Journal Questions: Philosophy for Young People Recently I published&nbsp;Philosophical Adventures with Fairy Tales (2021),<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophical-themes-in-fairy-tales\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-annushka-ahuja-8055513.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Intergenerational Ethics Event<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 13, 2022, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">What is the moral significance of naming and renaming public buildings? Does wealth allow people to make more ethical choices? Is it ever appropriate for a school to implement policies that directly<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/intergenerational-ethics-event\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1484.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">&#8220;I Am Actually Somebody&#8221;<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 21, 2022, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I finished my last classes in the schools for the summer earlier this month, and was presented with a beautiful booklet in which some of the children wrote to me about how they felt and thought about<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/i-am-actually-somebody\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-pavel-danilyuk-8423410.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Elementary School Ethics Bowl Judges<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 2, 2022, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Yesterday we held the second session of the Ethics Bowl unit in a fourth\/fifth grade classroom. Two teams of students each gave presentations, engaged in an open dialogue, and responded to<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/elementary-school-ethics-bowl-judges\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/B1E11F0D-386C-4CA7-B596-0828CE263DC6_1_201_a-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Ethics Bowl in an Elementary School Classroom<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 18, 2022, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This week I led the first of two in-class Ethics Bowl sessions in a fourth and fifth grade class. The sessions involve analyzing one of the cases written for the Middle School Ethics Bowl this year.<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/ethics-bowl-in-an-elementary-school-classroom\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/images-9.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Year We Learned to Fly<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 4, 2022, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Jacqueline Woodson&#8217;s new book, with its magnificent illustrations by Rafael L\u00f3pez, is an inspiring story of the power of our minds to overcome challenges and hardship, and to imagine other<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-year-we-learned-to-fly\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-6.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Our First Online Course on Philosophy in Schools<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 22, 2022, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This week was the first session of PLATO&#8217;s new ten-week online intensive course on &#8220;Philosophy in Schools.&#8221; I look back two years, to the early days of the pandemic, when we were<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/our-first-online-course-on-philosophy-in-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-barbara-olsen-7879452.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Unvarnished Listening and the Voices of Children<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 11, 2022, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Do adults listen to children very often? Really listen, without expectations or assumptions about what children mean to say or are trying to say or intend to say or could possibly be saying. Attending<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/unvarnished-listening-and-the-voices-of-children\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/frogtoadgarden.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Frog and Toad &#8220;The Garden&#8221; and the Cult of Productivity<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 30, 2022, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Yesterday was the first session of the seminar I teach on &#8220;Philosophical Inquiry in Schools&#8221; at the University of Washington. As part of the session, I read the Arnold Lobel Frog and Toad<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/frog-and-toad-the-garden-and-the-cult-of-productivity\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1283.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">A SILENT DISCUSSION ABOUT LONELINESS AND BEING ALONE<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 16, 2022, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This week I led a &#8220;silent discussion&#8221; with a class of fourth and fifth grade students. I began by distributing large poster board paper to table groups of 3-4 students, along with various<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/a-silent-discussion-about-loneliness-and-being-alone\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Happiness-is..-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">HAPPINESS AND THINKING<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 17, 2022, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This week I had a conversation with a group of elementary school students about happiness. It started with an exercise I adapted from David White\u2019s book&nbsp;Philosophy for Kids&nbsp;(I<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/happiness-and-thinking\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-3.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">RESPECT \u2013 AND ARETHA FRANKLIN<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 27, 2022, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Recently I led discussions with two different classes of fourth and fifth grade students about the meaning of respect. We began each session by talking about what makes us feel respected. Common<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/respect-and-aretha-franklin\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"aesthetics wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/images-3.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Beautiful and Ugly Songs: Building Community<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 11, 2022, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I have written elsewhere in this blog about the &#8220;Beautiful Songs&#8221; activity we often use in our classes at the University of Washington, and a lesson plan appears in PLATO&#8217;s Toolkit,<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/beautiful-and-ugly-songs-building-community\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/421C6C6C-EF9F-412D-95B3-82EF6C3163D1.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">A new chapter<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 16, 2021, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">We announced this week that the Center for Philosophy for Children will no longer be an official part of the University of Washington, but will return to its roots as an independent nonprofit<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/a-new-chapter\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/images-2.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Philosophical Sensitivity<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 19, 2021, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">When teachers and family members ask me what is needed to foster philosophical conversations with children and youth, I usually talk about what I call philosophical sensitivity. I have written about<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophical-sensitivity-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/41Qo1cquOSL._SY410_BO1204203200_.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">They All Saw A Cat<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 5, 2021, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The picture book They All Saw A Cat by Brendan Wenzel describes what an array of different creatures &#8212; a child, a snake, a mouse, a bee, etc. &#8212; observe when they see a cat. At the end of<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/they-all-saw-a-cat\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-2.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Showing Up for Your Friends<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 14, 2021, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Children\u2019s points of view and ideas have changed the way I think about many subjects. Friendship is one of them. I think that\u00a0children\u2019s thoughts and observations regarding friendship are<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/showing-up-for-your-friends\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion personal-identity wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/kids-scaled-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Back in the Classroom, and What Makes Me, Me?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 29, 2021, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">After 18 months, yesterday I returned to an elementary school to do philosophy with a class of 4th and 5th grade students. So wonderful to be in a physical classroom of children talking philosophy,<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/back-in-the-classroom-and-what-makes-me-me\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"covid-19-pandemic wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/0235780C-54B1-4C98-9E99-27F42B1A917A_1_201_a-scaled-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Starting the School Year With Hope<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 10, 2021, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Happy autumn! The school season is starting off with enthusiasm and hope for a year with way more time in classrooms and way less time in online settings. After 18 months of only seeing children in<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/starting-the-school-year-with-hope\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/AE20F052-F5DD-4033-8B4D-309A0B7A7DB5.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">More on Being Alone and Loneliness, and Being &#8220;Connected&#8221;<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">July 1, 2021, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">My previous post explored the meaning of &#8220;alone together,&#8221; a phrase used in, among other places, Arnold Lobel&#8217;s story &#8220;Alone&#8221; in Days\u00a0with Frog and Toad. In the<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/more-on-being-alone-and-loneliness-and-being-connected\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"covid-19-pandemic wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20335F0F-5824-4F60-8665-BE714B577B68_4_5005_c.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Frog and Toad &#8212; Being &#8220;Alone Together&#8221;<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 17, 2021, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I have written\u00a0before in this blog\u00a0about the Arnold Lobel story &#8220;Alone&#8221; in\u00a0Days with Frog and Toad\u00a0and I also write about it in\u00a0Seen and Not Heard. It&#8217;s one of my favorites. And<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/frog-and-toad-being-alone-together\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature ethics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/0E70A3D3-8BDA-485F-83C7-EDE1CF2DD5E0.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Love, Z<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 25, 2021, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Last week I read the story Love, Z&nbsp;by Jessie Sima with a group of 9-11 year olds. The story is about a young robot, Z, who finds a bottle with a message inside that is indecipherable except for<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/love-z\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/41C45A55-6D4A-4454-9C02-800EBE318437_4_5005_c-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Seen and Not Heard<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 13, 2021, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Last month saw the release of my new book&nbsp;Seen and Not Heard: Why Children&#8217;s Voices Matter.&nbsp;The book describes and analyzes conversations I have had with children over the past 25<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 5<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/seen-and-not-heard\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children philosophy-of-childhood social-and-political-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/FCFE23CE-7493-497D-9D91-D80935C82A77_4_5005_c.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">If I Were In Charge of the World . . .<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 28, 2021, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This week I read the poem &#8220;If I Were in Charge of the World&#8221; by Judith Viorst with a group of 9-11 year old students in our weekly online philosophy session. Using a lesson plan created by<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/if-i-were-in-charge-of-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/0FA33AD1-B301-4590-82E9-421A18CECCD6.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">HIgh School Ethics Bowl<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 13, 2021, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Since 2014, the University of Washington Center for Philosophy for Children has organized and run the Washington State High School Ethics Bowl.&nbsp;Modeled after the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, the<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/high-school-ethics-bowl\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion ethics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/E34B95E1-E2CD-465A-832A-65A15A9067FC_4_5005_c.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Hope<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 30, 2021, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This year the journal Questions: Philosophy for Young People,&nbsp;which I founded 20 years ago and which has become one of the official journals of the organization PLATO (Philosophy Learning and<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/hope\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children social-and-political-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/F22A3350-D4B9-457C-AC33-E505740134B6.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 16, 2021, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">My colleague Karen Emmerman, the Center for Philosophy for Children&#8217;s Education Director, has contributed this guest post: Doreen Cronin\u2019s book&nbsp;Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type&nbsp;is<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/click-clack-moo-cows-that-type\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/B9E3FDBB-2638-4D12-B536-6140F98DBEC3_4_5005_c.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">What&#8217;s Your Reason?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 1, 2021, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Recently I played the game &#8220;What&#8217;s Your Reason&#8221; in a virtual philosophy session with a group of eight- and nine-year-old children. The game was created by my colleague David Shapiro,<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/whats-your-reason\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"metaphysics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/E49E597C-6B4C-4760-A5CF-E20990C82E9F_4_5005_c.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Reality Scavenger Hunt<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 4, 2021, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Yesterday in an online philosophy session, the children and I played a game created by my colleague David Shapiro, the &#8220;Reality Scavenger Hunt.&#8221;&nbsp;This has been a popular philosophy<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/reality-scavenger-hunt\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"personal-identity wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/D1A6ED8A-3C2E-4D66-B8D3-4E87A1030441_4_5005_c.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">What is memory?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 21, 2021, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">In a discussion yesterday with a group of eight- and nine-year-old children, we talked about what is most important for our identities; in other words, what could we not lose without ceasing to be<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/what-is-memory\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"activities classroom-discussion metaphysics wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/7479E411-0C1C-4F56-BA1C-1584F2AA6E24_4_5005_c.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Is &#8220;everything&#8221; real?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 9, 2020, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">&nbsp; In a couple of final 2020 Zoom classes with a group of fifth grade students, we played a version of the &#8220;Reality Scavenger Hunt,&#8221; a game my colleague David Shapiro created. In small<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/is-everything-real\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"activities philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/74D5D0D3-F2DB-4B52-A56D-0B22657F27D3_4_5005_c.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Gratitude<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 23, 2020, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">As this is Thanksgiving week in the US, I have been thinking about gratitude. Especially in difficult times like the current moment, in the midst of a worldwide pandemic, it can be helpful to remember<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/gratitude\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"ethics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/E14E2DE6-4997-4C76-AFE6-D56E6BA63AF4.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Snack Attack<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 10, 2020, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The video &#8220;Snack Attack&#8221; portrays (without words) an elderly woman inside a train station, who buys a packet of cookies at a vending machine, putting them in her purse. She then heads<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/snack-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/17A5EDE0-D5B3-42C8-85DF-7AA010CAB949.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Listening<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 20, 2020, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Since my previous post about the role of the facilitator in philosophy sessions, I have been thinking more about listening and specifically the roles of listening and of silence in discussions. This<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/listening\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/70B597C5-290D-4A59-B5DD-8ABD1E6E9D05.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Quiet Facilitator<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 6, 2020, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This autumn, as I have begun leading philosophy sessions on Zoom with children again, I have spent some time considering more deeply my role in these sessions.&nbsp;Part of my job as an educator is to<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-quiet-facilitator\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"covid-19-pandemic wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/A200991B-1333-4075-A87E-D73B056711AE_4_5005_c.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Thinking about Death<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 8, 2020, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I have been thinking about death since I was about 5 years old. For much of my life, I&#8217;ve had the sense that other people don&#8217;t think about the subject very much, or at least try not to<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/thinking-about-death\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"covid-19-pandemic wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/11471142-6459-417F-A40B-E5EE04264092.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">In Limbo<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">August 21, 2020, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">&nbsp; In Limbo I recently had a video conversation with In Limbo, a new online space dedicated to exploring the philosophical dimensions of the pandemic. The video is here. The site began as a result<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/in-limbo\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"covid-19-pandemic wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/fullsizeoutput_71e.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Loneliness and Isolation<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">August 6, 2020, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">During the pandemic,&nbsp;the topics of loneliness and isolation came up in many of the Zoom conversations I had with children.&nbsp; The six-minute film &#8220;Baboon on the Moon&#8221; is about a<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/loneliness-and-isolation\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"high-school-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/55A6A362-90CC-4583-8216-64B098702DB4_4_5005_c.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Guest Blog Post on Philosophy and the Covid-19 Pandemic<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">July 24, 2020, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Lexi Pelzer, a high school student who volunteered for our Center this past year, was a student at Overlake High School and is now a rising sophomore at Phillips Exeter Academy. She asked if she could<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/guest-blog-post-on-philosophy-and-the-covid-19-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"covid-19-pandemic philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/E493C835-B9A8-4A54-8C44-2968DAA28D08.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">New Book and Zoom Philosophy Sessions<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">July 22, 2020, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">It has been over a year since my last post, primarily because I have been working hard to finish my new book, Seen and Not Heard,&nbsp;which is now with my publisher in the editing stage! Here is a<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/new-book-and-zoom-philosophy-sessions\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion metaphysics wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/p047m753.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Reflections about Death<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 3, 2019, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Earlier this year I had a conversation with a classroom of fourth grade students about death. It began when we read a chapter from Natalie Babbit&#8217;s Tuck Everlasting, which raises interesting<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/reflections-about-death\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion social-and-political-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1Unknown.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Custom of Racism<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 3, 2019, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This week I had a conversation with a group of fifth grade students at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School that began with reading Jacqueline Woodson&#8217;s The Other Side. This picture book tells<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-custom-of-racism\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/51oLbJkbeL._SX363_BO1204203200_.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">I&#8217;m a Frog!<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 16, 2019, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I haven&#8217;t been posting this school year very much, as I have been working on my new book, which should be finished before the end of the year and published next year. But I have had several<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/im-a-frog\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"children philosophy-of-childhood wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/shutterstock_534093808-900px.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Children and Wonder<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 18, 2018, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">In the book I&#8217;m currently writing, I have been working on a chapter about children&#8217;s particular strengths. Our society generally has such a deficit view of childhood, but children also<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/children-and-wonder\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"activities classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cakes2.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">What is dessert?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 22, 2018, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Last week I led two end-of-the-year philosophy sessions. One of the activities I like to do as a last session for the year is a prompt that encourages students to think about what is required for<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/what-is-dessert\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/12439792197f3bb7e5e2af29f4e3d0c5-minimal-photography-white-photography-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Silence and Philosophy<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 14, 2018, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The traditional model for philosophy sessions in schools involves verbal communication, typically in the form of large group conversations, often in a circle. While this method of leading philosophy<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/silence-and-philosophy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"activities aesthetics classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxresdefault-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Blind Painter<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 30, 2018, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The &#8220;Blind Painter&#8221; activity, created by my colleague David Shapiro, is a creative and engaging exercise that always inspires a lively conversation and is a great tool for building<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 5<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/blind-painter\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/512lB5tydnL._SX331_BO1204203200_.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Being Alone and Being Lonely<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 20, 2018, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I decided to write about another of Arnold Lobels&#8217; Frog and Toad stories today. Along with being joyful and charming, Lobel&#8217;s work is, in my estimation, among the most deeply philosophical<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/being-alone-and-being-lonely\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children philosophy-of-childhood wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/early-childhood-education-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Children&#8217;s Perspectives on Childhood<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 9, 2018, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Last month I had a conversation with a group of fifth grade students about the differences between children and adults, including whether they would prefer to be children or adults. We began with the<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/childrens-perspectives-on-childhood\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/frogandtoad-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Gardening and Some Philosophical Questions<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 22, 2018, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">&#8220;The Garden&#8221; in Frog and Toad Together&nbsp;is another of Arnold Lobel&#8217;s delightful stories about the friends Frog and Toad, and one that is perfect for the early spring, which<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/gardening-and-some-philosophical-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature classroom-discussion ethics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/friends_759-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Being a Friend<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 8, 2018, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Last week I was in a fourth grade classroom and we read the story The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig, a picture book I&#8217;ve written about previously&nbsp;in this blog. We started our discussion<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/being-a-friend\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-of-childhood wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/gettyimages-920789938-1519168751-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Listening (or Not Listening) to Children<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 28, 2018, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">From an editorial in the Wall Street Journal yesterday entitled &#8220;Our Childish Gun Debate,&#8221; by William McGurn: Quick show of hands for those with children: How many of you look to your<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/listening-or-not-listening-to-children\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"activities classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/940.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">How Should Our City Be Designed?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 6, 2018, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">A recent article described the ways in which many cities are not child-friendly, examining some of the possibilities for designing cities around urban children and their needs and desires. It led me<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/how-should-our-city-be-designed\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-of-childhood wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown2.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Seen and Not Heard<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 22, 2018, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I am working on a new book,&nbsp;Seen and Not Heard, which will be published by Rowman &amp; Littlefield next year. The book considers&nbsp;the ways in which children, with a particular focus on<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/seen-and-not-heard-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"activities classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown2.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Friendship<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 9, 2018, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">&#8220;Books! And cleverness! There are more important things &#8211; friendship and bravery . . .\u201d Hermione, age 11 From Harry Potter and the Sorcerer\u2019s Stone by J.K. Rowling Learning to make<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/friendship\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature ethics personal-identity wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/61XZl8AXMpL._SX496_BO1204203200_.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Story of Ferdinand<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 11, 2017, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The Story of Ferdinand&nbsp;by Munro Leaf (illustrator Robert Lawson) is the story of a young bull, Ferdinand, growing up in Spain. Ferdinand, unlike all the other little bulls around him, does not<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-story-of-ferdinand\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dqfranklin-2.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Fibs and Friendship<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 20, 2017, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">In Franklin Fibs, by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark,&nbsp;Franklin&#8217;s friends are all boasting about the things they can do. Bear can climb to the top of the highest tree. Hawk can soar over<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/fibs-and-friendship\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016.01.30-WA-Ethics-Bowl-016-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Why This Matters<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 7, 2017, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">\u00a0 When I first founded the Center for Philosophy for Children in 1996, very few people in the United States were working or interested in introducing philosophy to children and youth. It has been<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/why-this-matters\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion ethics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/images-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Important Things in Life, and Rules that Help Us Keep Them<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 23, 2017, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">In two fifth grade classrooms at John Muir Elementary School last week, I read to the students chapter 12 from E.B. White&#8217;s Stuart Little, in which Stuart,&nbsp;who, despite being the son of<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-important-things-in-life-and-rules-that-help-us-keep-them\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"activities childrens-literature personal-identity wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/gaston-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio, and Identity<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 10, 2017, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">In the picture book Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio (illustrations by Christian Robinson), a&nbsp;bulldog named Gaston is part of a family of poodles. Although it does not come easily to him, Gaston learns<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/gaston-by-kelly-dipucchio-and-identity\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"activities philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/question-mark-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Big Questions and How We Answer Them<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 29, 2017, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I developed this activity a couple of years ago and often use it in the early part of the school year. I have found that it engages most students and leads to interesting conversations, often lasting<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/big-questions-and-how-we-answer-them\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"activities classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/wantneed.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Do I need this or just want it?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 15, 2017, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Distinguishing between what we need and what we want is challenging for all of us, children and adults. One of my colleagues at the Center for Philosophy for Children, Karen Emmerman, has developed a<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/do-i-need-this-or-just-want-it\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"activities philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/warm-up.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Philosophy Warm-Ups<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 8, 2017, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">As we head back into classrooms after the summer, I thought the topic of warming up to philosophy would make for an appropriate first fall blog post. When I am regularly in a classroom facilitating<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophy-warm-ups\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/images.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Institutional Humility, or What Philosophy Can and Can&#8217;t Do<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 30, 2017, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This will be my last blog post until the fall, and I wanted to explore further some of the issues I began examining in my last post. &nbsp;In particular, I have been thinking more and more about the<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/institutional-humility-or-what-philosophy-can-and-cant-do\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/images2.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Challenges of Engaging All Students in Philosophy<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 12, 2017, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Philosophy in K-12 classrooms is still a rarity in the United States. My work over the past 20 plus years has involved introducing philosophy into schools and helping educators and policy makers to<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-challenges-of-engaging-all-students-in-philosophy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/51fbqnuj2NL.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Other Way to Listen<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 1, 2017, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The Other Way to Listen,&nbsp;written by Byrd Baylor and illustrated by Peter Parnall, tells the story of&nbsp;a boy who wants to learn to listen. He knows an old man who can &#8220;walk by any<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-other-way-to-listen\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature classroom-discussion ethics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/51j3FlqSA9L.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Invisible Boy<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 17, 2017, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The Invisible Boy, a 2013 picture book written by Trudy Ludwig and illustrated by Patricia Barton, was recommended to me recently by a colleague. The &#8220;invisible boy&#8221; of the story is Brian,<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-invisible-boy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature classroom-discussion personal-identity philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/41CeZ8o7cfL.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Book of Mistakes<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 1, 2017, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The Book of Mistakes is a first book by Corinna Luyken. I knew Corinna when we both lived in the Methow Valley, in the north central part of Washington State, some years ago. The book is about the way<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-book-of-mistakes\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature ethics philosophy-for-children social-and-political-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/81l-F2uceBL-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Four Feet, Two Sandals<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 21, 2017, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Four Feet, Two Sandals,&nbsp;by&nbsp;Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed,&nbsp;tells the story of two ten-year-old girls, Lina and Feroza, and their families, who are living in a refugee camp in<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/four-feet-two-sandals\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"aesthetics classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/07_nails.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Beauty and Ugliness<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 3, 2017, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Last week I had conversations with both a 4th grade class and a 5th grade class about what makes some things beautiful and some things ugly. Here is a sample of some of the things they wrote:<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/beauty-and-ugliness\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">What makes something a home?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 21, 2017, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">A couple of weeks ago I had a discussion with fifth grade students about the nature of home. The question we were exploring was: What makes something a home? The students began by talking about home<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/what-makes-something-a-home\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature classroom-discussion metaphysics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/51uSDktvGkL.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Tuck Everlasting<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 6, 2017, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Recently I read a chapter (Chaper 12) from the young adult novel Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbit, to a class of fifth grade students at John Muir Elementary School in Seattle. I was surprised that<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/tuck-everlasting\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/images2.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Philosophy Quotes from Children<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 21, 2017, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This fall a reporter called and asked me if I had any philosophical quotes from children that I particularly liked. Of course I do! For example: and For<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophy-quotes-from-children\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature ethics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/51qXznK3gBL.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Randall&#8217;s Wall<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 21, 2016, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Randall&#8217;s Wall by Carol Fenner is a book for upper elementary school students about a young boy who lives inside an invisible wall, which protects him from the cruelty of his classmates. The<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/randalls-wall\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2Unknown.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Elections and Normality<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 10, 2016, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">On Wednesday morning after Tuesday&#8217;s election, I led my weekly philosophy session with a group of 5th grade students at John Muir Elementary School. The students are primarily immigrants and<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/elections-and-normality\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion personal-identity philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/A1J7Kuyc4YL-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Looking Like Me<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 31, 2016, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">In our second session at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, we read the story Looking Like Me by Walter Dean Myers. In the story, a boy looks in the mirror and then talks with family, friends, and<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/looking-like-me\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/images3-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Why Do We Go to School?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 19, 2016, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I had an interesting discussion earlier this month with a group of 5th grade students from Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, about why we go to school. Thurgood Marshall is an interesting and<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/why-do-we-go-to-school\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/61lJrpmVtwL-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">What Do You Do With An Idea?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 5, 2016, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">What Do You Do With An Idea?&nbsp;Written by Kobi Yamada and illustrated by Mae Besom, this charming picture book explores&nbsp;the nature of ideas&nbsp;and their role in our lives.The story begins<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/what-do-you-do-with-an-idea\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/theotherside-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Other Side<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 26, 2016, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Jacqueline Woodson&#8217;s picture book The Other Side&nbsp;begins as follows: &#8220;That summer the fence that stretched through our town seemed bigger.&#8221; The story is narrated by Clover, who<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-other-side\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/invite10-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">A New School Year<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 19, 2016, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The school year is off to a busy start for the UW Center for Philosophy for Children! We will be hosting an event for parents on October 6 and are excited about the growth of our work with parents and<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/a-new-school-year\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/41go27XGwuL._SX348_BO1204203200_.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">New Book!<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 2, 2015, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I have had a number of inquiries recently about this blog and the time lapse since my last post. I have not been posting since the spring because I been working on a new book, which will be out this<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/new-book\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children social-and-political-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Amazing Grace<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 30, 2015, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Mary Hoffman&#8217;s 1991 picture book Amazing Grace&nbsp;tells the story of Grace, who loves stories and especially loves acting them out. Filled with imagination and dramatic flair, Grace decides<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/amazing-grace\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"activities ethics wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown5.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">&#8220;Lifeboat&#8221; Activity with Children&#8217;s Hospital Patients<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 13, 2015, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This week at Children&#8217;s Hospital&#8217;s school, in my weekly session with the older students, I facilitated an activity adapted from an exercise created by my colleague David Shapiro. Here is a<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/lifeboat-activity-with-childrens-hospital-patients\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature social-and-political-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/images4.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Freedom Summer<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 22, 2015, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Written by Deborah Wiles and illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue,&nbsp;Freedom Summer&nbsp;tells the story of a friendship between two boys in the early 1960s in Mississippi: Joe, who is white, and John<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/freedom-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children social-and-political-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/843350.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">A Shelter in Our Car<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 2, 2014, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">In&nbsp;A Shelter in Our Car, Monica Gunning depicts the experiences of eight-year-old Zettie and her mother, who have come to the United States after Zettie&#8217;s father&#8217;s death. They are<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/a-shelter-in-our-car\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown6.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Being alive means dying<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 18, 2014, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Today I read Morris the Moose&nbsp;by B. Wiseman&nbsp;with a group of 6-8 year olds at the school at Seattle Children&#8217;s Hospital. In the story,&nbsp;Morris meets a cow and notes that the cow is<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/being-alive-means-dying\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children plato wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Taking Over Your Life<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 28, 2014, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I taught my first philosophy session at the school at Seattle Children&#8217;s Hospital this morning, which I will be doing every Tuesday. We started with Plato&#8217;s Ring of Gyges, which led us<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/taking-over-your-life\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion ethics philosophy-for-children social-and-political-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unknown-12.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Freedom and Following the Rules<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 15, 2014, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">In a third grade classroom at John Muir Elementary this morning, I read Toni Morrison&#8217;s The Big Box with the students. The story is about three children who are put into a &#8220;big box&#8221;<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/freedom-and-following-the-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Child-thinking-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Thinking About Thinking<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 3, 2014, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Sorry for the long delay in returning to this blog after the summer. I am working on a book and trying to find time for everything! But I&#8217;m committed to continuing to write the blog and<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/thinking-about-thinking\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature metaphysics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/3Unknown-2.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">When Lions Roar<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 20, 2014, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Can we control our feelings? Our perceptions? Does how we feel affect what happens in the world?When Lions Roar, a simple picture book by Robie Harris, depicts how scary the world can feel when<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/when-lions-roar\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature metaphysics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/756718-2.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Soap! Soap! Don&#8217;t Forget the Soap!<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 14, 2014, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Soap! Soap! Don&#8217;t Forget the Soap! is an Appalachian folktale, brought to life in a great read-aloud picture book by Tom Birdseye with illustrations by Andrew Glass. The story&#8217;s main<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/soap-soap-dont-forget-the-soap\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature metaphysics personal-identity philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/4Unknown-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Pezzettino<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 2, 2014, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Leo Lionni&#8217;s Pezzettino is the story of the small Pezzettino (which means &#8220;little piece&#8221; in Italian), who is a small orange square surrounded by other beings who are all made up of<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/pezzettino\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion ethics philosophy-for-children plato wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2images-2.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Fourth Grade Students on Plato<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 3, 2014, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I had an interesting conversation&nbsp;about Plato&#8217;s Ring of Gyges story&nbsp;with the fourth grade class I&#8217;ve been teaching at John Muir Elementary School. As is my usual practice, I read<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/fourth-grade-students-on-plato\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature metaphysics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/5Unknown-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Let&#8217;s Do Nothing!<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 21, 2014, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Let&#8217;s Do Nothing by Toby Fucile illustrates the perplexity of the concept of nothing. The book tells the story of two boys who, after concluding that they have &#8220;done it all,&#8221; decide<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/lets-do-nothing\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature metaphysics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/6Unknown-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Hole<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 5, 2014, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">In&nbsp;The Hole by&nbsp;\u00d8yvind&nbsp;Torseter, a man is moving into a new home, and he notices a hole in the apartment. The hole seems to move around, appearing in a wall, on the floor, in a door,<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-hole\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature metaphysics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/7Unknown-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Black Dog<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 28, 2014, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Levi Pinfold&#8217;s Black Dog tells the story of a black dog that arrives outside a family&#8217;s home one morning.&nbsp;The father in the family wakes up first and calls the police, reporting that,<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/black-dog\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature metaphysics personal-identity philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/8Unknown-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">I Am the Dog<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 21, 2014, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Daniel Manus Pinkwater&#8217;s I Am the Dog&nbsp;tells the story of Jacob, a boy, and his dog Max. One day they decide to change places. Jacob eats from a bowl on the floor while Max eats at the table<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/i-am-the-dog\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature ethics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/9Unknown-1-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Favorite Daughter<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 8, 2014, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Allen Say&#8217;s picture book The Favorite Daughter is dedicated to his daughter. It&#8217;s the story of Yuriko, who is half Japanese. She is upset when other children make fun of her name and tease<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-favorite-daughter\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"high-school-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/AAPTlogo-bluecircles-small-2.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Summer philosophy seminar for high school teachers<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 19, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">For the first time this summer, there will be a teaching and learning seminar for high school teachers at the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT) Conference. The seminar will be funded<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/summer-philosophy-seminar-for-high-school-teachers\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/9Unknown-2.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">I Wonder<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 12, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Annaka Harris has written a picture book, I Wonder, that expresses the feelings of wonder and mystery that many children have when thinking about the world. Eva, walking with her mother, asks<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/i-wonder\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"aesthetics classroom-discussion wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/3images-1-2.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Music and beauty<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 2, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">What makes something beautiful?Each year one of the paper assignments I give to my undergraduate students is as follows:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1. List 10 songs that you think are beautiful and 10 songs<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/music-and-beauty\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"aesthetics childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/10Unknown-1-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Picture Books and Aesthetics<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 21, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I write a lot about picture books and the role they can play in encouraging children to develop their philosophical thinking. I\u2019ve been thinking about the special role of picture books for inspiring<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/picture-books-and-aesthetics\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/51oLbJkbeL._SX363_BO1204203200_.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">I&#8217;m a Frog!<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 13, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I&#8217;m a Frog&nbsp;is another gem of a picture book by Mo Willems, published this year. It&#8217;s one of a series of books about best friends Piggie and Elephant Gerald. Willems&#8217; books are<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/im-a-frog-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/4images-3.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Lorax<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 24, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">A plug for the philosophical suggestiveness of books by Dr. Suess! And for entering a philosophy session not knowing where it will lead. Today I read the story&nbsp;The Lorax, published in 1971, with<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-lorax\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/11Unknown-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Good News, Bad News<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 17, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Jeff Mack&#8217;s book Good News Bad News portrays the different ways people can see the same situation. Using just four words &#8211; good news, bad news &#8211; Mack describes Rabbit and Mouse going<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/good-news-bad-news\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/12Unknown-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">I know a lot of things<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 9, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Ann and Paul Rand&#8217;s picture book, I know a lot of things, captures a young child&#8217;s exuberance about the things he or she knows &#8211; such as &#8220;when I look in a mirror what I see is<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/i-know-a-lot-of-things\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/13Unknown-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Children Make Terrible Pets<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 2, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Children Make Terrible Pets, Peter Brown&#8217;s picture book about a young bear, Lucy, who one day notices a small boy hiding in the bushes and watching her. Lucy thinks the boy is adorable, calling<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/children-make-terrible-pets\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/14Unknown-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Sense of Wonder<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 25, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Rachel Carson&#8217;s The Sense of Wonder&nbsp;portrays her experiences exploring the coast of Maine with her nephew. She notes, &#8220;A child&#8217;s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-sense-of-wonder\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"activities philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/15Unknown-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Plato Was Wrong!<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 17, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The Center&#8217;s Education Director, David Shapiro, has written a wonderful book &#8211; Plato Was Wrong! Footnotes on Doing Philosophy With Young People &#8211; that compiles activities and games<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/plato-was-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/16images-2.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Exciting Initiatives for 2013-14!<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 10, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">How can summer be over already? The compensation is all of the exciting projects going on this fall! In the Northwest:The first philosopher-in-residence program in Seattle begins at John Muir<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/exciting-initiatives-for-2013-14\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children social-and-political-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/16Unknown-4-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Children&#8217;s rights<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 18, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The book For Every Child, published in 2001 in association with Unicef, with text by Caroline Castle and a forward by Archbiship Desmond Tutu, lists some of the rights enumerated in the U.N.<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/childrens-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/17Unknown-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">What is a dessert?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 13, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">For my last class of the year in elementary schools, I often bring in food and drinks and we have a &#8220;Philosophy Cafe,&#8221; eating and drinking and talking about ideas. This week in the final<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/what-is-a-dessert\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/loveykins-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Loveykins<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 7, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">In this picture book by former British Children&#8217;s Laureate Quentin Blake, after a very windy night Angela finds a baby bird who has fallen from his nest. She takes him home and cares for him,<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/loveykins\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Everyone Sees Things So Differently<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 30, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t frustrate me that we don&#8217;t have the answers to these questions. I like hearing what other people think about them, because there are so many different ways people think<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/everyone-sees-things-so-differently\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/51Q6S3hY3GL-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Two New PLATO Initiatives!<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 15, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I&#8217;ve written before about PLATO (Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization), a national organization that advocates and supports introducing philosophy to K-12 students. Two exciting new<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/two-new-plato-initiatives\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/7images-2.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Just Pretend<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 8, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Benny and Penny in Just Pretend, by Geoffrey Hayes, is an early-reader graphic novel about two siblings and the efforts of the younger child, Penny, to join her brother in &#8220;playing<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/just-pretend\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/FrogToadShivers-2.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Frog in Love<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 24, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Frog in Love by Max Velthuijs is the story of Frog, who has felt strange all week, and is trying to figure out what is wrong. He feels like crying and laughing at the same time, and that<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/frog-in-love\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature metaphysics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/935068-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">&#8220;Shivers&#8221;<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 14, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Arnold Lobel is probably my favorite children&#8217;s book author, and a master at generating philosophically suggestive narratives. The Frog and Toad books, in particular, are full of stories that<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/shivers\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature ethics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">A Pair of Red Clogs<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 3, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">A Pair of Red Clogs is Masako Matsuno&#8217;s first book for children, written in 1960. A grandmother, looking for a box to send a new pair of clogs to her granddaughter, finds an old pair of cracked<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/a-pair-of-red-clogs\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Asking Questions<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 25, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I have written in many places about the centrality of questions to the work we do, and the importance generally of children learning to ask good questions and trusting that their questions are<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/asking-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature ethics wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/waterloo-and-trafalgar-cover-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Waterloo &#038; Trafalgar<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 18, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Olivier Tallec&#8217;s 2012 wordless picture book, Waterloo &amp; Trafalgar, portrays two men, one in blue and one in orange, who are separated by walls and watch each other suspiciously behind their<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/waterloo-trafalgar\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/shapeimage_1-1.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The 60-Second Philosopher<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 8, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Andrew Pessin&#8217;s The 60-Second Philosopher is a series of 60 very short chapters (each two pages) that provide ideas for thinking about a wide range of philosophical topics (time, color, various<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-60-second-philosopher\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature ethics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/otter-and-odder-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Otter and Odder<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 28, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Otter and Odder, by James Howe, was introduced to me recently by one of my undergraduate students. The story is about Otter who, looking for food, falls in love with the fish he is about to eat. Told<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/otter-and-odder\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature ethics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/PAAAAAECNNKJCIBC-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">An Angel for Solomon Singer<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 13, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Cynthia Rylant&#8217;s story An Angel for Solomon Singer is the story of Solomon Singer, who lives in a hotel for men in New York City, and doesn&#8217;t like it. His room has no balcony or fireplace,<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/an-angel-for-solomon-singer\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature metaphysics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/17images-2.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Michael Rosen&#8217;s Sad Book<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 4, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The nature of sadness. Michael Rosen&#8217;s Sad Book describes how sadness feels and tries to understand it. &#8220;Sometimes sad is very big. It&#8217;s everywhere. All over me.&#8221; Michael<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/michael-rosens-sad-book\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Benjamins_cover-2.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Benjamin&#8217;s Dreadful Dream<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 25, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Dreaming is a source of fascination for most children, and the topic can lead to examinations of questions about knowledge, and the relationship between reality and experience.&nbsp;Benjamin&#8217;s<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/benjamins-dreadful-dream\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature ethics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Does everything have a right to live?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 16, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">In a fourth grade class at Whittier Elementary School yesterday, we read chapter 3 of&nbsp;Standing Up to Mr. O&nbsp;by Claudia Mills, and the children asked the question, &#8220;Does everything have<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/does-everything-have-a-right-to-live\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature metaphysics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/harry-and-hopper-300x288-2.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Harry and Hopper<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 8, 2013, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Harry and Hopper&nbsp;is the story of Harry&#8217;s relationship with his dog, Hopper. Harry taught Hopper &#8220;how to sit, how to stay, how to catch a ball, how to fetch the lease, how to<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/harry-and-hopper\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/41APJfSNHBL._SL500_AA300_-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Little Bird<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 19, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The picture book Little Bird by Germano Zullo, published this year, has few words and many colorful, vibrant illustrations. It tells the story of a truck driver who, coming to the edge of a cliff and<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/little-bird\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature metaphysics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/13633558-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Infinity and Me<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 12, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Infinity and Me&nbsp;is a new book, written by Kate Hosford with illustrations by Gabi Swiatkowska, that explores the nature of infinity. Uma, an eight-year-old girl, begins wondering, as she looks up<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/infinity-and-me\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/200px-HortonHearsAWhoBookCover-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Horton Hears A Who<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 4, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Horton Hears A Who!&nbsp;by Dr. Suess&nbsp;tells the story of Horton the Elephant who, while splashing \u201cin the cool of the pool,\u201d hears a small noise, like a very small yelp, but sees nothing<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/horton-hears-a-who\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Out of My Mind<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 28, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Sharon Draper&#8217;s Out of My Mind is the story of eleven-year-old Melody, born with cerebral palsy and unable to walk, talk, feed herself, or take care of any of her basic needs. Doctors, many<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/out-of-my-mind\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/9780547251271-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">A Long Walk to Water<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 14, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, based on true events, tells the dual story of Nya, living in southern Sudan in 2008 and traveling miles every day to bring home water for her family, and Salva,<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/a-long-walk-to-water\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/752988-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Bear That Wasn&#8217;t<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 9, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The Bear That Wasn&#8217;t, written in written in 1946 by Frank Tashlin, explores identity and what we can know about ourselves and others. The bear in the story wakes up after winter hibernation and<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-bear-that-wasnt\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Is hatred important?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 24, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I had a marvelous philosophy session with a fourth grade class at Whittier Elementary School yesterday, in which we read the chapter of E.B. White&#8217;s Stuart Little in which Stuart becomes an<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/is-hatred-important\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-magic-half-annie-barrows-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Magic Half<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 12, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">My colleague Sara Goering recommended this book to me and I loved it. Annie Barrows&#8217; The Magic Half tells the story of Miri, a middle child with two older twin brothers and two younger twin<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-magic-half\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature metaphysics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/happy-1.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Happy<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 5, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Mies Van Hout&#8217;s&nbsp;Happy explores feelings by illustrating one word &#8211; brave, surprised, proud, angry &#8211; with lively pastels of unusual-looking fish. The book is engaging and the<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/happy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-Bad-Case-of-Stipes-2.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">A Bad Case of Stripes<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 25, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">A Bad Case of Stripes by&nbsp;David Shannon tells the story of Camilla Cream, who loves lima beans but never eats them because she wants to fit in with her friends, who all hate lima beans. On the<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/a-bad-case-of-stripes\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/FishOnWalkwTitle_250px_72-2.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Fish On A Walk<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 19, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Fish on A Walk by Eva Muggenthaler is a new picture book that illustrates each picture with only two adjectives&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;&#8220;Happy-Sad,&#8221; &#8220;Jealous-Accepting,&#8221;<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/fish-on-a-walk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/plato-banner-new-1-1.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 11, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The 2012-13 school year is off to an energetic start! For teachers and others interested in learning about doing philosophy with children, the new national organization I&#8217;ve been involved in<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophy-learning-and-teaching-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/PhiloChild3.2-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Philosophical Child<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 30, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This will be my last blog post for the school year &#8211; I&#8217;ll start again in September. I wanted to let everyone know that my book, The Philosophical Child,&nbsp;is currently at press and will<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-philosophical-child\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"aesthetics childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/obstinatepen-1-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Obstinate Pen<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 10, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The Obstinate Pen by Frank Dormer is a new picture book about a pen with a mind of its own. Each adult who ends up with the pen finds that it won&#8217;t write what the adult intends, but instead<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-obstinate-pen\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The If Machine<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 27, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The If Machine, by Peter Worley, was published in 2011 and is full of ideas for motivating philosophical conversations with children. The first quarter of the book is an introduction to doing<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-if-machine\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"children philosophy-for-children philosophy-of-childhood wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Who is More Trustworthy: Children or Adults?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 20, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Earlier this month at Whittier Elementary School in Seattle, a group of fourth grade students and I had a long conversation after reading Barbara Williams&#8217; Albert&#8217;s Toothache. We talked<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/who-is-more-trustworthy-children-or-adults\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"aesthetics childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cooney_emma-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Emma<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 9, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Exploring the nature of artistic inspiration and the relationship between art and life, the picture book Emma by Wendy Kesselman tells the story of Emma, who is seventy-two years old, lives alone with<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/emma\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature ethics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/18images-2.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Fractions = Trouble!<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 26, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Claudia Mills&#8217; latest book Fractions = Trouble!&nbsp;is about Wilson, who is having trouble with math in his third grade classroom, and so his parents hire a math tutor to help him. Embarrassed<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/fractions-trouble\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/18Unknown-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">little blue and little yellow<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 14, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Another Leo Lionni book, little blue and little yellow&nbsp;tells the story of two friends, both blobs of color, who love playing together, and one day hug each other so much that they both become<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/little-blue-and-little-yellow\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/19images-10-2.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Boodil My Dog<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 5, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Boodil My Dog by Pija Lindenbaum tells the story of a child&#8217;s relationship with the family dog, Boodil, a bull terrier. The child describes Boodil as &#8220;brilliant,&#8221; &#8220;fierce,<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/boodil-my-dog\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature personal-identity philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1images-9-2.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Sleeping Beauty<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 26, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">We all know the story of The Sleeping Beauty,&nbsp;on whom a curse is placed at birth. In the story, the 13th of thirteen wise women, angry because she is not invited to the celebration of Sleeping<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-sleeping-beauty\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1images-8-2.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Rumpelstiltskin<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 10, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I&#8217;ve been re-reading fairy tales and exploring their philosophical potential. So many questions, especially about ethics, are raised by these stories! I just read a version of the Brothers Grimm<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/rumpelstiltskin\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/19Unknown-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">An Extraordinary Egg<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 1, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Leo Lionni&#8217;s picture books are wonderful for thinking with children about philosophical questions. I&#8217;m working on a paper about Lionni and philosophy for children, and last night I read<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/an-extraordinary-egg\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20images-6-2.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Duck, Death and the Tulip<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 18, 2012, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">My friend Deb Tollefsen at University of Memphis recommended Duck, Death and the Tulip, by Wolf Erlbruch, which tells the story of Duck and her meeting with Death, who informs Duck that<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/duck-death-and-the-tulip\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/why-something-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Why?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 15, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The picture book Why,&nbsp;written by Lindsay Camp and illustrated by Tony Ross, is one of those books that illuminates in many ways the whole point of doing philosophy with children. The story is<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/why\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Music or food?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 5, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Last week fourth grade students at John Muir Elementary and I talked about the story Frederick by Leo Lionni. (I have written about this story in a previous post.) We began talking about why<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/music-or-food\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"personal-identity philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Fourth Graders and the Story Double Trouble<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 28, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I had an interesting experience recently with the fourth grade students I&#8217;m teaching this year at John Muir Elementary. &nbsp;I read them the story &#8220;Double Trouble&#8221; by Philip Cam. A<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/fourth-graders-and-the-story-double-trouble\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/4images-3.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Lorax<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 18, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This morning I talked about Dr. Suess&#8217;&nbsp;The Lorax with a class of fourth grade students at John Stanford International School in Seattle. They have been having discussions about<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-lorax-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/harold-purple-crayon-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Harold and the Purple Crayon<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 7, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">What can we know about the nature of reality? A wonderful story for motivating conversations about this question is&nbsp;Harold and the Purple Crayon&nbsp;by Crockett Johnson. First published in 1955,<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/harold-and-the-purple-crayon\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/annas.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Anno&#8217;s Counting Book<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 20, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Anno\u2019s Counting Book by Mitsumasa Anno is one of those books that my kids and I looked at constantly when they were in elementary school. Starting with 0 and ending with 12, it\u2019s the most complex<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/annos-counting-book\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"aesthetics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/drawing-one-2.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Seeing ish-ly: what makes someone an artist?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 10, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Peter Reynolds&#8217; picture book ish tells the story of Ramon, who loves to draw and draws all the time. Then one day his older brother laughs at one of his drawings, and Ramon becomes preoccupied<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/seeing-ish-ly-what-makes-someone-an-artist\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"aesthetics childrens-literature wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bathroom-blue-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">I Want To Paint My Bathroom Blue<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 27, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I Want to Paint My Bathroom Blue by Ruth Krauss (illustrations by Maurice Sendak) tells the story of a young boy who dreams of painting his bathroom blue, kitchen yellow, ceilings green, etc. He<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/i-want-to-paint-my-bathroom-blue\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"aesthetics wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/lily_pad_lotus_flower-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">A new school year<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 19, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">So far it&#8217;s been a beautiful September here in the Pacific Northwest. School has started, and I&#8217;ll be back in both an elementary school and a university classroom next week. I&#8217;ve<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/a-new-school-year-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"metaphysics wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/universe-einstein-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Universe and Dr. Einstein<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 2, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I&#8217;ve been re-reading the short book The Universe and Dr. Einstein, originally written in 1948 by Lincoln Barnett. I first read and was inspired by this book when I was 17. An engrossing account,<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-universe-and-dr-einstein\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature ethics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/rainbowfish-1.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Rainbow Fish<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 18, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister is a picture book that parents seem either to love or to hate. It is the story of a fish, described as &#8220;the most beautiful fish in the entire ocean,&#8221;<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-rainbow-fish\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldgrandma-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 10, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Mem Fox&#8217;s picture book Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge is the story of a young boy, Wilfrid Gordon, whose &#8220;house was next door to an old people&#8217;s home and [who] knew all the people<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wilfrid-gordon-mcdonald-partridge\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/stuartlitter-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">What is most important in life?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 1, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">On Thursday I read a chapter of E.B. White&#8217;s Stuart Littlewith the 4th grade students at John Muir Elementary. The chapter describes Stuart&#8217;s one-day experience acting as a substitute<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/what-is-most-important-in-life\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children philosophy-of-childhood wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/albertstoothache.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The experience of childhood<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 14, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Last week I had a conversation with fourth grade students at John Muir Elementary about the story Albert&#8217;s Toothache by Barbara Williams, one of my favorite picture books. In the story, Albert,<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-experience-of-childhood\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"ethics wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cantsay-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">You Can&#8217;t Say You Can&#8217;t Play<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 28, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I&#8217;ve been re-reading Vivian Paley&#8217;s book You Can&#8217;t Say You Can&#8217;t Play.&nbsp;The book describes Paley&#8217;s observation of what she calls the &#8220;habit of rejection&#8221;<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/you-cant-say-you-cant-play\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/inception-2.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Inception<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 18, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The 2010 film Inception is a philosophically provocative film that&#8217;s been very popular with teenagers. The film is about an &#8220;extractor,&#8221; Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio), someone who is<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/inception\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">PLATO and a national movement for philosophy in the schools<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 8, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">For most of the 15 years that I&#8217;ve been involved in this field, there have been an isolated few of us around the country working to introduce philosophy to pre-college students. But in the last<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/plato-and-a-national-movement-for-philosophy-in-the-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Moral Relativism or Mutual Respect?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 23, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I had a lively conversation yesterday with a group of fifth graders about how we can understand, respect and evaluate cultures other than our own. The conversation took off when one student asked,<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/moral-relativism-or-mutual-respect\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/spitfire-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Dragon who liked to spit Fire<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 15, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This delightful&nbsp;picture book by Judy Varga, written in 1961, tells the story of Darius, a little dragon, and the friendship he develops with young prince Frederic. Can Darius be himself, a dragon<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-dragon-who-liked-to-spit-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Questions and the Philosophical Self<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 4, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">For the past month I&#8217;ve been working on the chapter of my book that examines what I&#8217;m calling the &#8220;philosophical self.&#8221; This part of us, that is naturally inclined to ponder<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/questions-and-the-philosophical-self\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/frindle-2.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Frindle<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 24, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The young adult novel Frindle by Andrew Clements is the story of a clever fifth grade student, Nick Allen, who decides to invent a new word, and the consequences of what he does and the way he does<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/frindle\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/the_big_orange_splot-1.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Big Orange Splot<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 18, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater is a picture book that tells the story of Mr. Plumbean, who lives on a street where the houses are all the same, painted red with olive-colored roofs and<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-big-orange-splot\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ugly_duckling_lg-1.gif);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Ugly Duckling<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 12, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The classic nineteenth century fairy tale The Ugly Duckling tells the story of a duckling who, when hatched along with his brothers and sisters, is ridiculed and ostracized because they perceive him<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-ugly-duckling\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/PhilosopyTalkLogo-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Philosophy Talk Show on Pre-College Philosophy<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 3, 2011, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">You can now listen to the&nbsp;Philosophy Talk radio show on pre-college philosophy, taped at the University of Washington in<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophy-talk-show-on-pre-college-philosophy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/21images-3.jpeg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Thief<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 29, 2010, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner is 1996 novel for young adults, the first of the series The Queen&#8217;s Thief. The story&#8217;s main character, Gen, is a thief who boasts about being able to steal<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-thief\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/philosophykids-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Philosophy Talk and Fourth Grade Philosophers<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 18, 2010, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Recently the fourth grade students at John Muir with whom I&#8217;ve been doing philosophy and I taped a segment for the radio show Philosophy Talk. We talked about personal identity, the mind-body<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophy-talk-and-fourth-grade-philosophers\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cricketlarge-2.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Cricket in Times Square<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 9, 2010, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">One of my favorite works of children&#8217;s literature, The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden, first published in 1960, is moving, funny and philosophically suggestive. In particular, the book<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-cricket-in-times-square\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion personal-identity philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Double Trouble<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 1, 2010, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">On Friday the 4th graders at John Muir and I had a long conversation about personal identity. We also had some visitors from Nova High School, as well as one of the graduate students at UW working<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/double-trouble\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Question-everything-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Happiness at 10<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 25, 2010, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">On Friday I talked about happiness with the fourth grade students with whom I&#8217;ve been working at John Muir Elementary in Seattle. One of the things that&#8217;s always so interesting to me about<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/happiness-at-10\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/fall-autumn-colors-leaves-mexicanwave-2.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Meaning in Education<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 11, 2010, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Since our seminar session at UW last Thursday, I&#8217;ve been thinking about meaning in education. We spent the first part of the session talking about Plato&#8217;s Allegory of the Cave and<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/meaning-in-education\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Plato with Fourth Graders<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 2, 2010, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I taught my first couple of elementary school classes in the last week, both with fourth grade students in Seattle. It is always amazing to me the level of philosophical interest and understanding<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/plato-with-fourth-graders\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Philosophical Sensitivity<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 22, 2010, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The first day of fall and it&#8217;s a beautiful clear day in northeast Washington State. I am returning to this blog after spending much of the summer working on the book I am writing for parents<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophical-sensitivity\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Why do we go to school?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 9, 2010, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">In my last class of the school year with the 5th grade public school students with whom I&#8217;ve been doing philosophy this year, we held a &#8220;Philosophy Cafe&#8221; with juice, cookies and<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/why-do-we-go-to-school-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Human-Sacrifice.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">When You Reach Me<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 1, 2010, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">When You Reach Me, a young adult novel that was a winner of the 2010 Newbery Medal, was written&nbsp;by Rebecca Stead. Set in New York City in the late 1970s, it&#8217;s an engrossing story about a<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/when-you-reach-me\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"social-and-political-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/frederick-2.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Frederick<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 25, 2010, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Leo Lionni wrote, who died in 1999, wrote and illustrated many classic children&#8217;s books. &nbsp;I&#8217;ve used several of his books to inspire pre-college philosophy discussions. One that is<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/frederick\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children teaching-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/high-school-kids-2.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">How much philosophy does a pre-college philosophy teacher need to know?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 18, 2010, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I&#8217;m working on a review article for the journal Teaching Philosophy, writing about five books that have been written in the past few years about pre-college philosophy. In the course of reading<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/how-much-philosophy-does-a-pre-college-philosophy-teacher-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-of-childhood wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pic023-1-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">What is a child?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 4, 2010, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I read an interesting article this week by Tamar Schapiro on &#8220;What Is a Child?&#8221; In a discussion about the possible justifications for what we generally believe are adults&#8217; special<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/what-is-a-child\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Northwest Center for Philosophy for Children Grant and Summer Workshop<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 27, 2010, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Center for Philosophy for Children just received a three-year grant from the Squire Family Foundation!&nbsp;The grant funds&nbsp;a summer workshop for teachers that will take place this June, and also<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/northwest-center-for-philosophy-for-children-grant-and-summer-workshop\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/18philosophy-t_CA0-articleLarge-2.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">New York Times article on doing philosophy with children<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 23, 2010, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I am living it up in Italy at the moment, but thought I would write this post to note that the New York Times published an article last week about philosophy in elementary school classrooms:<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/new-york-times-article-on-doing-philosophy-with-children\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/children-girl-thinking-child-kid-2.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Developing a philosophical self<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 10, 2010, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">As part of the book I&#8217;m working on, I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot about the development of our philosophical selves. In my experience, most children begin to exhibit a &#8220;philosophical<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/developing-a-philosophical-self\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"plato wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/plato-banner-new-1-1.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">PLATO<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 6, 2010, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">After almost two years of work, the new national organization for pre-college philosophy in the US, PLATO (Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization), has been born! PLATO is a national support,<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/plato\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Time, nothingness and imagination<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 29, 2010, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Another marvelous conversation last week with the 5th grade students with whom I&#8217;ve been working all year. At the beginning of the school year, one of the questions in which the students were<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/time-nothingness-and-imagination\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"moral-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/hotel_rwanda-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Hotel Rwanda<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 22, 2010, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Hotel Rwanda As part of the &#8220;Moral Philosophy and Genocide&#8221; unit I am doing with eighth grade students, last week we watched the film Hotel Rwanda and then discussed it. We talked about<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/hotel-rwanda\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/9780753463093-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Really, Really BIG Questions<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 15, 2010, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The picture book Really, Really BIG Questions by British philosophy professor Stephen Law is an engaging introduction to philosophy for anyone from elementary school age through middle school. With<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/really-really-big-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"ethics wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">When does morality begin?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 2, 2010, by: Wendy Turgeon<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I read a review of cognitive psychologist Alison Gopnik&#8217;s book The Philosophical Baby in the New York Review of Books recently. Gopnik suggests that the relationship between an infant and his or<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/when-does-morality-begin\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion ethics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Ethics of Stealing<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 24, 2010, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Recently I have been starting my philosophy sessions in the 5th grade with the students raising questions they want to discuss that have come up since I&#8217;ve last visited. This afternoon, the<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-ethics-of-stealing\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/808862_f520-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Phantom Tollbooth<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 15, 2010, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I recently reread The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, one of my favorite books in elementary school. Published in 1961, with marvelous line drawings by Jules Feiffer, the book tells the story of<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-phantom-tollbooth\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"plato wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Experience Machine<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 9, 2010, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">In a conversation about Plato&#8217;s Allegory of the Cave with eighth grade students last week, we spent a lot of time talking about Descartes&#8217; dream argument and whether we can know whether<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-experience-machine\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/normal3-1.gif);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">What is normal?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 2, 2010, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">When I was in a fifth grade classroom last week, the students told me that they had been puzzling a little together about the meaning of &#8220;normal,&#8221; and wanted to ask me about it. What is<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/what-is-normal\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Happiness<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 26, 2010, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I had an interesting discussion today about happiness with the fifth grade students with whom I&#8217;ve been doing philosophy this year. We started with an exercise I adapted from David White&#8217;s<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/happiness\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature classroom-discussion ethics wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1eaa228348a0dc6f09652110_L-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">My Friend the Monster<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 18, 2010, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The short novel My Friend the Monster by Clyde Roberta Bulla is about the young Prince Hal, whose parents, the king and queen, think he is &#8220;ordinary&#8221; and have no time for him. They will<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/my-friend-the-monster\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"poems wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/120_2050-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">January<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 10, 2010, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Just Now In the morning as the storm begins to blow awaythe clear sky appears for a moment and it seems to methat there has been something simpler than I could ever believesimpler than I could have<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/january\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/questions-1-1.gif);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Questions: Philosophy for Young People<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 4, 2010, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I was involved in founding the journal Questions: Philosophy for Young People ten years ago. The journal began as a project of the American Philosophical Association&#8217;s Committee on Pre-College<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/questions-philosophy-for-young-people\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/galileo_affair_intro-2.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Galilean Library<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 23, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I found a wonderful website this week: The Galilean Library. The site is a resource for people interested in the sciences and humanities, and in particular philosophy, history, literature, and history<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-galilean-library\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/purloined-boy-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Philosophy and The Purloined Boy<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 18, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I recently had a conversation with Christopher Wiley, whose num de plume is Mortimus Clay, the author of the young adult fantasy novel The Purloined Boy. The novel was a finalist in the Young Adult<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophy-and-the-purloined-boy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"poems wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/120_2032-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">December<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 14, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Winter Solitude Winter solitude\u2014in a world of one colorthe sound of wind. Matsuo BashoTranslated from the Japanese by Robert Hass December Birthdays See December 2008 post<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/december\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"ethics philosophy-for-children plato wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/117_1759-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Philosophy Cafe<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 11, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">On Tuesday afternoon we had a &#8220;philosophy cafe&#8221; in the 5th grade. I brought cider and cookies, and told the students that in parts of the world adults went to cafes and had something to<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophy-cafe\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature ethics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/steig_the_real_thief-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Real Thief<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 7, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">William Steig&#8217;s The Real Thief is an appealing story for talking about ethics with young people. It&#8217;s a short chapter book, which can be read to a child over several nights or along with a<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-real-thief\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Teenagers<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 1, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Recently I&#8217;ve begun working on a book for parents and other adults about ways to inspire conversations about philosophy with young people. As part of this work, I&#8217;ve been thinking about<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/teenagers\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/120_20201-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">What is music?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 25, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Yesterday I had a session with two fifth grade classes (about 40 or so students), in which a local pianist\/composer came in and performed John Cage&#8217;s 4&#8242; 33&#8243; to inspire a conversation<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/what-is-music\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"poems wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bg_trees4586.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">November<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 22, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">During Wind and Rain They sing their dearest songs&#8211;He, she, all of them&#8211;yea,Treble and tenor and bass.And one to play;With the candles mooning each face&#8230;.Ah, no; the years O!How the<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/november\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/reunion-island-cultures-61e41-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">World Philosophy Day<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 19, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Introduced in 2002, World Philosophy Day, the third Thursday of November each year, is a celebration of philosophy that seeks to bring philosophy into the lives of people everywhere. The day is an<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/world-philosophy-day\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Women in Philosophy<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 16, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">There has been an ongoing discussion on the Leiter Reports blog about the under-representation of women in academic philosophy. The speculations about the reasons for the dearth of female philosophers<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/women-in-philosophy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Listening to Our Children<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 11, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Somewhat frequently I receive email messages or other communications from parents asking me about how to introduce philosophy into their conversations with their children. The main advice I give<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/listening-to-our-children\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion metaphysics philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/119_1982-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Dreams and sleep<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 3, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This week the fifth grade students and I talked about dreams and sleep and the mysterious world of non-waking life. Our conversation, excerpted below, ranged from an exploration of dreams and<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/dreams-and-sleep\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion high-school-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Comments from Memphis High School Students<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 28, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I had a conversation recently with a colleague about the difference it makes, in his view, when students who have had philosophy in high school enroll in his undergraduate philosophy classes. He said<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/comments-from-memphis-high-school-students\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"poems wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/22images-2.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">October<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 26, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">To Autumn Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/october\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">College Students in Seattle Schools<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 19, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">We began our Philosophy for Children seminar at the University of Washington earlier this month, and this quarter we have 10 students going into 8 different classrooms, from 1st to 12th grade, in six<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/college-students-in-seattle-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Fifth Grade Questions<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 6, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I had a marvelous class with some fifth grade students yesterday. The first class of the year, we began by talking about what philosophy is and why anyone might be interested in it. I had planned that<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/fifth-grade-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"moral-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cohen-600-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Justice at Harvard<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 30, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">What&#8217;s the right thing to do? Harvard professor Michael Sandel has been teaching a moral philosophy course at Harvard for almost 30 years, with 1,000 students at a time often taking his popular<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/justice-at-harvard\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature metaphysics wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/wrinkle-in-time-cover-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">A Wrinkle in Time<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 23, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I love this book. A science fiction young adult novel by Madeleine L&#8217;Engle, A Wrinkle in Time was first published in 1962 and has won all kinds of awards. In the engrossing story, packed with<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/a-wrinkle-in-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"poems wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/119_1935-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">September<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 18, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The Railway Children When we climbed the slopes of the cuttingWe were eye-level with the white cupsOf the telegraph poles and the sizzling wires. Like lovely freehand they curved for milesEast and<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/september\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Philosophy and Learning<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 14, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Why do I do what I do? I&#8217;ve been doing philosophy in schools for almost 14 years now. At a conference in Memphis this past weekend about doing philosophy with young people, the participants<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophy-and-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"high-school-philosophy philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">High School Philosophy Classes<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 8, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">There is lots of exciting work in philosophy going on in high school classrooms around the country! Here are two public high school philosophy classes about which I\u2019ve recently learned: In Memphis,<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/high-school-philosophy-classes\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/trumanshow-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Truman Show<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 1, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The Truman Show, by director Peter Weir, is a film about Truman Burbank, who is adopted at birth by a television network to be the star of a reality television show. Truman grows up unaware that his<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-truman-show\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/51yMGu4HA2L__SL500_AA240_-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Harry Potter<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">August 18, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Over the past two weeks I&#8217;ve been re-reading the seven Harry Potter novels. A lovely way to spend long summer afternoons. I&#8217;ve been thinking how much fun it would be to teach a year-long<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/harry-potter\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"poems wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/118_1838-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">August<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">August 11, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I dwell in Possibility \u2013 A fairer House than Prose \u2013 More numerous of Windows \u2013Superior \u2013 for Doors \u2013 Of Chambers as the Cedars \u2013 Impregnable of Eye \u2013 And for an Everlasting RoofThe<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/august\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/kalman13.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">And the Pursuit of Happiness<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">August 4, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Maira Kalman writes a wonderful illustrated New York Times blog, &#8220;And the Pursuit of Happiness,&#8221; about American democracy, with a new post on the last Friday of every month. In March she<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/and-the-pursuit-of-happiness\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/101_0122-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Online Philosophy for Children course<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">July 28, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The Institute for the Advancement for Philosophy for Children, in Montclair, New Jersey, is offering a fall online class on &#8220;Teaching Children Philosophical Thinking.&#8221; Here is the<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/online-philosophy-for-children-course\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/antarcticeclipse_bruenjes_med2-2.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Solar Eclipse<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">July 21, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Nothing there is beyond hope, nothing that can be sworn impossible, nothing wonderful, since Zeus, father of the Olympians, made night from mid-day, hiding the light of the shining Sun, and sore fear<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/solar-eclipse\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"poems wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/118_1841-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">July<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">July 7, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Let Evening Come Let the light of late afternoonshine through chinks in the barn, movingup the bales as the sun moves down. Let the cricket take up chafingas a woman takes up her needlesand her yarn.<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/july\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/nlc000486-v6-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Stormy Night<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">July 1, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I have used Michele Lemieux&#8217;s book Stormy Night in elementary school philosophy classes. It\u2019s a great resource for an introductory session to help the students start to recognize philosophical<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/stormy-night\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"high-school-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/platoaristo-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">25 Philosophers<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 24, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This is a nice, accessible resource for high school students: http:\/\/onlinecollegedegree.org\/2009\/05\/04\/25-timeless-insightful-philosophers-for-your-personal-development\/. It lists 25 philosophers,<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/25-philosophers\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"poems wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/118_1843-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">June<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 21, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">ochikochi ni taki no otokiku wakaba kana fresh young leaves \u2013the sound of a waterfallboth far and near Yosa Buson June Birthdays June 5 Charles Hartshorne (American, born 1897) and Adam Smith<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/june\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/9781845900625.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Little Book of Thunks<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 8, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Thunk: &#8220;a beguiling simple-looking question about everyday things that stops you in your tracks and helps you start to look at the world in a whole new light.&#8221;The Little Book of Thunks is<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-little-book-of-thunks\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">College Students in Pre-College Classrooms: Philosophy Books and Other Ideas<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 1, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Thursday was our last seminar session at UW for the spring. Through this class, twelve college students introduced philosophy into public school classrooms around Seattle over the quarter. The seminar<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/college-students-in-pre-college-classrooms-philosophy-books-and-other-ideas\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"poems wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/118_18492-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">May<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 22, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">From BlossomsFrom blossoms comesthis brown paper bag of peacheswe bought from the boyat the bend in the road where we turned towardsigns painted Peaches. From laden boughs, from hands,from sweet<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/may\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Philosophy in the Classroom<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 19, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This week and next students in our Philosophy for Children seminar at the University of Washington will be doing philosophy lessons in a variety of public school classrooms around Seattle, from 5th<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophy-in-the-classroom\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"blog-series classroom-discussion moral-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Moral Philosophy and the Holocaust: Blog Series Part VII<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 11, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Can one person make a difference? The last class for the Moral Philosophy and the Holocaust unit involves watching the film Not in Our Town, which describes a series of hate crimes that took place in<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/moral-philosophy-and-the-holocaust-blog-series-part-vii\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion moral-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Moral Philosophy and the Holocaust: Blog Series Part VI<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 5, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Why did some people become rescuers during the Holocaust? What makes some people, despite the risks, act to prevent moral wrongs? Is being a bystander morally wrong? In this class we see the film The<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/moral-philosophy-and-the-holocaust-blog-series-part-vi\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"blog-series moral-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0215-2-2-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Moral Philosophy and the Holocaust: Blog Series Part V<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 29, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">In this class we view the film Heil Hitler: Confessions of a Hitler Youth. The film is an interview with Alfons Heck, who describes his childhood experiences as a member of the Hitler Youth and his<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/moral-philosophy-and-the-holocaust-blog-series-part-v\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/23images-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Stellaluna<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 24, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The picture book Stellaluna, by Janell Cannon, is a wonderful book for inspiring discussions about what makes something what it is and about friendship. It tells the story of a young fruit bat who<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/stellaluna\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"blog-series moral-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0215-2-2-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Moral Philosophy and the Holocaust: Blog Series Part IV<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 20, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Why do people obey authority even when they sense that what they&#8217;re doing is wrong? Central to the conditions that allowed the Holocaust to occur was people&#8217;s tendencies to conform to the<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/moral-philosophy-and-the-holocaust-blog-series-part-iv\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"blog-series classroom-discussion moral-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Moral Philosophy and the Holocaust: Blog Series Part III<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 15, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">When Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968, Jane Elliott, a third grade teacher in Iowa, decided to implement an exercise in her classroom to help her students understand racism and<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/moral-philosophy-and-the-holocaust-blog-series-part-iii\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"blog-series classroom-discussion moral-philosophy plato teaching-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Moral Philosophy and the Holocaust &#8212; Blog Series Part II<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 10, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This morning I taught the second class of the &#8220;Moral Philosophy and the Holocaust&#8221; unit to two eighth grade classes. This class is an introduction to moral philosophy, a way to give the<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/moral-philosophy-and-the-holocaust-blog-series-part-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/117_1795-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Philosophy? It&#8217;s so difficult!<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 8, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Created by 5th grade students Methow Valley Elementary School Winthrop, Washington I was reflecting this morning about a conversation I had last week, in which I was asked by an acquaintance about my<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophy-its-so-difficult\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"poems wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">April<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">April 3, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">A Blessing Just off the highway to Rochester, Minnesota,Twilight bounds softly forth on the grass.And the eyes of those two Indian poniesDarken with kindness.They have come gladly out of the willowsTo<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/april\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"moral-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/APPEXP-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Does what we are matter when thinking about what we ought to do?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 28, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Is science relevant to moral philosophy? In the marvelously clear and accessible Experiments in Ethics, Kwame Anthony Appiah explores the relationship between morality and the empirical research of<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/does-what-we-are-matter-when-thinking-about-what-we-ought-to-do\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"poems wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Poem<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 24, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The World But Seems To BeThe world but seems to beyet is nothing morethan a line drawnbetween light and shadow.Decipher the messageof this dream-scriptand learn to distinguish timefrom Eternity.<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/poem\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"moral-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/516qcQ-DL__SS500_-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Forgiveness: &#8220;Forgiving Dr. Mengele&#8221;<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 21, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This week I watched Forgiving Dr. Mengele, an interesting and provocative film about the life of Eva Mozes Kor. Eva and her sister Miriam were among the many sets of twins who were victims of Josef<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/forgiveness-forgiving-dr-mengele\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"blog-series classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children plato teaching-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Moral Philosophy and the Holocaust: Blog Series Part I<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 16, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I spent the morning last Friday with two eighth grade classes in the first sessions of a unit I teach every year on &#8220;Moral Philosophy and the Holocaust.&#8221; I teach the unit with Jane Orme,<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/moral-philosophy-and-the-holocaust-blog-series-part-i\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Something out of nothing<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 15, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This week in the 5th grade the students and I talked about whether the universe began at some point or has always existed. This is often a somewhat delicate discussion, because it can easily slide<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/something-out-of-nothing\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion ethics wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Update on the Science Fair<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 11, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">In an earlier post, I wrote about an ethical dilemma that some of the fifth grade students with whom I&#8217;ve been working were facing regarding the upcoming Science Fair. The students told me today<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/update-on-the-science-fair\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"poems wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">March<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 9, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Between What I See and What I Say. . .for Roman Jakobson 1Between what I see and what I say,between what I say and what I keep silent,between what I keep silent and what I dream,between what I dream<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/march\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature classroom-discussion moral-philosophy philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Books_03-1-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Hundred Dresses<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">March 5, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes (1944) is a great book to inspire discussions about the nature of friendship, the ethics of being a bystander, and questions about what moral duties we owe to<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-hundred-dresses\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/plato-1.gif);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Online Philosophy Resources<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 24, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">People often ask me about finding philosophy resources online. There is now a multiplicity of online resources available for free &#8212; online philosophy classes, lectures, materials, etc. This is a<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/online-philosophy-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion ethics moral-philosophy philosophy-for-children teaching-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/117_1759.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Science Fair and Ethics<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 18, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Yesterday I showed up in the fifth grade classroom in which I&#8217;ve been teaching, prepared to talk with the students about whether you can get something form nothing, whether everything has a<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/science-fair-and-ethics\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/117_1750-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Dreams and dreaming<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 12, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">On Tuesday, the fifth grade students with whom I&#8217;ve been doing philosophy and I spent about 40 minutes talking about dreaming. We started with the students&#8217; questions, which included: What<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/dreams-and-dreaming\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature classroom-discussion moral-philosophy philosophy-for-children teaching-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/518GTgZstfL__SL500_AA240_-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Book Thief and Psychological Egoism<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 9, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">On Friday I had a marvelous discussion with a group of students in an eighth grade English class about The Book Thief, a novel by Markus Zusak. The story is told from the perspective of Death, who<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-book-thief-and-psychological-egoism\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"poems wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/117_1734-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">February<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 5, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The House in WinterHere,in the year&#8217;s late tidewash,a corner cupboard suddenly waversin low-flung sunlight,cupboard never quite visible before. Its jarsof last summer&#8217;s peacheshave come<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/february\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children teaching-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Philosophy as a way of life<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">February 2, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">When, in our first class together, I asked the fifth grade students with whom I&#8217;m doing philosophy this winter what they imagined was the definition of philosophy, one student volunteered that<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophy-as-a-way-of-life\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children teaching-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The mystery of the mind<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 29, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The fifth grade class I&#8217;m working with had a wonderful discussion this week about the mind. We talked about what the mind is, whether it is the same thing as the brain, and, if not, what it<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-mystery-of-the-mind\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Philosophy Teams<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 26, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">After 13 years of working in this field, I continue to analyze the most effective ways to make philosophy a more common offering in K-12 schools. Working with teachers to help them to develop the<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophy-teams\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion philosophy-for-children teaching-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Thoughts and feelings<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 22, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This week I started a series of philosophy sessions with a fifth grade class. This was a first introduction to philosophy for this group of students. I started by asking them if they had any idea what<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/thoughts-and-feelings\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"high-school-philosophy teaching-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/100021.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">What Does It All Mean?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 18, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I love Thomas Nagel&#8217;s short 1987 book What Does It All Mean? It&#8217;s a really accessible introduction to philosophy for high school students and up, and it captures much of what drew me to<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/what-does-it-all-mean\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy-for-children teaching-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/9780374487355-2.gif);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Yellow and Pink<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 13, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">One of my favorite children&#8217;s books to use in philosophy classes (including with high school students) is William Steig&#8217;s Yellow and Pink. The story begins with two small wooden figures,<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/yellow-and-pink\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"poems wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">January<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 7, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The Snow Man One must have a mind of winterTo regard the frost and the boughsOf the pine-trees crusted with snow; And have been cold a long timeTo behold the junipers shagged with ice,The spruces<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/january-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"classroom-discussion ethics moral-philosophy philosophy-for-children teaching-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Puzzles about Ethics<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">January 6, 2009, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">A couple of years ago I created a series of ethics puzzles to introduce various moral questions to two fourth grade classes. I adapted some of these scenarios from puzzles created by others and made<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/puzzles-about-ethics\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"childrens-literature philosophy philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/7152828fd7a08147c3234110__AA240__L-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Great Blueness and Other Predicaments<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 16, 2008, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">&#8220;Long ago there were no colors in the world at all. Almost everything was grey, and what was not grey was black or white. It was a time that was called The Great Greyness.&#8221; The Great<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-great-blueness-and-other-predicaments\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"poems wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">December<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 9, 2008, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Just Delicate NeedlesIt&#8217;s so delicate, the light.And there&#8217;s so little of it. The darkis huge.Just delicate needles, the light,in an endless night.And it has such a long way to gothrough<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/december-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"blog-series philosophy philosophy-for-children teaching-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/116_1656-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">What is art? Blog Series Part V<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">December 3, 2008, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This will be the final post in this series. What is music?Is there some quality that anything considered music must have?Can any sound count as music?Does all music express emotion?Is the emotion that<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/what-is-art-blog-series-part-v\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"blog-series philosophy philosophy-for-children teaching-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/116_1605-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">What is art? Blog Series Part IV<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 26, 2008, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">In the two sixth grade classrooms in which I&#8217;ve been teaching this aesthetics unit, the students and I spent a lot of time this week talking about the relationship between having feelings and<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/what-is-art-blog-series-part-iv\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"poems wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/116_1642-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">November<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 10, 2008, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">My November Guest My Sorrow, when she&#8217;s here with me,Thinks these dark days of autumn rainAre beautiful as days can be;She loves the bare, the withered tree;She walks the sodden pasture lane.<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/november-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"blog-series children classroom-discussion philosophy teaching-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">What is art? Blog Series Part III<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">November 6, 2008, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This week the sixth graders and I read part of a chapter from Harry Stottlemeir&#8217;s Discovery (by Matthew Lipman, part of the curriculum developed by the Institute for the Advancement of<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/what-is-art-blog-series-part-iii\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"aesthetics blog-series children philosophy philosophy-for-children teaching-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/116_1616-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">What is art? Blog Series Part II<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 31, 2008, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I decided that the second class of the philosophy of art series should involve actually looking at visual art and talking about it. I thought about taking the students to a local art gallery, and then<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/what-is-art-blog-series-part-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"aesthetics blog-series children philosophy philosophy-for-children teaching-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">What is art? Blog Series Part I<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 16, 2008, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I&#8217;m going to write a series of posts about the philosophy of art unit I&#8217;m doing with sixth grade students this fall. Yesterday was the first session of the unit. We started by listing some<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/what-is-art-blog-series-part-i\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/115_1598-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">October birthdays<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 7, 2008, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">October 1 Catharine MacKinnon (American, born 1946) October 4 Richard Rorty (American, born 1931) October 14 Hannah Arendt (German, born 1906) October 15 Friedrich Nietzsche (German, born 1844) and<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/october-birthdays\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"ethics philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/poc_logo.png);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Can you test moral sense?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">October 6, 2008, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The Moral Sense Test is a Harvard University web-based study into the nature of moral judgments. The test is a series of moral dilemmas that purport to analyze the psychology behind our moral<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/can-you-test-moral-sense\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"children childrens-literature moral-philosophy philosophy philosophy-for-children teaching-philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/c6397220eca02da874f66010__AA240__L-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The One Who Walk Away from Omelas<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 29, 2008, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The Ursula LeGuin short story The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas is a powerful story for discussing with high school students utilitarian ethics and the question of whether the suffering of one person<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-one-who-walk-away-from-omelas\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"children philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/archesTop-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Philosophy Talk and the Mystery of Music<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 22, 2008, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">A good resource for thinking about what questions to ask when talking to students about philosophy is Philosophy Talk, a weekly one-hour radio series exploring issues of philosophy. Calling itself<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/philosophy-talk-and-the-mystery-of-music\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"children childrens-literature philosophy philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sunset-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Death and Philosophy<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 15, 2008, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">If we did not die, if our existence did not unravel in the endless darkness of death, would life be quite so precious, so extraordinary, so moving? Andre Comte-Sponville,Professor of Philosophy at the<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/death-and-philosophy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"children philosophy philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/apollo16_earth_northamerica-2-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Is this really philosophy?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">September 8, 2008, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">&#8220;. . . That slight uncertaintywhich makes us sure.&#8221; From Advice from the Museby Richard Wilbur The start of the school year and planning for the year&#8217;s philosophy classes. Usually I<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/is-this-really-philosophy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"children childrens-literature ethics moral-philosophy philosophy philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/917ff0cdd7a02d2f6cd76110_L-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Three Questions<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">August 12, 2008, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">\u201cThere once was a boy named Nikolai who sometimes felt uncertain about the right way to act. \u2018I want to be a good person,\u2019 he told his friends. \u2018But I don\u2019t always know the best way to do<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-three-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"children philosophy philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Philosophy-class.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Getting philosophy into classrooms<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">July 29, 2008, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">I&#8217;m often asked how the center got started and about ways to get into schools to do philosophy with young people. I decided to start the center when I was about to finish my Ph.D. in 1996. I had<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/getting-philosophy-into-classrooms\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"children moral-philosophy philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-molly-hunt-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Moral Philosophy and the Holocaust<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">July 9, 2008, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Pen and inkdrawingby Mollie Hunt8th grade student Winthrop, WA, 2008 I grew up in the shadow of the Holocaust, learning about the horror of it as an elementary school child, experiencing recurrent<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/moral-philosophy-and-the-holocaust\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"children philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/115_1542-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Being philosophically na\u00efve<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 11, 2008, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">When I was a graduate student in philosophy, I sometimes thought that the initial wonder and enthusiasm that drew me to philosophy as a high school student was in danger of being eclipsed by the<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/being-philosophically-naive\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"children philosophy philosophy-for-children wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/113_1347-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">What are thoughts?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">June 3, 2008, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Among twenty snowy mountains,The only moving thingWas the eye of the blackbird.I was of three minds,Like a treeIn which there are three blackbirds. . . . From Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/what-are-thoughts\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"children philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ist2_5853965-question-mark-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Why are we here?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 12, 2008, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">At the end of our philosophy sessions together this year, I asked the 5th grade students with whom I&#8217;d been working what questions they&#8217;d like to keep talking about. I loved their<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/why-are-we-here\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"children philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/113_1362-1-scaled-1.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">Can Children Do Philosophy?<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 11, 2008, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">&#8220;The orgin of philosophy is wonder.&#8221;Plato, Theaetetus When I tell people I spend a lot of my time in K-12 classrooms doing philosophy with young people, often I\u2019m met with a somewhat<\/div><div class=\"read-time\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span>MIN\/S READ<\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/can-children-do-philosophy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-card\" data-cat=\"children philosophy wondering-aloud\"><div class=\"feat-section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ist2_1620882_socrates_the_philosopher.jpg);background-size:100%;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><div class=\"feat-icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-section\"><div class=\"post-title\">The Why Questions<\/div><div class=\"post-meta\">May 11, 2008, by: Jana Mohr Lone<\/div><hr><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Around the age of four most children start asking the \u201cwhy\u201d questions. Why do things have to be fair? Why do we have to die? Why is blue a color? Why do we have minds? 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