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“She didn’t used to speak!”

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A recent conversation made me so happy.

I was interviewing pupils about Philosophy for Children. One of them said: I really like it!  It's so helpful.  It makes me a confident speaker.  I used to be shy!

The teachers gave me a bit more context, telling me: She didn’t used to speak. P4C has made such a difference to her confidence. She’s deputy head girl now and she’ll speak to visitors! She’ll do anything now. She would never have done that before.

Shouldn’t every school do P4C?

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More about Philosophy for Children
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What did you find interesting or important about that?

A valuable P4C facilitation move

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Are you ready for World Philosophy Day?

Ideas to get the whole school involved on 21st November

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P4C stimulus – Killing time at home

A chance to think about technology and relationships

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Positive behaviour and focus in P4C

Ways to keep everyone engaged and develop the community of enquiry

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Oracy in Reception

The impact of establishing habits and planning for talk

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Philosophy in Nursery

A lovely article about P4C in Early Years

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Should we stop cleaning? P4C stimulus

My first encounter with a robot cleaner

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What teachers say about P4C (part 2)

Impact of Philosophy for Children

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What teachers say about P4C

Impact of Philosophy for Children

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Five steps to start building pupil dialogue

Foundations for dialogue and P4C in your classroom

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Animals on beaches – P4C/Talk stimulus

What will your class wonder when they watch this?

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Hoops of happiness

An activity where participants wonder about the main ingredients for happiness

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Robot pets – P4C stimulus

Explore concepts including love, technology and what makes something real

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What does collaborative thinking look like in P4C?

A detailed description including building, helping, sharing and working together

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The 4Cs of P4C

Explaining caring, collaborative, critical and creative thinking

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Dim the sun? P4C stimulus

A radical proposal for the future

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Learning to ask philosophical questions

How to start a question, and think about whether or not it’s philosophical

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Have your class agreed ground rules for P4C?

How do they want to behave to become great 4C thinkers?

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Speak up in 2024

The power of Philosophy for Children

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Final call for P4C Level 1 training in Manchester

16th and 23rd January 2024

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The Big Dreaming – P4C stimulus?

A beautiful book that could make a lovely stimulus for P4C

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Christmas wonderings from Wonder Ponder

A free, downloadable, shareable booklet

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Sticky note concepts

A tip to ensure you are always ready for P4C sessions

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Puppy yoga – P4C stimulus

A stimulus based on a recent news investigation

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Choral speaking in P4C?

Get everyone listening and engaged with the big ideas and questions

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"Sometimes we agree, sometimes we disagree."

Reminders from six-year-olds about some of the benefits of P4C

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What is P4C?

A new video from SAPERE

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How good is your teacher listening?

Show your pupils that you are trying to understand their thinking

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Inspiring P4C stimulus – resilience

Get your pupils thinking and talking about resilience, barriers, beauty and more

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“We talk about stuff that is important and interesting”

Pupils feel that P4C helps them with everything from relationships to confidence to staying calm