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29 November 2019

Tips and techniques

1-2-3 (Clap)

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29 November 2019

Tips and techniques

An energising warm-up game which will help children (and adults!) to focus.

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22 November 2019

Recommended reading

‘Time to Think’ by Nancy Kline

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22 November 2019

Recommended reading

A book which will deepen your understanding of the power of listening.

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15 November 2019

Practical examples

We didn't listen to the teacher!

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15 November 2019

Practical examples

Through P4C, children see the value of listening to each other.

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8 November 2019

Tips and techniques, Practical examples

The Picture Frame Game

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8 November 2019

Tips and techniques, Practical examples

A lovely example of a game which generates creative thinking and can give children ownership of their talk.

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7 November 2019

Resources

Speech Bubbles for Talk Observers

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7 November 2019

Resources

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1 November 2019

Thoughts

The Day I Lost My Voice

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1 November 2019

Thoughts

A true story about how I became interested in teacher talk.

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29 October 2019

Tips and techniques, Practical examples

Video: P4C Daily Question in Early Years

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29 October 2019

Tips and techniques, Practical examples

Starting with simple/fun questions in Early Years helps children develop the skills to consider deeper ('more philosophical') questions over time.

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25 October 2019

Tips and techniques, Practical examples

Concept Towers

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25 October 2019

Tips and techniques, Practical examples

A way to explore the key concepts in a stimulus and enable children to practice building on others’ ideas.

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24 October 2019

Resources

4Cs blank grid

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24 October 2019

Resources

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23 October 2019

Recommended reading

Values & Visions

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23 October 2019

Recommended reading

A way of working which starts from core values. It encourages children to reflect, listen to each other and express their thoughts and feelings.

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18 October 2019

Practical examples

SAPERE P4C School Awards

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18 October 2019

Practical examples

Manchester school receives P4C Silver Award! The SAPERE award scheme can help you ensure P4C is embedded and having impact in your school.

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11 October 2019

Tips and techniques

'The Imagination Game'

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11 October 2019

Tips and techniques

Tips for playing this popular P4C warm-up game which develops creative thinking plus turn-taking, listening, responding, and recognising shapes.

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8 October 2019

Resources

Pupil Talk Prompts

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8 October 2019

Resources

Buy resource packs of Pupil Talk Prompts for your school

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4 October 2019

Tips and techniques, Practical examples

Talking Toys to develop confident, thinking communicators

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4 October 2019

Tips and techniques, Practical examples

Talking Toys enables children to immediately organise their turn-taking.

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27 September 2019

Tips and techniques, Thoughts

Persist with random pairings - they're worth it

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27 September 2019

Tips and techniques, Thoughts

Developing children’s communication and relationships by enabling them to talk with lots of different peers.

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20 September 2019

P4C/Talk stimulus

A classic book for getting children talking: 'Would You Rather' by John Burningham

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20 September 2019

P4C/Talk stimulus

Celebrating a useful and fun resource.

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17 September 2019

Resources

P4C Ten Steps planning grid

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17 September 2019

Resources

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More free P4C resources

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Jun 27, 2025

Concept collision – get your students thinking deeply

Jun 27, 2025

Are these examples of adventure, bravery, or both?

Jun 27, 2025

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Feb 2, 2024

Learning to ask philosophical questions

Feb 2, 2024

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

Feb 2, 2024

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Dec 8, 2023

Christmas wonderings from Wonder Ponder

Dec 8, 2023

A free, downloadable, shareable booklet

Dec 8, 2023

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Dec 16, 2022

HomeTalk – Gifts

Dec 16, 2022

Seasonal resources from Dialogue Works’ HomeTalk series

Dec 16, 2022

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Dec 10, 2021

Let's talk about… gifts

Dec 10, 2021

Thinking questions for children about gifts, in the latest HomeTalk

Dec 10, 2021

Aug 13, 2021

Thinking Space resources

Aug 13, 2021

Downloadable Philosophy for Children resources

Aug 13, 2021

Jul 30, 2021

Philosopher's Backpack

Jul 30, 2021

A P4C website which includes the fabulous Philosopher’s Backpack

Jul 30, 2021

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Jul 2, 2021

Concept Sort – which are the big ideas?

Jul 2, 2021

Learning to spot concepts in a stimulus

Jul 2, 2021

Feb 5, 2021

HomeTalk – free weekly resource for families and teachers

Feb 5, 2021

A high-quality, easy-to-access resource that gets children talking

Feb 5, 2021

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Jan 8, 2021

Uplifting concepts

Jan 8, 2021

A list of positive ideas including compassion, hope, and celebration - for use in P4C or circle time

Jan 8, 2021

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Sep 4, 2020

Virtual Circle

Sep 4, 2020

A structure to allow all students to participate, even if sitting in a real circle isn’t an option right now.

Sep 4, 2020

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Oct 24, 2019

4Cs blank grid

Oct 24, 2019

Oct 24, 2019

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Sep 17, 2019

P4C Ten Steps planning grid

Sep 17, 2019

Sep 17, 2019

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Jul 15, 2019

Question Quadrant

Jul 15, 2019

Jul 15, 2019

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Jun 26, 2019

Useful question stems for P4C

Jun 26, 2019

Jun 26, 2019

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Mar 11, 2019

Diamond Nine ranking

Mar 11, 2019

Mar 11, 2019

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Feb 5, 2019

Concept activity - Emotion

Feb 5, 2019

Feb 5, 2019

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Oct 30, 2018

Concept card grid

Oct 30, 2018

Oct 30, 2018

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Sep 10, 2018

Concept activity – Compassion

Sep 10, 2018

Sep 10, 2018

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Aug 30, 2018

P4C stems for facilitators

Aug 30, 2018

Aug 30, 2018

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13 September 2019

Recommended reading, Professional development

Thinking Moves A-Z

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13 September 2019

Recommended reading, Professional development

By naming 26 ways of thinking in a simple alphabetical structure, the new Thinking Moves A-Z provides a language for teachers and students to reflect on their own cognitive processes - enhancing thinking and deepening learning.

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6 September 2019

Tips and techniques

Using ‘Odd One Out’ for specific curriculum areas

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6 September 2019

Tips and techniques

The game ‘Odd One Out’ is a great way to begin lessons on specific themes or topics - you can quickly create a resource box that will last for the duration of the topic.

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30 August 2019

Tips and techniques

Are you using Pupil Talk Prompts?

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30 August 2019

Tips and techniques

I strongly recommend providing Talk Prompts to help pupils formulate high quality spoken sentences and then bring powerful, formal phrases into their writing.