The annual Kids Philosophy Slam has announced its new topic for 2016 – Imagination or Knowledge: Which has a Greater Impact on Society? I’m determined to have my students enter this year, as I think that they will have a lot to say about this topic! For more information about the rules for the Philosophy … Read more
There was a link to this lesson in the most recent TED Ed newsletter, and I immediately jumped at the challenge. I’m a bit competitive sometimes;) I will say that I did solve it before the solution was revealed on the video, but it probably would have taken me as long as anyone else if I … Read more
There aren’t a lot of opportunities in a standard curriculum for students to think philosophically. Hopefully, teachers still find ways to give them time for such discussions. In the past, I’ve written about the Kids Philosophy Slam and Teaching Children Philosophy as resources for integrating philosophy into the classroom. Both of those offer ways for students for K-12 … Read more
If you never had a chance to listen to “This I Believe” on NPR, then you have been missing out. Although the series does not air any longer, you can still access many of the recordings, and there are books available as well. The best way to describe these personal essays is this paragraph from … Read more
In my 4th grade GT class yesterday, we came to the part in Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt, where Mae Tuck hits The Man in the Yellow Suit with the barrel of a shotgun. For those of you who have not read the story, The Man in the Yellow Suit learns the location of a … Read more