Contents

Contents : introduction -- tips and strategies for using this manual -- getting started : building thinking -- building the community -- assessment and evaluation -- IN A FIELD : leading ideas - big questions -- colours -- thinking about measurement -- why do cows have four stomachs -- what do cows think about -- being conscious -- what’s the use of it -- doing things together -- being born to do something -- philosophy -- ON A PATH : leading ideas - thinking and imagining; shapes; she and he; if I had a voice ...; signs and symbols -- home -- talking to others and talking to yourself -- needing and wanting -- why and because -- forms of expression and perfection -- ON A PLAIN : leading ideas - being bored -- interesting -- trying out different ways of being -- points of view -- internal dialogue -- perhaps and possibly -- fun -- dreaming -- surprise -- appearance -- IN A TREE : leading ideas - doing and inventing -- being alone and being together -- where do we belong -- asking each other -- best -- networks and communities -- reading pictures - aesthetics - book design -- appendices -- contacts for philosophy for children -- books for further reading.