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ISBN

0 86431 321 7

Target Grades

Preschool & Kindergarten

Publication Date

2000

Publisher

The Australian Council for Educational Research

Number of Pages

105

Summary

Through a range of exercises and discussion plans, Making Sense of My World helps teachers encourage children to think more deeply about the world around them, and to explore the philosophical concepts attached to their daily experience. What makes something real? What makes a 'best' friend? Together with the companion novel The Doll Hospital, Making Sene of My World is an ideal starting point for primary school children and philosophy.

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Exercise: Where do things come from?

Ask your students where the following things came from. Where possible, hold up the object in question, or a picture of the object.

  1. A toy car
  2. Rubbish
  3. A butterfly
  4. A caterpillar
  5. A hot dog
  6. Santa Claus
  7. Earth
  8. The stars
  9. Rain
  10. Time

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Keywords

aging, beauty, dolls, identity, lying, person, story, truth

Disciplines

Early Childhood Education | Philosophy

4. Making Sense of My World (teacher manual)

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