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I traveled to the US in March/April where I met with facilitators of Philosophy for Children (P4C).

Then he referred to Meier's five habits of the mind: the value of raising questions about evidence(How do we know what we know?), point of view(Whose perspective does this represent?"), connection(" How is this related"), supposition ("How might things have been otherwise?"), and relevance ("Why is this important?"). He concluded the chapter by saying, "To be well educated, then, is to have the desire as well as the means to make sure that learning never ends".

MANY years ago, I came across the idea of philosophy for children, but brushed it aside. I never took it seriously because I was of the...

  Many years ago, I came across the idea of philosophy for children but brushed it aside. I never took it seriously because I was of the notion that philosophy was not for children. Philosophy was not a child's play. Philosophy was for adults. But in the past few weeks, my views have been changing. I think that there is, or could be a philosophy for, with, and by kids.

In the US, the Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organisation (PLATO) promotes philosophy for children. According to some information on its website, PLATO 'nurtures young people's curiosity, critical thinking, and desire to explore big questions, through philosophy and ethics programs for students, educators, and families'.