Seven short Philosophy for Children sessions (KS2-KS3)
These are developed for KS2 / KS3 children and should last between 30 minutes to 45 minutes depending on developing the discussion work, and how many children are in the class. These were developed for online sessions with one nine year old, but should work fine with a larger class, but may need some tweaking.
They are to develop children’s interest in philosophical ideas and concepts, and they focus on posing questions to develop and extend children’s curiosity, and logical thinking, through short scenarios, and problems.
Each one contains a link to a clip- I mainly used the BBC KS2 philosophy short clips. https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/articles/zjbft39
Some of them include brief introductions to philosophy concepts at a fairly basic level. These are designed to be light, fun and engaging. Most appropriate for 9-11 and may not be suitable for children under 9 years old.
The topics are:
How do I know I am me? - ship of theseus
why should I be good?
Free will and determinism
The Mystery of the Other world
How do you know who your friend are?
Soduku Dectectives- logical puzzles
How do you know when you are dreaming?


