Even such elementary facts as these give children a head start on the natural philosophers of 500 years ago. Elementary factual material is available to children in abundance, through television and books. However, there are many ways of thinking to which small children are not generally exposed. We have developed a series of documents designed to assist parents in this. The materials have been tested on many young children over the years.
Many families find meal times suitable occasions for such discussion.
Philosophical dialogues can be supplemented by factual quizzes. Of course, if you use these materials with your children, you will not expect to get the same answers as those occurring in the dialogues. However, we believe the dialogues presented here will provide models and ideas for interesting and worthwhile dinnertime discussions.