Philosophy 4 Children (P4C) can impart good values as children are taught to voice their opinions nicely and not to judge. They listen to others and are given the opportunities to think deeper of their own set of beliefs during discussion times. If our kids are exposed to long periods of such discussions, they will be more mature in their thoughts and actions.


Research of P4C implemented in schools have consistently showed improvements in areas of maturity and reasoning in the children.

It's interesting - Kids do ask BIG questions!

Big questions are what philosophers call 'philosophical questions'.

Your kids may like to discuss and contribute their thoughts at
http://www.philosophy4children.com.sg/dilemmas/index.
Do encourage them to discuss with you and pen down their thoughts.

Our little kids are capable of big thoughts!

If I could turn back the clock, I probably would focus more on teaching good character and good decision making skills for my two kids. It's not too late now though if I had started earlier in their lives, they probably have internalised them by now. (one is 13 the other 9). Being an ex-school teacher, I put quite a bit of emphasis on academic. They are doing well in school but their EQ and MQ (moral quotient) are not as good as I would prefer. EQ and MQ are truly very important. So I have recently gotten hold of a licence to do a wonderful program for kids. You may like to read about it at http://www.gurukidspro.com/services under Course 4 BrainWise program (though not as complete yet) as well as at http://brainwise-plc.org/. If you would like to purchase its curriculum, you may do so through me to get a discount. I am looking at introducing to schools to incorporate into their curriculum so that our kids will grow up learning how to make GOOD decisions. I am also looking for trainers who would like to learn to conduct the course which I have adapted to our local culture.


Cheers,

Hi, seems there are some eager entrepreneurs around


I have recently got a licence to do a program in Singapore. It's wonderful program. But I need trainers who will eventually be invited to become partners of the company if things work out well. This program is like a family program where kids and parents learn so that they have a 'common vocabulary' to use in order to solve conflicts, have better bonding etc. This program is also highly suitable for counsellors to help children and adults. The target market group is quite huge so manpower is an issue. I have been talking to several interested parties the last few weeks. If you are keen to know more of this program, please email me at [email protected].

Cheers.

just one last thing which I forgot to add in - these programmes have proven that our kids will be able to transfer these critical thinking skills into their academic work, their decision making arenas, and especially in their lives. In short, the transferability of these learnt skills have been proven through research in these programmes which I am offering.

I got to know these wonderful programmes while completing my master degree at NIE