Introduction: Why Do Philosophy With Young People? 3 Why Use Philosophical Exercises? 7 How Are the Philosophical Exercises Organized? 11 How Are the Philosophical Exercises Used? 16 Tips for Successful Pre-College Philosophy Sessions 19 Lesson Plans 20 Topic One: What Is Philosophy? 21 Lesson Plan: Are You a Philosopher? 23 Lesson Plan: One Rule Game 33 Lesson Plan: The Three Questions 40 Lesson Plan: Energizer Activity-Word Association 44 Lesson Plan: Blind Painter 48 Lesson Plan: Keep the Question Going 53 Lesson Plan: Sense and Nonsense 56 Topic Two: What is Good Thinking? 58 Lesson Plan: Good News, Bad News 58 Lesson Plan: A Little Logic 63 Lesson Plan: How Many of These Do You Know? 70 Topic Three: What Do I Know? 74 Lesson Plan: What's Your Reason? Game 74 Lesson Plan: Two Trues, One False 79 Lesson Plan: The Egg Drop Game 86 Lesson Plan: Assassin Game 92 Lesson Plan: Hypothesis Generation Exercise 98 Lesson Plan: Which Story Is True? 102 Lesson Plan: What Do I Know (About this Strawberry?) Exercise 107 Lesson Plan: Confirmation Bias Exercise 110 Topic Four: What is Real? 114 Lesson Plan: Reality Scavenger Hunt 114 Lesson Plan: What Makes the Team the Team? Exercise 119 Lesson Plan: What Makes Me Me? 123 Lesson Plan: Could Anything Else Have Happened? 131 Lesson Plan: Got a Minute? 136 Topic Five: What is Art? 140 Lesson Plan: Aesthetics Scavenger Hunt 141 Lesson Plan: Smoke 144 Lesson Plan: Art Market 147 Topic Six: What is the Right Thing to Do? 152 Lesson Plan: Ring of Gyges Diary 153 Lesson Plan: Life Boat Exercise 157 Lesson Plan: What Do Rights Look Like? Exercise 166 Lesson Plan: The Red/Green Game 173 Lesson Plan: Hand Dealt 179 Lesson Plan: Fair or Equal? 190 Lesson Plan: Ants and Chocolate 195 Lesson Plan: Fish and Candy 200 Topic Seven: What is the Meaning of Life? 203 Lesson Plan: What's Worth Doing? 203 Lesson Plan: What Is the Meaning of Life? Game 206 Lesson Plan: Why? 209 Ten Recommended Readings for Exploring Philosophy with Children 211 Reading: Williams, Margery, The Velvetine Rabbit 220 Reading: Wiseman, B., Morris the Moose 220 Reading: L'Engle, Madeline, A Wrinkle In Time 222 Reading: Koss, Amy Goldman, The Ashwater Experiment 223 Reading: Rowling, J.K., Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 223 Reading: Baum, Frank L., selection from The Tin Woodsman of Oz 224 Reading: Tashlin, Frank, The Bear That Wasn't 225 Reading: Steig, William, Yellow and Pink 226 Reading: Lewis, C.S., The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 227 Reading: Mills, Claudia, Dinah Forever 227 Bibliography 229