Edtech company i-Scream Media said on the 20th that it has published "Children's Philosophy Learned Through Questions," an introductory philosophy book for elementary school students designed to build children's thinking skills.
The book takes the questions children raise in everyday life as its starting point, guiding them to examine various perspectives on related issues and form their own views. It addresses 15 questions centered on four themes: friendships, what it means to live, being oneself, and society and morality.
The story unfolds through three children — Yui, Haru and Mina — who have different personalities and interests and share their own experiences and thoughts. Children can follow the three friends' conversations and work through the meaning of key words in each question one by one. Each question runs six pages, structured so that it can be read casually in about 10 minutes a day. At the end of each question, philosophy education specialist Miki Hirayama summarizes the three friends' opinions and suggests new perspectives, helping children shape their own views.
An i-Scream Media official said, "We hope that through this new book, children will freely express their thoughts and develop their own perspective in the process of creating better questions," adding, "Schools can use the new book as material for discussion and debate in moral education classes and creative experiential activities."
