Abstract

I love doing Philosophy for Children or Analytical Thinking better than anything else I teach, so when I was given the opportunity to offer a class in an after-school time, I was eager to attempt the experiment. This particular class was offered as part of an extracurricular program in an elementary school in Austin, Texas, but different from the one in which I teach. It was to be opened to fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students in the last eight weeks of school. The sessions were one hour in length and met once a week. Publicity and registration were handled by the principal of the school. A limit of eighteen students was set for the group and sixth graders were given priority.