Application 1: Apple Tree

Philosophy Education Application 1: Apple Tree

Philosophy Education Application Program for the Experiment Group Children

Application 1

Preperations

• The students sit around a U shaped table, designed for the students to be able to see each other face to face.
• Firstly, teacher read the following story about Apple Tree:

Apple Tree

Once, there were very happy people living in a nice and little village. These people helped and loved each other. Every morning they would say “Good morning,” to one another and smile. Nobody would upset another. There was a giant apple tree in the middle of this village that everyone liked. The village people would always sit under this tree in the evenings and talk to each other.

One day, a letter arrived to the village. It was written in the letter that a railway will arrive to the village and pass through it. And it was going to pass right in the middle of the village. Everybody was happy about the news because the railway was going to allow them to travel and visit their loved ones who lived very far away.

But then, they stopped to think what was right in the middle of the village.

Yes. There was the apple tree that they all loved. And this tree would have to be cut. They thought about it a lot and the elders finally decided to cut it down but the children refused. . .

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Then the following activities will be done by the class. Firstly children are given information about the activity and then they will perform...

Activity 1: "How do the people in this village help each other and communicate?"

Activity 2: "If you were in that village, what would you do?"

Activity 3: "Create a suitable ending for this story and draw a painting about it. Share them with us."

Activity 4: "Seeing, Touching, Smelling, Hearing, Tasting"

Activity 5: "What meals can we made with an apple?

Method and Strategy

• Socratic speech
• Story completion
• Using the five senses for observation
• The positive affect of encouraging the children
• Self-esteem boost practices
• Taking risks on a thinking level
• Establishing the feeling of self-achievement

Let's look at the activities now...