Wondering at the World: Instructional Manual to Accompany Kio and Gus

by Matthew Lipman, Margaret Sharp

This manual aims to develop children's reasoning and inquiry skills as a way to improve their thinking about the world. The various exercises and discussion plans illustrate how these cognitive skills can be applied to our understanding of nature. The strong ethical thread in the novel focuses on issues environmental ethics, our relationships with animals, and nature of ethical perception.This program serves as an ideal introduction to science and environmental education, as well as an excellent language arts curriculum.

526 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1986