Children's philosophy is based on different national traditions, and its development has different reversals. American children's philosophy originated from the base camp, which is to cultivate students' critical thinking ability.

American children's philosophy is a philosophy specially used to train children. Its realization methods include writing some thinking stories, philosophy manuals and so on. Bring thoughts and thoughts into students' daily life, and children will be led by adults or teachers to experience the process of philosophical discussion personally, thus improving and increasing their reasoning ability.

Children's philosophy in Europe and China comes from the profound cultural heritage of ancient Greek philosophical tradition. The focus of philosophy is to teach children to love wisdom. It guides adults and children to play philosophical games together. Adults and children can influence and benefit from each other, but it emphasizes the child-centered view and vision.

In ancient China, there was a sage's philosophy of children's education, but it never rose to the field of schools.

At present, domestic scholars' grasp of children's philosophy is gradually merging and approaching the knowledge of * * *, from the initial emphasis on thinking training to the cultivation of comprehensive philosophical literacy, so that children can experience fun in philosophical research, find the meaning of life and establish their own world view. Although many scholars divide children's philosophy into many levels, they can be summarized as follows:

Children's philosophy should be composed of three parts: admitting that children have their own philosophy, adults defending their philosophy in some form, and adults discussing how to safeguard their philosophy. This is the basic system of children's philosophy, the basis of studying children's philosophy, and the theoretical system and root of exploring children's philosophy.

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