Making Everyday Choices (eBook)

Lin Josephson is a former business journalist and first grade teacher. She is a Philosophy for Children Practitioner, endorsed by The Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children (Montclair State University) and a 2013-2014 recipient of a PLATO (Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization) Award for excellence in philosophy teaching by a non-classroom teacher. She is the author of several language arts and science workbooks and has written freelance articles for such publications as Barron’s and The Chicago Tribune.

Preface: Why?Acknowledgments: Thank youIntroduction: HowChapter 1: Do’s & Don’tsChapter 2: One Step AheadBuy Now . . . Uh Oh . . . No Time?SimplifyThe Dreaded HomeworkTipping the ScalesChapter 3: Action Figures“No Thanks”Which Way?Rain, Rain, RainSick to Your StomachAdults Make Decisions, tooChapter 4: Opinion LabBack It Up . . .The Majority RulesOpen MindsFill-in-the-BlanksShould I or Shouldn’t I?Honest Opinion?Chapter 5: StreamliningStuffWrite About “Anything”Too Many Library Books!Recipe for FriendshipMixed UpZeroing InPick a Number, Any Number!Chapter 6: Side By SideMeet the InventorsGorilla or Elephant?Juggling ActSix WordsMe, Me, & MeWhat’s In a Name?Take Me to Your LeaderWho Says I’m Bossy?Companion Sidebar on BrainstormingChapter 7: Don’t Jump!Is Seeing Believing?Scrumptious!Fair or Unfair?How Does Your Garden Grow?Race in the ParkWhat’s Inside?Chapter 8: Huh? What Did You Say?Better Safe Than SorryThe Early Bird Gets the WormDon’t Bite Off More Than You Can ChewDon’t Count Your Chickens Before They HatchHaste Makes WasteTwo Heads Are Better Than oneChapter 9: How Did This Happen?Oh, That Little VoiceWalking the DogWho Did It?We CanYou Never KnowImagine IfCause and No EffectChapter 10: Words of Wisdom: From the ExpertsChapter 11: Food for Thought: A Menu for EducatorsLeave It AloneOutside the CocoonIn My OpinionWhat Do I Really Think?CounterproductiveGetting FullWrong Foot ForwardCut It DownWho Me?Before It Spirals . . .About the Author