Philosophy for Children aims to develop and preserve the critical, creative and caring thinking and attitude that is natural to children. Dialogue, e.g. on truth, competition, ethics or logic, is one of the tools that can be used.
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- Filosofía para Niños Argentina center for Philosophy for Children. The English part of the site contains a description of the program, the activities of the center and information about the curriculum.
- Philosophy with Children and Youth Norwegian based organisation that promotes P4C. Information and resources on concepts like justice, knowledge, truth, responsibility, suffering, identity and freedom.
- Kids Philosophy Slam National and International academic competition. Kids participate in creative writing, philosophy, and art contests with students from around the world.
- Teaching Children Philosophy Information and material on children's philosophy or teaching discussions for teaching philosophy to young children through discussions of children's literature. Wiki.
- P4C - New Zealand Organisation dedicated to involving children in a philosophical 'community of enquiry'. Contains downloadable lesson plans, contact details, events calendar, newsletter and joining information.
- Victorian Association for Philosophy in Schools (VAPS) Promotes and supports the teaching of philosophy in schools in Victoria (Australia) with events, recourses and programs.
- Dialogue Works Committed to constructive communication, aims to help children, teenagers and adults to learn, live and work better through good dialogue - the process of careful listening, questioning and thinking in conversation. Publications, consultancy, training and web resources on dialogue.
- Teaching your child philosophy Dialogues on truth, competition, ethics and logic intended for education of children.
- Northwest Center for Philosophy for Children Non-profit organization that brings philosophy into the lives of young people through programs in elementary, middle, and high schools, parent organizations, and other organizations serving young people, with a particular emphasis on reaching children who are at risk and educationally disadvantaged.
- Federation of Australasian Philosophy for Children Associations FAPCA is the umbrella organisation for Philosophy for Children in Australia and New Zealand. Information on the P4C project and resources.
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Overview and discussion on the introduction of philosophy into the school curriculum; by Michael Pritchard.
- Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children (IAPC) From Montclair State University. Information on goals and principles behind philosophy for children. Provides a complete curriculum in elementary and secondary school philosophy.
- ChildrenThinking.co.uk Set up by practising teachers in order to provide support and training in the area of Philosophy with Children (PWC) coordinating a range of courses and systems of mentoring and support for teachers and students. Provides a lot of information on PWC including a printable brochure.
- Yahoo! Groups : Philosophy for Children Mailing list averaging 2-3 posts per day.
- ICPIC - International Council of Philosophical Inquiry with Children Aims to strengthen communications among those in different parts of the world who are engaged in philosophical inquiry with children. General information, news, award, journal, overviews of conferences all over the world and links.
- Sapere Guide to Philosophy for Children in the UK by SAPERE (Society for the Advancement of Philosophical Enquiry and Reflection in Education) - a small charity whose members are interested in the role of philosophical enquiry in education both as a model of rigorous thinking and as a celebration of wonder and open-mindedness.
- Steve Bramall Associates Education and training services and resources for philosophy for children in the UK.
- Austrian Center for Philosophy with Children and Youth Information about the center, events, bibliography and general Philosophy for Children information.
- North American Associacion for Community of Inquiry Information about conferences, P4C programs and a growing collection of links to sites about philosophy for children.
- Philosophy in the Schools Philosophy for Children Program (P4C) in Hawai. Resources, articles and brulletins on the P4C project.
- Challenging Learning Introductory and advanced courses in philosophy for children, to develop effective thinking. Programs in creative, critical and early years thinking. UK.
- Philosophers and Critical Thinkers in Senior Schools Resources for teachers and children to develop and programmes of critical thinking and philosophy.
- Thinking Printed journal devoted to philosophy for children. Covers philosophical argument and reflection, classroom transcripts, curricula, empirical research, and reports.
- The Philosophy Foundation Teach philosophy in schools and the community. Information about courses, a blog and articles on philosophy and education.
- Wikipedia: Philosophy for Children Article in online open encyclopedia.
- Sophia European Foundation for the Advancement of Doing Philosophy with Children. Open organisation for teachers and philosophers. Information channel and gateway to Sophia Nebed, a web environment for members.
- What is Philosophy for Children? The goal has nothing to do with trying to convert children and teenagers into professional philosophers, but instead, its aim is to develop and preserve their critical, creative and caring thinking and attitude. Information on this international movement. By Stella Accorinti.
- Childhood and Philosophy Journal of the International Council of Philosophical Inquiry with Children. Articles in different languages in pdf format.