Philosophical and critical thought development of child

The aim of this work is to develop interrogation notion for children by using the Socrates" method in order to become adults who think systematically, who express their ideas openly and who try to understand themselves and the whole universe they live in. The research was started in a social chess club at June 2007 and lasted about 2 months in time. The sample of this work is composed of 6 students from the chess club. This work is based on a qualitative research approach and consist of 2 major phases. Based on the results of first phase it was determined that children had no foreknowledge of philosophical thinking. Hence the notion of philosophical approach was first given by utilizing the Socrates" method. At the second phase philosophical activity was conducted by using "The Little Prince" book written by Antoine de Sain-Exupery. At the end of the last stage it was observed that children has gained the ability of fast comprehension and the reasoning was systematized.