Motivation and Demonstration of Children's Literature Participating in Philosophical Education-A Case Study of "Chinese Contemporary Minority Children's Literature Series"

In view of the philosophy for children is not a pure theoretical philosophy, but closer to the category of applied philosophy. Therefore, how to choose philosophy for children textbooks is the focus of academic and educational circles. Through network investigation and field investigation, this paper finds that philosophy textbooks for children in mainland China are mainly divided into the following two categories: philosophy primer and philosophy picture books for children. Among primary school students aged 6-12, picture books are already too simple for their developing cognitive abilities. However, the existing knowledge system and understanding are not enough to support their independent study of professional philosophy primer. Hence children's literature with a full story become a more viable option. Based on the above conclusions, this paper further takes "Chinese Contemporary Minority Children's Literature Series" as an example. It shows how to make philosophy education for children richer and more attractive by taking the existing children literature as the material and provides a reference case for children's literature to participate in philosophical education.