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Critical Thinking for Young Minds
The Thinking Hour
The thinking hour at the table is the whole program: something to look at, a question worth waiting for, a reason to hear, one other thing to check. A parent who is not a philosopher can run that hour for eleven-to-fifteen — a recap versus a box score, two forecasts, a spec sheet, a rainfall graph, who should be captain — if an own-side because is not allowed to pass as a look at the second source.
Editorial principle
Place by skill, not by birthday. Practice on something the student already knows. The student talks and looks; the parent hears an own-side because offered as a finished argument. The guide, if any, waits.
- Chronology
- 2026
- Length
- ~64,500 words
- Reading time
- ~4 hours · 202 pages
Authors
Michael Gannotti
The voices
1 figures across 2026. Each speaks in their own voice, through their own texts.
The parent-teacher
nowThinking hour
Core question: Can you hear an own-side because offered as a finished argument?
One adult, two grains at one table — not a philosophy department down the hall.
Chapters
14 chapters. The disagreement is not resolved.
- Complete
Welcome
Welcome
What is the thinking hour still for at eleven to fifteen?
Voices: parent-teacher
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How to Use
How to Use This Book This Week
What can you run on a Tuesday?
Voices: parent-teacher
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Five Things
If You Only Remember Five Things
What must hold if the rest is ignored?
Voices: parent-teacher
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The Hour
The Thinking Hour
What does a session of looking, asking, and checking actually look like?
Voices: parent-teacher
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Chapter 1
What we mean
What is the activity, including what to do?
Voices: parent-teacher
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Chapter 2
Moves that scale
What are the moves an eleven-to-fifteen can actually practice?
Voices: parent-teacher
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Chapter 3
Something to think about
Is thinking a content-free skill?
Voices: parent-teacher
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Chapter 4
Two sources
What happens when you leave the first sentence and look at another?
Voices: parent-teacher
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Chapter 5
Graphs
What does a number on a page have to do with a look at the world?
Voices: parent-teacher
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Chapter 6
Inside the home
Where do the moves land at the table?
Voices: parent-teacher
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Chapter 7
Outside the home
Where do the moves land in the world the student already walks?
Voices: parent-teacher
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Chapter 8
Approaching disagreement
What does a fair hearing look like at this age?
Voices: parent-teacher
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Chapter 9
Records
What still has to leave the house?
Voices: parent-teacher
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Chapter 10
Resources
Which program fits this hour, and which does not?
Voices: parent-teacher