The Principles of Rewriting Ancient Persian Stories to Use them in Program of Philosophy for Children

Philosophy for children is an applied program in line with teaching thinking for children. Since in this program story is considered to be an important means for teaching, so for a better fulfillment it is necessary to have access to the native sources which suit our culture and our way of life. The present article which is based on documents and library work seeks to study the necessary and the way of rewriting Persian story and literary texts in order to use them in program of philosophy for children. In order to rewrite these texts it is necessary to take into account the principles of writing for children and adolescents as well as the characteristics of philosophical stories. According to the researchers of children literature, those stories are fruitful for children that in terms of subject and content suit the spirit and experience of children and also the level of its language and literature are compatible with the capability of children. After observing these points one should note the criterion of a story. Some of the important features of these stories are as follows: literary, rationality and psychological acceptability, capability for research, higher level for dialogue and having philosophical content. After rewriting the literary stories based on our criterion, certain questions should be raised at the end of each story so that to give some directions to the children and lead them to reflect into those stories.