Designing a model of curriculum for teaching philosophy to preschool children (3 to 5 years old)

The present study was conducted to design a philosophy curriculum model for preschool children aged 3 to 5 years based on nine elements of Klein. To achieve this goal, has been used synthesis method in pattern design. The scope of research was documents in the field of philosophy for children which by purposive sampling 50 articles (25 Persian articles and 25 Latin articles) was selected. The philosophy curriculum model for children was designed based on nine elements of Klein. The findings of this study showes 13 main components of philosophy curriculum for children, which are: principles of philosophy for children, characteristics of philosophy for children, goals, attention to age, educational resources, stages of teaching philosophy, teaching methods, teacher characteristics, learning methods Learning activities, assessment methods, implications of the philosophy curriculum for the child.