No Worship better than Thinking

Description : Through two short stories, the writer deals with the importance of thinking for children to improve their cognitive and critical skills. In the first story, the main character, Loubna, decides to contemplate everything around her following Descartes statement “I think, therefore I am”. In the second short story, a father develops the critical thinking skills of his son by training him to attempt to answer the questions that comes to his mind before posing them.

SGD : Goal 4: Quality education Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Keywords : Children literature, ethics, critical thinking

Type : Short story

Relations : A series of ten stories entitled Gracious Morals

Coverage : Developing cognitive skills for children- Descartes- the direction of praying in Islam

Language and Age : Arabic for 9-12 years

Publishing Rights : Dar Al-Ketab Al-Masry and Dar Al-Ketab Al-Lubnany

Publisher and Place : Dar Al-Ketab Al-Masry, Cairo and Dar Al-Ketab Al-Lubnany, Beirut

Publication Date : 2010

E-Format : 16 pages in Arabic