Read and discuss books about practicing kindness and compassion for others.
This activity supports the development of the following social-emotional skills: social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making.
The Empathy Book Club focuses on books which enhance students' empathy skills, such as kindness, compassion, perspective taking, and relating to others' emotions. This set of books focuses on kindness and compassion, and offers options for different grade levels. Use the following questions to guide students through a discussion around the recommended titles. You can do this either with your own class or with your Empatico partner class (e.g. during a live virtual exchange or using a tool like Flipgrid, Wakelet, or Padlet).
Reflect on what kindness means to you after reading the book "Be Kind" by Pat Zietlow Miller and illustrated by Jen Hill.
Reflect on what kindness means to you after reading the book "Those Shoes" by Maribeth Boelts and illustrated by Noah Z. Jones
Ask students to use a Flipgrid activity to share their empathy resolutions for the upcoming year, and how they want to care for themselves and others!
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