Superhero Training in Empathy
Looking for a way to teach your child how to show kindness to others?
Teaching children how to respond to someone else’s emotional state in an empathic manner is the focus of this learning guide.
What is empathy?
Empathy is the ability to recognize emotions in others, to understand how someone else is feeling in a situation. To be able to “walk in someone else’s shoes.”
How does My Friend Breath help to teach empathy?
Through the read-along script you can help a child learn how to recognize and understand how someone else is feeling, not only by their appearance and situation, but by noticing their breathing pattern as well.
With this awareness a child is more able to respond to someone else’s emotional state in an empathic manner. As they see Ash showing empathy to the others in the story, children learn how they can help someone to change the way they are feeling. It's through sharing the say-and-do game and helping others to connect to the magic of their breath that a child shows their understanding of the power of mindful breathing.
By using the read-along script from this guide alongside the book, you are given clear instructions on what to say, what to ask and what to do to help develop a child's empathy. It also includes ideas of role-playing scenarios to help embed the SEL focus of empathy.
How to use this learning guide
First, you’ll follow the read- along script with the companion book My Friend Breath that highlights showing empathy.
Next, you’ll use the online flip-cards and listening activity to check the child’s understanding of empathy, and identify any points that would benefit from being revisited.
Then, it’s time to play! Use the QR Codes or clickable links for quick and easy access to each of the online activities and games to further consolidate learning.
Finally, you can print the three education activities for engaging offline fun.
