Are you looking for empathy building activities for preschoolers that will help develop your pre-k, preschool or kindergarten students' abilities to see things from the point of view of others and support them as they develop actions and words to show empathy to others?

This complete Activities on Empathy Bundle is exactly what you need! Read on to get more details on each of the resources included: Preschool Empathy Activities, Empathy Task Cards & Empathy Sorting Activity

What’s included in this amazing Activities on Empathy resource?

Resource # 1: Preschool Empathy Activities

 This carefully planned empathy building activities for preschoolers resource, will do just that!

Start with a lesson on Perspective Taking then move on to the Developing Empathy lesson. This perfect combo will help your students:

• realize that other people may think differently about the same thing and that's okay

• see things from other's points of view

• know what they can do and say to show empathy

What’s included in this preschool empathy activities resource?

1. Two Detailed Lesson Plans: To guide you through introducing perspective taking and developing empathy. 

2. Two PowerPoint Presentation: To introduce & practice the concepts & interactive questions to engage your students.

a.Perspective Taking 

b.Showing Empathy – Things we can Say and Do

3. Show Empathy Banner Display & Recording Sheets 

4. Perspective Taking Craft Activity

5. Show Empathy: The Board Game

This colorful board game gives the children an added opportunity to talk about Empathy and to share ideas in a fun way.

6. Display Posters: ‘Empathy Means …’ & ‘I can practice Perspective Taking’

7. Perspective Taking Role Play Activity

8. Letter to Families (editable): Build connections with families by sending a letter home letting them know what you are focusing on & how they can support their child.

Resource #2: Empathy Sorting Activity

This Empathy Sorting Activity will be a great addition to your Unit on Developing Empathy and will help your students differentiate between actions and words that show empathy versus actions and words that do not show empathy.

What’s included in this Empathy Sorting Activity resource?

• 32 Scenarios to discuss and sort (Color and Black & White)

• 1 Editable page for you to edit the text box to add your own relevant scenarios

• Discussion Questions Prompt Card

• 2 x Empathy Activity Sheets – Things I can do to show more empathy & Things I can do to show more empathy.

When to use this empathy sorting activity?

•This sorting activity works well with an individual,  a small group or with your whole class.

•Great addition to your Unit on Developing Empathy. 

How to use this empathy sorting activity?

Option A: For younger students or students not yet reading, this sorting activity can be used to stimulate small group discussions or whole group discussions. Does the person in the scenario show empathy? Or ”Does not show empathy?”

Use the discussion questions to help stimulate discussions around each scenario.

When looking at the scenarios that do not show empathy, add the 3rd Card: “What can you say or do to show more empathy?”

This will extend your students’ thinking and encourage them to delve deeper into the discussion around empathy.

Option B: For students already reading, these could be a classroom center activity or a writing prompt.

Resource # 3: Empathy Task Cards

These Empathy Task cards will be a great addition to your Unit on Developing Empathy and will help your preschool, pre-k or kindergarten students identify how others might be feeling and begin to think about how they can respond with empathy to others.

What’s included in this Empathy Task Cards resource?

• 44 Task Cards in color and black & white versions.

(22 at school & 22 at home)

•2 editable pages to create your own scenarios.

• 18 Feelings Character Cards

• Task Card Recording Sheet

When to use these Empathy Task Cards?

•These task cards work well with an individual,  a small group or with your whole class.

•Great addition to your Unit on Developing Empathy. 

How to use these Empathy Task Cards ?

Option 1: Use these task cards as a catalyst for discussion with a small group, an individual or during your group time. 

You may choose to add the Feeling Character Cards as a way for your students to respond to the scenarios. You read the scenario and your student holds up the feeling card they think best represents the situation.

Feelings included are:

Frustrated. Nervous. Angry. Upset. Annoyed. Worried. Sick. Scared. Cold. Thirsty. Hungry. Tired. Excited. Surprised. Proud. Confident. Unsure. Embarrassed. 

Option 2: For students already reading and/or writing, these task cards are great as a ‘think-pair-share’ exercise, or students can write their responses using the recording sheet provided.

Option 3: Role play the different scenarios and invite students to discuss the situations and how each person might be feeling. Use the questions prompts to help guide discussions.

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