Compassion lessons for elementary

Help your students become more empathetic and compassionate with these social emotional learning lessons and activity ideas that are perfect for back to school or for building classroom community any time of the year. Pull out a copy of Each Kindness by Jaqueline Woodson and your students will be ready to discuss creating a more compassionate world!

The theme this week for Must Read Monday is must read books about compassion. The American Heritage College Dictionary defines compassion as "Deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it." Wow! That is a heavy topic for kindergarten children. How on earth do we teach this? Well, we do this like we do everything else. We make it relatable. We break it down so they understand the concept, and children definitely understand treating each kindly (or not) and how…

Are you looking for a lesson that teaches empathy, compassion and kindness? Check out this amazing activity to instill these traits.

Kindness demonstration to give students a visual representation of how kind acts create a ripple effect in the school community!

Fun and Unique ways for Teaching Empathy and Compassion to Kids. What is compassion? What is the difference between empathy and compassion?

Creating a paper chain of kindness with preschoolers to explain how our kind actions can impact others and set off a chain reaction, developing EQ

Hi Everyone! I wanted to share a really awesome lesson and activity that I did with my 8th graders. Our entire English Language Arts theme for my 8th graders is empathy. Our main novels and literature (To Kill a Mockingbird, “Flowers for Algernon”, and The Diary of Anne Frank) are all linked to the theme […]

How do you teach kindness to upper elementary students? Read on for all the details on my favorite kindness activity to use with students. Perfect for February, a Valentine's Day activity, or just a supplement to your social emotional learning lessons on kindness and building a strong, inclusive classroom community.

Teaching compassion to kids, family activities to teach compassion, free printables

In this lesson, using a blank sheet of paper, you will help students understand how hurtful words can create a lasting, negative impact.