Promoting empathy discussion cards and posters for social and emotional learning

Do you want to promote empathy in your primary, elementary or middle school students? If so this resource is for you!

Empathy is such an important skill to develop in our students. Having empathy enables students to make positive decisions to support people who are experiencing difficulties.

If you are passionate about emotional well-being, emotional literacy, exploring moral dilemmas and enabling your students to deal positively with challenging, yet common situations, then this set of discussion cards is the resource is for you.

It will also complement Physical, Social, Health and Emotional (PSHE) and Religious Education Curriculums.

These no prep empathy discussion cards are an engaging way to get your primary and elementary students thinking about how they would respond empathetically to others in challenging circumstances.

These empathy cards are flexible in use. Use them as an independent stand-alone activity or as a follow up activity to support a whole class or group discussion exploring how we respond empathetically.

This pack will encourage your students to:
• Ask questions to clarify understanding
• Listen without judgment
• Share a response or action to demonstrate understanding
• Step into another’s shoes

This high-quality resource is ready to print and use. There are 16 moral dilemmas to discuss.

Included in this pack are:
16 x individual empathy discussion cards with back design in full color
16 x individual empathy discussion cards with back design in black and white
16 x empathy discussion posters

These resources have been used very successfully in our classrooms and we can’t wait to hear how they go in your lessons.