Thinking about empathy journal to support social and emotional learning

If you want an easy way to encourage and teach empathy to your students, this is exactly what you need!

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 resource is for you.

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

This no prep Thinking about Empathy Journal is an engaging way to get your primary and elementary students thinking about how they would respond empathetically to others in challenging circumstances.

This Empathy Journal is flexible in use. Use it 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 24 moral dilemmas over seven pages. This resource, if used daily is five weeks’ worth of resources for each student in your class.

Included in this pack:
7 x page empathy student workbook

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