Empathy is an everyday part of life and experience. To help children learn and practice empathy, the environment itself needs to undergo change. Everyone coming in contact with children influences their experience of the world. Teachers and Schools are undoubtedly an important part of building a world that is empathic and diversity respecting. Take your steps today to build such a world, right from your classrooms!

1. HOW TO
TEACH EMPATHY IN
SCHOOLS
From : Blog post by: Dr. Shweta Verma

2. NURTURE IMAGINATION
Use stories and conversations that children
bring themselves to the classroom and help them imagine how
others feel in different situations

3. MODELING EMPATHIC
LISTENING
Teachers should create space for children by genuinely
listening to them and not contradicting everything they says

4. EXPLORING AND
READING BOOKS
Read books that introduce children to diversity. for example
'There is Something about Ginny' [By Vineeta Krishna] and 'All
cats have Asperger Syndrome' [By Kathy Hoopman]

5. COMMUNITY BUILDING
IN CLASSROOM
Use group work to inculcate team-work, empathic listening,
and a sense of being a part of the same community
while being different.

6. Empathy is not about giving a list or steps of instructions.
Help children focus on each other and practice genuine curiosity
CREATE
OPPORTUNITIES

7. Teachers should become empathic listeners, and ensure that
children feel heard, and believe that they can talk, communicate,
and express.
USE ACTIVITIES FOR
COMMUNICATION