Activity Cards
Sometimes you feel happy and sometimes you feel sad. Can you tell if someone else is happy or sad? How does that make you feel? If someone feels sad how can you make them feel a bit better?
Why do I feel sad when my friend feels sad?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS What makes you feel happy/sad? Who/what makes you feel better again? What makes your mummy feel happy/sad? How can you make her feel better? Do you feel sad when someone else is sad? Why? Do you know anyone who has been to the hospital? Did you try to cheer them up? How did you do that?
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Activities You Can Do in the Classroom: Below are some suggestions for how the theme of empathy can be incorporated into areas of play.
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| Circle Time | In Your Shoes: using a variety of different footwear, encourage children to think about how it feels to be the person who wears these shoes |
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| Role Play | Hospital play - find ways of making people feel better - make cards, make flowers, sing a happy song |
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| Dough | Make a flower, fruit, or some other item as a gift to help someone feel better |
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| Puppets | 2 puppets - one takes on the role of someone who is not feeling well, is hurt, or has lost something they can't find, and the other finds ways to make them feel better |
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| Outdoor Play | What happens when someone falls and hurts him or herself or gets stuck on the climbing frame? How can we help that person feel better? |
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LINKS WITH PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES:
Talk to children about: Visiting someone in the hospital, going to the vet with a sick pet, playing with a friend who has broken a favourite toy
