Integrative Empathy with Children
Whilst we can train empathy in adults, the best time to nurture these capacities is during the formative years of early childhood. That’s why we developed these games for you to play with the children in your care.
Let’s Play Empathy!
We’ve put together some playful exercises to practise empathy with your children.
What we feel with Self-Empathy
Sometimes we feel something but don’t really notice we do. With this self-empathy exercise for 4 to 10 year olds, we explore feelings together.
You Move I Move with Kinesthetic Empathy
We understand each other much better if our bodies move together. In this exercise we are going to explore how it feels to move together.
Mirror Mirror on the Wall with Reflective Empathy
We can be a mirror to reflect what we hear, and check that we hear correctly what others are telling us. In this game you are the mirror.
If I were You with Imaginative Empathy
Stepping into the shoes of somebody else helps see the world from their perspective. With this game you literally step into someone’s shoes.
Building a Story Together with Empathic Creativity
With empathic creativity you learn to notice when something exciting happens and help each other to turn that into a story.