Counselors know empathy is a critical skill for social emotional development. I use Jamaica's Blue Marker as the basis of my friendship group session with first grade. Children's literature is a great hook to have students learn to identify the feelings of others. This is an older book but I have yet to find a better one for teaching empathy. After we read and discuss the story in depth, the students label and illustrate 3 feelings that each of the characters were feeling (sometimes I do the beginning, middle, and end of the book). If you want to learn more about the importance of empathy for boys read why-its-imperative-to-teach-empathy-to-boys/
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