Empathy is to be able to put yourself in other’s shoes. You
can read more about it in my post ‘7 fun activities to teach empathy to young children’.
It is also an important aspect to learn to promote emotional Intelligence in kids.
Here are three books that can help kids learn empathy.
2)
Whoever you are by Mem Fox
Hope you get a chance to enjoy these books.
1)
The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin
and Rosana Faria
This is one of the most interesting kid’s
books I have ever seen. It looks at colors using every other sense but the
vision. It’s a great book to get a peek into a blind person’s world. It also
reminds kids to observe things with all their senses and not just vision. The entire book is black besides the white
letters. The words invite you to touch, smell, taste and hear all the colors. A
splendid book indeed.
This is a great book to teach empathy as well
as diversity. It talks about how all the people have same feelings, no matter
which part of the world they come from. Will help kids realize that others feel
the same way that they do in many situations.
3)
Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears by Emily
Gravett
This is a book about different kinds of
fears people may have. It’s useful for kids to know that it’s okay to have
certain fears and everyone has something they fear. But from an empathy
perspective, it helps them understand that some people might react in strange
ways because of their fears.
