Empathy is Your Super

Name: Empathy is Your Super
Author: Cori Bussolari PsyD

A story that explores compassion and opens a conversation with your child.

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♥ This book teaches: Compassion. seeing past difference to offer kindness.

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Definition: The ability to feel what others are feeling and the action of trying to help them with their troubles. In short: Feel what others feel.

Summary: Emma and Emmanuel’s superpower is empathy. It means “caring about someone else’s feelings and wanting to lend a hand.” Readers are encouraged to practice empathy by asking two questions: “how would I feel if that happened to me and what would make me feel better?” There are so many ways to show you care, and this book gives lots of excellent relatable examples. Lesson Objectives:

Students grow their hearts of empathy.

Guiding Questions:

Can you remember a time when you felt sad or sick and someone cared for you? What happened?
What are three things you do to show someone you care about them?
What does your face look like when you have different feelings? Look in a mirror and make each of these faces: angry, sad, worried, happy, and excited. Can you tell how other people are feeling by looking at their faces?
What would you have done for Joshua when he fell off his bike?
How did Emma practice her empathy superpower to help Mina who was being teased?
Darren had a broken ankle and couldn’t keep up with the group. What did Emmanuel do to show he understood Darren’s difficulties?
What did Emma do to help Alia feel less lonely? Have you ever helped someone feel less lonely? What did you do?
Emmanual was able to imagine that Luke was hungry since he had only a bag of chips. Have you ever shared food with someone else because you thought they might be hungry? How did that make you feel?
Have you ever been left out of an activity because you were too young? What happened and how did you feel? Did anyone help you feel better?
Not everyone is the same when it comes to being able to read or do math, and sometimes a person might feel embarrassed about making mistakes. Has anyone ever told you that it’s okay to make mistakes when you’re learning something? Did they offer to help you? How did it feel?

🌿 Virtue Connection: Compassion means feeling what another feels and choosing to act.

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This guide is part of the Values & Virtues library, a free collection of 400+ book guides and activities organized around 12 core virtues for children from pre-K to 6th grade. Each guide includes Guiding Questions designed to open a real conversation with your child in 10 minutes or less.

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Empathy is Your Super

by Cori Bussolari PsyD

Guiding Questions

Students grow their hearts of empathy.

Guiding Questions:

Can you remember a time when you felt sad or sick and someone cared for you? What happened?
What are three things you do to show someone you care about them?
What does your face look like when you have different feelings? Look in a mirror and make each of these faces: angry, sad, worried, happy, and excited. Can you tell how other people are feeling by looking at their faces?
What would you have done for Joshua when he fell off his bike?
How did Emma practice her empathy superpower to help Mina who was being teased?
Darren had a broken ankle and couldn’t keep up with the group. What did Emmanuel do to show he understood Darren’s difficulties?
What did Emma do to help Alia feel less lonely? Have you ever helped someone feel less lonely? What did you do?
Emmanual was able to imagine that Luke was hungry since he had only a bag of chips. Have you ever shared food with someone else because you thought they might be hungry? How did that make you feel?
Have you ever been left out of an activity because you were too young? What happened and how did you feel? Did anyone help you feel better?
Not everyone is the same when it comes to being able to read or do math, and sometimes a person might feel embarrassed about making mistakes. Has anyone ever told you that it’s okay to make mistakes when you’re learning something? Did they offer to help you? How did it feel?

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