What this lesson teaches
This activity cultivates empathy by encouraging children to express feelings about others. Sharing stories while planting creates a deeper emotional connection to the concept of care and support in relationships.
Can you finish empathy garden in about 30 min?
You will this activity cultivates empathy by encouraging children to express feelings about others.
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This activity cultivates empathy by encouraging children to express feelings about others. Sharing stories while planting creates a deeper emotional connection to the concept of care and support in relationships.
Engaging in storytelling during a physical task like planting uses embodied cognition, enabling children to associate positive feelings with their actions. This connection makes the understanding of empathy more tangible and relatable.
1. Gather small seeds (like sunflower or any easy-to-sow seeds). 2. Prepare small pots with soil or use a garden patch. 3. Sit together and each share a story of a time you helped someone. 4. As you share, plant one seed for each story in the pot or patch. 5. Water your planted seeds gently, discussing how you can continue to show kindness. 6. Observe the seeds grow over time — how does your empathy grow with them?