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Fostering Compassion
October 12, 2010
We have been able to study the impact of empathetic responsive caring on children’s developing brains and see that responsive care helps them thrive emotionally and intellectually.
-Carol Garboden Murray, Illuminating Care
-Carol Garboden Murray, Illuminating Care
- Name ways children show compassion: “McKayla, I see you are helping Lamont pick up the pieces of his puzzle that fell on the ground.” Be careful to validate rather than reward.
- Expand children’s ideas of ways to help those in need. For example, one set of teachers discussed a child’s idea to gather food for an animal shelter, and the school as a whole adopted the project.
- Plan ways to engage children in acts of compassion. Sample projects include bringing in clothes for children who are homeless or abused, serving meals at a homeless shelter, or conducting a winter coat exchange. One group of children adopted the elderly in a nearby retirement home and sent letters and pictures to cheer them. One teacher talked about sending prayers on the wind to children in need around the world.
Exchange is excited to announce the first two Out of the Box Training Kits developed for Exchange by Sandra Duncan.
- The View From the Door: Inviting Children In
- Cultivating Compassionate Classrooms
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Comments (3)
Displaying All 3 CommentsShishu Vikash Kendra
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Little thing make big thing , simple thing can make large one though they are
appropriate .
the grand child care center
chicago, IL, United States
Teaching compassion does not need even big ideas like collecting food for poor or homeless. Simply getting a cup of soup for Your younger or older family member, sitting besides Grandma and [pretend] to read a story is very simple way to develop good habit. These simple activities will last for ever in young children.
College of the Desert/HSECE
Hayward, CA, United States
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