Empathy Task Cards

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Are you looking for activities for teaching empathy to your young learners? These Empathy Task cards will be a great addition to your Unit on Developing Empathy and will help your preschool, pre-k or kindergarten students identify how others might be feeling and begin to think about how they can respond with empathy to others.

What’s included in this Empathy Task Cards resource?

• 44 Task Cards in color and black & white versions.

(22 at school & 22 at home)

•2 editable pages to create your own scenarios.

• 18 Feelings Character Cards

• Task Card Recording Sheet

When to use these Empathy Task Cards?

•These task cards work well with an individual,  a small group or with your whole class.

•Great addition to your Unit on Developing Empathy. 

How to use these Empathy Task Cards ?

Option 1: Use these task cards as a catalyst for discussion with a small group, an individual or during your group time. 

You may choose to add the Feeling Character Cards as a way for your students to respond to the scenarios. You read the scenario and your student holds up the feeling card they think best represents the situation.

Feelings included are:

Frustrated. Nervous. Angry. Upset. Annoyed. Worried. Sick. Scared. Cold. Thirsty. Hungry. Tired. Excited. Surprised. Proud. Confident. Unsure. Embarrassed. 

Option 2: For students already reading and/or writing, these task cards are great as a ‘think-pair-share’ exercise, or students can write their responses using the recording sheet provided.

Option 3: Role play the different scenarios and invite students to discuss the situations and how each person might be feeling. Use the questions prompts to help guide discussions.

*If you want more support in helping your students develop empathy, why not check out my EMPATHY ACTIVITIES BUNDLE? Super helpful!

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