Subscribe to the Free Spirit Blog
Search the blog:
Categories
- Administrators
- Bullying Prevention & Conflict Resolution
- Character Education
- Counselor's Corner
- Early Childhood
- Educational Technology
- Elementary Angle
- Free Spirit News
- Gifted Education
- Learning Disabilities
- Parenting
- Professional Development
- Publishing
- Service Learning & Volunteerism
- Social & Emotional Learning
- Teaching
- Teaching Strategies
- Uncategorized
-
Recent Posts
- 12 Creative Ways to Find Funding for Your Classroom
- How to Set Family Goals and Reap the Rewards
- 3 Simple Steps for Effective Conflict Resolution
- Teachers’ Mental Health: 8 Ways Principals Can Help
- Enter to Win the Kids Can Cope Series!
- Service Learning During the Pandemic: One Teacher’s Perspective
- How Intergenerational Relationships Support Children’s Social and Emotional Development
- Social Emotional Stories: Helping Kids Connect
Readers’ Favorites
- 10 Ways Teachers Can Create a Positive Learning Environment
- 10 Ways to Celebrate National School Counseling Week, Part 1
- That’s Not Fair! Teaching Kids the Difference Between Fair and Equal
- 10 Inexpensive Ideas for DIY Fidget Toys
- If I Could Change Something About Our Schools . . .
- 10 Scenarios to Get Kids Talking About Bullying
- 10 Scenarios to Get Kids Talking About Anger
Archives
Tag Archives: empathy
Kids Can LEAP into Action to Fight Food Insecurity
By Erik Talkin, author of Lulu and the Hunger Monster Food insecurity (when a family doesn’t always have enough healthy food for the whole month) is a situation that can lead people to feel disempowered. When children are put in … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting, Teaching
Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, empathy, Free Spirit author, hunger, hunger action month, kids volunteering, service, volunteering
Leave a comment
Letters to the Universe
As the coronavirus pandemic crosses the globe, we are learning that while we may be far apart, we are also deeply connected. In this post, we’d like to invite you and your students and families to write letters to our … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting, Teaching
Tagged empathy, Free Spirit author, kids and the environment, mindfulness
3 Comments
Enter to Win Me and You and the Universe!
This month we are giving away a copy of Me and You and the Universe to three lucky readers. This calming and colorful picture book illustrates how we are all connected and teaches children about universality and connectedness and fosters an … Continue reading
Helping Children Practice Empathy
By Molly Breen Every day we engage in activities that require an assumed social contract or boundary: we stop (mostly) at stop signs, we wait in line at the supermarket, we allow people to walk out of the door before … Continue reading