Empathy: Escaping the Maze
From Big Ideas by ClassDojo · 2016
5 minK1st2nd3rd4th5thSocial-Emotional Learning
Summary
Mojo gets out of the Maze the only way anyone does: he listens, asks how his friends are feeling, and changes what he is doing about it. The closing episode of the empathy series.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Empathy is a set of actions — asking, listening, and then doing something differently.
- What did Mojo do differently at the end?
- What is the difference between hearing someone and really listening?
- How did the musical change once Mojo started asking?
- Who in our class could you check in with today?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: listen, ask, empathy, apologize, repair.
Try it: Practise with a partner: one person shares something small, the other listens and says it back. Swap. Write down what good listening looked like.