Roots Of Empathy
Our class is going to have a baby visit! His name is Elliot. He is only two months old. Do you know what the Roots Of Empathy program is? The ROE program (Roots of Empathy) is a program designed to increase empathy in children and reduce aggression towards others. I’ve done it before, it was a quite a few years back in Grade One or Two. In the program, a baby comes in with his/her mother and the class sings a few songs and observes the babies reactions.
Empathy is the understanding of others. One thing about this is that young babies cannot see clearly farther than 20 centimetres in front of them. They are also susceptible to germs so we can’t touch him. Today we had a “pre-visit” where we learned about babies and what they can do early on. To test us, we had for example a question saying “babies need to be touched for healthy development” we had two cards, one saying “True” the other “False” we choose a card to hold up for each question.
Image: Happy by Daniel*1977
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That is such a great idea ! Sounds like you have learned a lot about babies already Max. Hope you enjoy your baby visit.
I remember seeing you when you were only a few hrs old! I saw you right after you were born and you had a massive head of dark hair that stood straight up!
you were a serious baby as I recall. Not much for smiling at strangers . But a real bright little lad none-the- less!
cheers , aunty mary
Hey Aunty Mary! How are things in P.E.I? Did you get any snow? We didn’t. Well, actually the only snow we got is on the mountain. I find it weird how as a baby I had black hair, then as a toddler/young child I had brownish hair and now I have blond hair. Weird huh?
Talk to you later, Max
Hi Max,
Cool Roots of empathy post, I also like the picture that you uploaded!
Keep up the good work,
Julia
Hi Max,
I like your baby picture you uploaded. I wish I could have the Roots Of Empathy program a couple of years ago but sadly we didn’t.