Empathy-Building Learning Resources
ELA, SEL, Civics + Social Engagement | Grades 2–5
Red Nose Day in School provides free supplemental lesson plans and routines designed to build classroom community, help students strengthen their SEL skills, and realize their power to help others.
Our two programs, FriendSkills and Everyday Heroes, are flexible, support key literacy skills, and can be done in the classroom or at the kitchen table! Check them out below!
FriendSkills Program
The FriendSkills series will help your students build friendships and community.
These creative and fun supplemental activities will help children understand their own emotions, develop active listening skills, and learn how to connect with others through empathy.
Created in partnership with Six Seconds, FriendSkills is designed to support your existing SEL program with adaptations for online learning to meet the moment.
Friendship Juggle
Empathy Hearts
Emotions Alphabet
Everyday Heroes Program
The Everyday Heroes lesson plans and routines will help you celebrate acts of empathy and kindness in your classroom and inspire your students to take action to help others — all while building important SEL and literacy skills.
While the classroom routines can be used year-round, the supplemental lessons can support key learning moments on the calendar, including the 100th Day of School, Reading Month, and April Fool’s Day.
Writing for Informed Social Action
Teachable Moments Throughout the Year
Reading Passages
Literacy, Empathy, and Humor
Building Empathy Through Reading
Class Routines to Build Empathy
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