School Counselor Ideas

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Building Empathy with Hey Little Ant

Hey Little Ant is a great resource for building empathy as students are asked to put themselves in another's shoes. This year I used this book and song with some of my second grade students. A free mp3 version of the song is available here. I read the story, we discussed it, and then we brainstormed reasons why the ant should be squished or should go free.

Students then wrote a letter to the ant bully persuading him to either squish or not squish the ant. The ant bully letter template can be found here.