Roots of Empathy is an international, evidence and empathy-based classroom programme designed for primary school children who are coached to recognise and connect with the vulnerability and humanity of a baby who visits their classroom throughout the school year with their parent(s), along with a trained Roots of Empathy Instructor using a specialised curriculum.
In Roots of Empathy, emotional literacy develops as children begin to identify and label the baby’s feelings, reflect on and understand their own feelings, then bridge to understand the feelings of others.
Through our activities in this Family Visit the students are given opportunities to discuss their feelings and listen to the feelings of others.Two of our teachers, Helen Butler and Jenn O' Dwyer recently trained as instructors. This week, baby Alex visited 2nd/3rd Class with his mum Ashling and next week, 3rd class will welcome baby Mary.
