Teaching Empathy in Preschool Classrooms

04/10/2025 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM CT

Admission

  • Free

Location

Delmar Divine
5501 Delmar Blvd.
Saint Louis, MO 63112
United States of America
Room Number: 1

Summary

*Public In-Person Training*
All childcare providers welcome.
Developing empathy is part of developing prosocial behaviors and social and emotional development. A child’s social and emotional development affects their ability to form and maintain healthy relationships. This training will focus on the importance of developing empathy and prosocial skills and what teachers can do to foster these in their preschool classroom.

Description

Presented By: Tiffany McClenton

Objectives: 

What empathy means
• The importance of developing empathy and other prosocial skills
• 3 components of developing empathy
• How preschool teachers can actively foster empathy in their
classroom

Content Areas

1b: Understand and value each child as an individual with unique developmental variations, experiences, strengths, interests, abilities, challenges, approaches to learning, and with the capacity to make choices. (1 Hour)


CDA Content Areas

Growth and Development (1 Hour)