Heartfelt Moments in Roots of Empathy

Heartfelt Moments from the 'Green Blanket'

Read some heartfelt moments from the ‘Green Blanket’ by some of our Roots of Empathy Volunteers.

“It takes the reason of the mind and the wisdom of the heart to create peace and understanding. The interactive learning around the ‘Green Blanket’ engages both the minds and hearts of the participants.”

Heartfelt Moment from Mary Gordon’s visit to Lewisham, England

Founder, President and CEO, Mary Gordon was visiting a year 3 class on June 10th at John Ball Primary School in Lewisham, England. It was…

Heartfelt Moment for an ROE Instructor

My heartfelt moment happened with a child outside of the Roots of Empathy session. I was in a mentor meeting with a boy who was…

Heartfelt Moment for an ROE Mentor

I wanted to share a heartfelt moment from an interview I completed this morning. I had the pleasure of interviewing a Child and Youth Care…

Heartfelt Moment for an ROE Instructor

We were in the middle of our Theme 4 Post Visit, talking about feelings and how bullying makes us feel and what it can look,…

Heartfelt Moment for an ROE Instructor

When the ROE instructor asked the 4th grade class about songs they knew that we could practice to sing for the baby to send the…

Heartfelt Moment for an ROE Instructor

One child in the class I deliver Roots of Empathy to, can struggle with anxiety at times and can be emotional coming into school on…

Heartfelt Moment for Instructor Julie

I was at the Special Olympics yesterday and I was talking to the mom of the grade 8 student I have been working with in…

Heartfelt Moment for Instructor Julie

In one of my classroom visits as a Roots of Empathy Instructor, there was a child with an Education Assistant (EA) seated right next to…

A heartfelt Moment Happened in a Grade 3 Class…

There was a student in the class who’s father had passed away from cancer a few months earlier. He hadn’t talked about it in class…