Connecting Students (K-12) with Themselves and the World

Strengthening students’ social-emotional learning and empathy through activities and virtual exchanges.

More than 23,000 educators in 131 countries have used Empatico’s platform to impact over 2,000,000 students around the world.

It All Starts With Empathy

Empathy is an important skill that allows us to understand and connect with others. It’s a skill that can be learned and developed. The current science of empathy states that there are three basic domains:

The Red Heart Icon represents Emotional Empathy in Empatico's Empathy Framework.

Emotional
Feeling what others feel

The icon of a human head with the brain highlighted represents "cognitive empathy in Empatico's Empathy Framework.

Cognitive
Understanding what others think

The icon of two hands touching represents "behavioral empathy" in Empatico's Empathy Framework.

Behavioral
Taking action to help others

The Empathy Framework

Created by Empatico, the Empathy Framework is a tool that takes the current science one step further by recognizing there are also different levels of application. These include practicing empathy toward oneself, toward others, and towards the rest of the world.

By understanding the different dimensions of empathy and each of the 9 skills within them, educators can help their students develop the empathy they need to build positive connections with others and create a more compassionate world together.

The Empathy Framework. Created by Empatico, the Empathy Framework is a tool that takes the current science one step further by recognizing there are also different levels of application. These include practicing empathy toward oneself, toward others, and towards the rest of the world.

Nine skills that connect students with:

The inner circle of the Empathy Framework represents students' relationship with themselves. The three skills involved are mindfulness, self-awareness, and self-care.
Themselves
The middle circle of the Empathy Framework represents students' relationships with each other.  The three skills involved are emotion recognition, perspective taking, and kindness.
Each other
The outer circle of the Empathy Framework represents students' relationship with the world. The three skills involved are diplomacy, inclusivity, and collaboration.
The world

What’s Inside Empatico?

Empathy Centered Activities

Empatico has over 100 activities based around our Empathy Framework, a unique, skill-based model for understanding and strengthening empathy in your students.

Some of the empathy-centered activities available in Empatico's activity library: Helping Hands, Mission: Spread Kindness!, Friendship Bingo, and Getting to Know You.
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Explore the World and Make Connections

Find other educators in Empatico’s global community, create a network, and get to know them and their classes.

Message and Schedule

Communicate and share ideas about empathy with your new network of teacher friends with our built-in tools and schedule live exchanges to let your students meet.

Students having a live exchange with peers from another country using Empatico.

Have Live Exchanges

By having your students meet virtually to share thoughts, collaborate on activities, and learn from one another, they’ll be on their way to becoming empathetic citizens of the world.

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