• Poverty Game As A Teaching Tool

Poverty Game As A Teaching Tool

For this week's Top Picks List Friday, we're featuring This is an update to a previous post highlighting games, apps, and sites that teach empathy. Kids who are in tune with others' emotions are off to a great start. They earn the trust of their peers. They can help mediate when tempers flare. They might even use their perspective-taking skills one day to become organization or world leaders.To see the most updated version of this list as well as the rating of each app, game, or website, visit the Top Picks List. Race Awareness Game helps kids think about different ways people self-identify race and cultural identity, and gives adults tips for talking about diversity with kids. The two-person game promotes social interaction, and extension questions prompt discussion between kids and parents or teachers.Cool School teaches empathy in a way that's sure to be more effective than the occasional adult lecture that can either confuse kids or make them feel singled out.