Empathy Coloring Pages — Affirmations and Quotes

About this resource

Students often mix up empathy with agreement. These empathy coloring pages draw the line clearly: you can understand how someone feels without giving up your own view. The 20 messages practice perspective-taking in the Social Awareness competency, a skill that also supports Relationship Skills, for Grades 2–8.

What students practice

• Noticing when someone feels left out
• Imagining how others feel
• Walking in someone else’s shoes
• Showing empathy at school, at home and with friends

What’s inside these empathy coloring pages

• 10 affirmation pages and 10 quote pages, in two layouts
• “Understanding Others Check-In,” an 8-question SEL reflection page with tips
• A 12-task choice board in four categories, with tasks like listing three ways you can show empathy at school, at home or with friends
• A classroom guide, a counseling guide and a printing guide
• A list of the 20 messages; 56 pages in all

A look inside

• Affirmations: “I notice when someone feels left out.” “I imagine how others feel.”
• Quotes: “Walk in their shoes.” “Empathy is emotional courage.”

Grade fit

Think of the set as empathy affirmation coloring pages with SEL reflection built in; the slow, detailed coloring makes them mindfulness coloring pages too. The affirmations stay concrete, and the quotes give older students something to talk about. Use the pages for morning work, after a classroom conflict or in a calm corner. The set fits Grades 2–8.

Pairs well with

For a reminder students can keep in a book, add Empathy Bookmarks to Color, the same topic in bookmark size. To go from understanding to action, try Compassion Coloring Pages — Affirmations and Quotes.