If you wanted to add an activity/reflective account I've just recieved the book Night Monkey Day Monkey written by Julia Donaldson -
Affiliated amazon link - it's great and would fit really nicely with demonstating empathy, exploring and looking at how to approach it - words to use with the Children - possibly a little off track though sorry.
Night Monkey is used to seeing many things in the dark, is comfortable with them, can name and talk about them - these things initially cause concern to Day Monkey who is unfamiliar with them - Night Monkey uses a form of empathy, introduction and reassurance to show Day monkey what they are .. and then when the morning arrives the story turns to the things Night monkey is unfamiliar with but Day monkey knows well
Depending on your own group, personal or setting's feelings you could switch the word naughty for dancing or following when looking at the shadow page and for older groups look at the use of words such as silly, funny, daft, and who feels what about them.
Empathy is a word you could also use in conversation, where necessary explain to the children by saying it's a word used to show how we try to understand someone else's feeling.
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