Books to Teach Caring to Children
One important virtue to teach children from a young age is the ability to care about others. No one wants to raise a child that is selfish and lacks empathy towards others. Besides, setting a good example for your children everyday, you can reinforce the importance of caring through storytelling. Here are my families favorite books that children to care and show empathy towards others. The books listed are for young and older children.
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One of the most effective books of all the books that helped Ava, Ella and Rose was Heartprints by Hallinan P.K. The book is filled with stories that explore the essence of sharing with others as well as teaching kindness. Furthermore, the book help your toddlers understand the impact of being caring and kind.
The Golden Rule by Ilene Cooper
The Golden Rule simply entails stories of the golden rule – “Do unto others as you’d love to be done for.” The book is a story about a grandfather who helps his grandson learn about the rule. Better yet, the rule is recognized in many cultures and religion and the book explores this virtue.
Beryl: A Pig’s Tale by Jane Simons
Ava really loved this book. She used to love to have Daniel or me read this book every evening. The book is about a pig named Beryl that seeks to find a family that will love her for who she is. Beryl faces opposition from domestic pigs that have notions that wild pigs are bad. Luckily, Beryl finds a place where she might call home.
Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed by Emily Pearson
The book by Emily is a book that sees Mary, an ordinary girl, come across some blueberries that spontaneously led to a good deed chain of reaction. Mary begins to help out various people, even strangers, in her act of kindness and generosity.
When I Care About Others (The Way I feel About Others Books) by Cornelia Maude Spelman
In this simple book for toddlers, the author begins by helping children see that when they are sick, hurt, or unhappy, others care about them. Children can then begin to see that others need to be cared about as well.
Little Critter: Just Critters Who Care (My First I can Read) by Mercer Mayer
As I did as a child, ,my daughter loves the Little Critter series. This book is meant for children who are just learning how to read. So, the text is simple, but still teaches children the importance of helping others. In the story, Little Critter finds out one of his neighbors is in need, he and his friends rally together and volunteer their help. They soon learn community service is rewarding and fun!
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These are great suggestions. I will grab some of these for my younger nieces and nephews.
I love these suggestions so much. When my kids were little, I used story time to teach them that reading is fun, but to ALSO help reinforce the life lessons I was trying to teach them.
Books like this are so important for raising children. I think they’re an excellent way to show the kids visually what we’re trying to teach them abstractly.
The Little Critter story sounds like such a sweet one. I think these kinds of lessons can have a big impact on kids!
We’ve been looking for some summer reads, thanks for the great list! I absolutely love Mercer Mayer books!
Those are some great books. Those little critters book by mercer meyer were my favorite when I taught early childhood.
Great choices for books teaching kids to care. I have always loved the Little Critters series.
It’s important that we teach them to be kind and to help those in need. Glad to see a series of books that will help you achieve that! I think this is awesome!
Caring for others is something that I teach my kids and it’s important for me to keep reminding them about it too. These books are great and reading is always a nice way to make them understand lessons and values.
What an important lesson for kids, and the fact that it is done with great books to help them visualize
This is a great list of books to teach caring to children. It’s so important to read books and children can learn a lot simply through reading!
What a great list of books, i need to dive into these. It’s so important to teach your kids to be caring. And like one of the quotes from the book The Golden Rule “Do unto others as you’d love to be done for” Couldn’t be anymore true.
I just love this. It is a great way to teach kids the old fashioned way; hands on physical reading. Great post!
Those books look so cute! Teaching them to care when they are younger is very crucial for when they get a bit older.
I remember those books! Reading is so important for young kids.
These are a good books to read to a child. Kids are like sponges, they learn quick and they learn by example. I will get these books for my young nephews and nieces.They would to have this read to them over and over.