How to Be Kind: Making the World a Better Place Through Empathy and Compassion

By Kristie Zoller PsyD

How to Be Kind follows Buttercup the Bee through activities and strategies to help children learn to be kind to themselves and others. Each section of the book focuses on completing concrete activities and learning specific skills to achieve the goal of improving empathy, social skills, and understanding. Children are encouraged to complete these workbook activities with a parent, caregiver, therapist, or teacher.

In a world full of different paths, leading with kindness will guide children to choose empathy over apathy, compassion over callousness, and love over hate. How to be Kind: Making the World a Better Place through Empathy and Compassion is a workbook that walks children through a series of activities and strategies to develop the tools needed to improve social skills, resolve conflicts, make good decisions, and boost their emotional intelligence. Our children rely on us as a resource and a guide to become mindful, caring, and kind, and this workbook will help you navigate your way through heart-warming lessons and tough conversations, creating a safe space for you and your child to grow.

Looking to help a child blossom into a kind and caring individual? Research shows that kindness can boost a child's well-being, emotional intelligence, and social competence, leading to a fulfilling childhood.

As mental health challenges continue to plague our young people, this book provides parents, teachers, therapists, and caregivers with activities and strategies to build social skills and emotional intelligence, giving children the tools needed to improve their self-worth and relationships with others. Follow Buttercup the Bee to skill-building lessons in self-care, manners, meditations, and listening to others.

While this workbook involves social skills training and provides concrete activities to improve kindness and empathy for children diagnosed with autism, it is designed to work for any child from kindergarten through fifth grade.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1963367383
• ISBN13: 9781963367386
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Future Horizons
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 6 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 5