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Students learn to develop empathy through classroom visits from mom and baby

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Anuenue School third graders are learning to develop empathy by interacting with a baby and his mom. The Roots of Empathy program is a social-emotional learning program founded in Toronto, Canada. The program is now active in 14 public and private schools in Hawaii.

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Anuenue School third graders interact with nine-month-old boy Mānaiakalani and his mother Eliane Keli‘ipule‘ole in teacher Tiare Osurman's classroom on April 30. The Roots of Empathy program is helping kids to develop empathy by bringing a baby and its parent into their classrooms. The program started in Canada and is now active in over a dozen countries and 14 public and private schools in Hawaii. Read more about the program here: https://808ne.ws/2VklUUc
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Anuenue School third graders interact with nine-month-old boy Mānaiakalani and his mother Eliane Keli‘ipule‘ole in teacher Tiare Osurman's classroom on April 30. The Roots of Empathy program is helping kids to develop empathy by bringing a baby and its parent into their classrooms. The program started in Canada and is now active in over a dozen countries and 14 public and private schools in Hawaii. Read more about the program here: https://808ne.ws/2VklUUc
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Nine-month-old boy Mānaikalani plays with a toy while his mother Eliane Keli‘ipule‘ole and Roots of Empathy instructor Kelekia Yanagi and Anuenue School third graders watch in teacher Tiare Osurman's classroom on April 30. The Roots of Empathy program is helping kids to develop empathy by bringing a baby and its parent into their classrooms. The program started in Canada and is now active in over a dozen countries and 14 public and private schools in Hawaii. Read more about the program here: https://808ne.ws/2VklUUc
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Nine-month-old boy Mānaiakalani crawls on the floor to play with a toy as his mother Eliane Keli‘ipule‘ole and Anuenue School third graders watches him in teacher Tiare Osurman's classroom on April 30. The Roots of Empathy program is helping kids to develop empathy by bringing a baby and its parent into their classrooms. The program started in Canada and is now active in over a dozen countries and 14 public and private schools in Hawaii. Read more about the program here: https://808ne.ws/2VklUUc
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Anuenue School third graders watch as Eliane Keli‘ipule‘ole feeds fish and poi to her nine-month-old son Mānaiakalani in teacher Tiare Osurman's classroom on April 30. The Roots of Empathy program is helping kids to develop empathy by bringing a baby and its parent into their classrooms. The program started in Canada and is now active in over a dozen countries and 14 public and private schools in Hawaii. Read more about the program here: https://808ne.ws/2VklUUc
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Nine-month-old boy Mānaiakalani cries after his mother Eliane Keli‘ipule‘ole fed him green beans in Anuenue School teacher Tiare Osurman's classroom on April 30, 2019. Roots of Empathy instructor Kelekia Yanagi, left, laughs while third graders watch him. The Roots of Empathy program is helping kids to develop empathy by bringing a baby and its parent into their classrooms. The program started in Canada and is now active in over a dozen countries and 14 public and private schools in Hawaii. Read more about the program here: https://808ne.ws/2VklUUc
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Hawaiian words decorate the wall of third grade teacher Tiare Osurman's classroom at Anuenue School on April 30. Read more about the program here: https://808ne.ws/2VklUUc
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Justina Acevedo-Cross introduces seven-month-old Feliciano to Kainalu Elementary School students. The Roots of Empathy program is helping kids to develop empathy by bringing a baby and its parent into their classrooms. The program started in Canada and is now active in over a dozen countries and 14 public and private schools in Hawaii. Read more about the program here: https://808ne.ws/2VklUUc
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Justina Acevedo-Cross introduces seven-month-old Feliciano to Kainalu Elementary School students. The Roots of Empathy program is helping kids to develop empathy by bringing a baby and its parent into their classrooms. The program started in Canada and is now active in over a dozen countries and 14 public and private schools in Hawaii. Read more about the program here: https://808ne.ws/2VklUUc
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Justina Acevedo-Cross introduces seven-month-old Feliciano to Kainalu Elementary School students. The Roots of Empathy program is helping kids to develop empathy by bringing a baby and its parent into their classrooms. The program started in Canada and is now active in over a dozen countries and 14 public and private schools in Hawaii. Read more about the program here: https://808ne.ws/2VklUUc
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Justina Acevedo-Cross introduces seven-month-old Feliciano to Kainalu Elementary School students. The Roots of Empathy program is helping kids to develop empathy by bringing a baby and its parent into their classrooms. The program started in Canada and is now active in over a dozen countries and 14 public and private schools in Hawaii. Read more about the program here: https://808ne.ws/2VklUUc
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Justina Acevedo-Cross holds seven-month-old Feliciano. Bella Lopes, left, Anjoli Deshong and Amazing Sala, watch baby Feliciano at Kainalu Elementary School. The Roots of Empathy program is helping kids to develop empathy by bringing a baby and its parent into their classrooms. The program started in Canada and is now active in over a dozen countries and 14 public and private schools in Hawaii. Read more about the program here: https://808ne.ws/2VklUUc
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Justina Acevedo-Cross takes seven-month-old Feliciano around the class to say goodbye to Kainalu Elementary School student students as DJ Mariakis holds on to the baby's foot. The Roots of Empathy program is helping kids to develop empathy by bringing a baby and its parent into their classrooms. The program started in Canada and is now active in over a dozen countries and 14 public and private schools in Hawaii. Read more about the program here: https://808ne.ws/2VklUUc

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