The Seed of Compassion is part of our Starts With a Story Collection, which includes more than 600 picture book companions based on high quality children’s literature that support you in delivering highly-engaging interactive read alouds with follow up activities. Learn more about this children’s book below! - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
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SUMMARY
"The Seed of Compassion" by His Holiness the Dalai Lama is a thought-provoking children's book that explores the power of compassion and empathy. Through simple and engaging language, the Dalai Lama shares his wisdom and teachings with young readers, encouraging them to cultivate kindness in their lives. The book follows the story of a young boy, who learns from his mother the story of a seed that represents the potential for compassion within every individual. When becoming the new Dalai Lama, the boy learns how to nurture and grow this seed, spreading compassion to those around him. The book emphasizes the importance of understanding, empathy, and treating others with kindness, highlighting the transformative impact these qualities can have on individuals and society as a whole. Through its beautiful illustrations and uplifting message, "The Seed of Compassion" inspires young readers to embrace compassion as a guiding principle in their lives.
 USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Our read aloud lesson plans for this picture book come with reading comprehension questions (with sample student responses), 30 writing prompts, teaching ideas for grammar skills, social emotional learning discussion ideas, and more. Check out our list below to get a sneak peek at some of the skills this resource teaches.
- Encourage students to use their summarizing and retelling strategies.
- Discuss the different characters in the story and analyze their thoughts and actions.
- Have students identify the point of view and discuss the benefits of the narrator.
- Help students to analyze what the author’s purpose for writing the book might be.
- Introduce and act out action verbs.
- Explore the different ways words can be made plural.
- Discuss friendship and the qualities that make a good friend.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- comprehension questions
- 30Â writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
This book is a must have for your school or classroom library. Your students are going to love completing these activities for the book and you will be impressed with how much they learn. You will want to read this book to your class every year.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
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