HundrED.org features five inspiring educators, including Mary Gordon and the Roots of Empathy program:
Through bringing babies into the classroom, Roots of Empathy helps children to learn about non-verbal communication in a safe, fun and ‘real’ way, so that they can start to understand the needs and desires of people different from themselves. Roots of Empathy instructors ask children questions about what the baby is up to in front of them, and children lead the discussion. The instructor never tells a child whether they’re right or wrong, they simply question the children in the session so that they can lead their own discovery and thinking, learning how to read the non-verbal communication in front of them.