Personal & social development // Empathy & Social Awareness

Other People's Feelings and Thoughts

Understand that other people have their own feelings and thoughts, and that these might be different from your own — a foundational awareness that not everyone sees or feels things the same way

Ages
5 to 7
Type
Concept
Builds on
1 topic
Leads to
2 topics
Standards
1 code

Quick check

If the learner loves dogs but their friend is scared of dogs, can the learner understand that their friend's fear is real even though they don't feel it themselves?

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Topic // Mastery

What mastery looks like

What a learner can do once this topic is secure.
  • State that other people can feel differently about the same thing
  • Give an example of a time someone felt differently from them about the same situation
  • Accept another child's feeling as valid even when it differs from their own

Topic // Map

Where this fits

What to learn first and what this topic opens up, with the reason for each link. Required links come first.
  • RequiredMust come first
  • HelpfulHelps, but not essential

Before this

1 topic
  • Vocabulary: understanding othersRequired

    Empathy & Social Awareness // Ages 5 to 8

    Understanding that others have perspectives and feelings requires the vocabulary of empathy and perspective

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Other People's Feelings and Thoughts

Ages 5 to 7 // Concept

Leads to

2 topics

Topic // Standards

Curriculum standards

Codes for the curriculum statements this topic maps to. Each publisher owns its standard text.
IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequence
PSPE-ID-LO-P1-6

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