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
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
- 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
- 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 topicsEmpathy & Social Awareness // Ages 7 to 9
Perspective-taking builds on knowing others have feelings
- Everyday Kindness and CareHelpful
Empathy & Social Awareness // Ages 5 to 7
Showing kindness benefits from knowing others have feelings
Topic // Standards
Curriculum standards
- IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequence
- PSPE-ID-LO-P1-6
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