Personal & social development // Self-Awareness

Naming Your Feelings

Notice what you are feeling and put a name to it — being able to label an emotion is the first step to understanding and managing it

Quick check

When the learner seems upset, excited, or frustrated, can they stop and tell you what emotion they're feeling — even if they can't fully explain why?

Ask this to see whether the topic is secure.

Topic // Mastery

What a learner can do once this topic is secure.

Topic // Map

What to learn first and what this topic opens up, with the reason for each link. Required links come first.

2 topics

Vocabulary: selfRequired
Self-Awareness // Ages 5 to 10
Noticing and naming feelings requires the basic vocabulary of self-awareness and reflection
Feeling of not understandingHelpful
Learning to Learn // Learning to Learn // Ages 6 to 7
Naming what you are feeling is emotional comprehension monitoring — the universal habit of noticing what's happening inside applied to emotional experience

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Naming Your Feelings

Ages 5 to 6 // Thinking skill

1 topic

Feelings Versus ActionsRequired
Self-Awareness // Ages 6 to 8
Understanding that feelings and actions are separate requires first being able to name and identify what you are feeling

Personal & social development // Self-Awareness