Personal & Social Development Empathy & Social Awareness Conceptual 5–7 yrs

Other People's Feelings and Thoughts

他人的感受与想法

Description

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

Mastery Evidence
  • 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
Assessment Prompt

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