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
Lesson
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“Other People's Feelings and Thoughts means noticing other people have their own feelings and thoughts that may differ from yours. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.”
Bring to the table
- Two perspective cards: Me / Someone else
- Simple scene picture
Extra for the adult
Worked example. I like the loud game. My friend finds it too noisy. We both have real feelings.
Optional challenge. For Other People's Feelings and Thoughts, name a thought someone else might have.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: me/other contrast; support used. This session samples perspective-taking, not mastery of psychology.
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Other People's Feelings and Thoughts means noticing other people have their own feelings and thoughts that may differ from yours. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.
Spend about 12 minutes contrasting me vs someone else on one scene, naming different thoughts, then checking a fresh scene.
Recognise two different views of one event and suggest a response that respects both.
Recognise two different views of one event and suggest a response that respects both.
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Choose ideas about other people’s different feelings and thoughts.
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Learning resources
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KidsHealth · Practice link — not the full lesson
What Is Stress?
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What Is Stress? supports Other People's Feelings and Thoughts. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Before you openAsk the learner one fact they learned and one question they still have.
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Public KidsHealth page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.
KidsHealth. “What Is Stress?.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.
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Check understanding
- 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
“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?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Personal & Social Development
- Domain
- Empathy & Social Awareness
- Age range
- Ages 5–7
Standards