Feelings Change and Differ
Understand that everyone has feelings, that feelings change throughout the day, and that the same event can make different people feel different things
Lesson
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“Feelings Change and Differ means noticing feelings change through the day and that the same event can feel different to different people. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.”
Bring to the table
- Feeling faces: happy, sad, worried, calm
- Same-event cards with two different reactions
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Worked example. I felt calm, then worried. The same loud noise made one person jump and another laugh.
Optional challenge. For Feelings Change and Differ, give two different feelings for one event.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: change example; differ example; support used. This session samples feeling awareness, not mastery of emotional science.
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Feelings Change and Differ means noticing feelings change through the day and that the same event can feel different to different people. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.
Spend about 12 minutes tracking feeling changes, comparing two reactions to one event, then checking a fresh pair.
Explain changing and differing feelings using an explicit fictional timeline.
Explain changing and differing feelings using an explicit fictional timeline.
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Check understanding
- Give an example of a time their feelings changed during a single day
- Explain why two children might feel differently about the same event
- Recognise that feelings are temporary and can change
“If you and your child watch the same film and you find it funny but your child finds it scary, can they understand why you both felt differently?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Personal & Social Development
- Domain
- Emotional Literacy
- Age range
- Ages 5–8
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