Personal & Social Development·Empathy & Social Awareness·conceptual
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
Suggested ages 5–7
Learning journey
Your child is developing emotional intelligence and social skills — learning to show kindness to others, appreciating diversity in their community, and understanding that people have different thoughts and feelings.
Evidence of 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
Assessment prompt
If Other People's Feelings and Thoughts loves dogs but their friend is scared of dogs, can Other People's Feelings and Thoughts understand that their friend's fear is real even though they don't feel it themselves?
Standards alignment
PSPE-ID-LO-P1-6International · ib-pyp-pspe
PSPE-ID-LO-P1-6
IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequence