Personal & Social Development·Emotional Literacy·conceptual
Triggers and Causes of Feelings
Understand that feelings have causes — something happens (a trigger) and that makes us feel a certain way — and begin to identify what triggers their own emotions
Suggested ages 5–7
Learning journey
Your child is learning about emotions — naming different feelings, understanding that everyone has emotions, expressing feelings with words instead of actions, and recognising what triggers their emotions.
Evidence of understanding
- Describe a trigger for at least three different emotions from their own experience
- Complete 'I felt ___ because ___' sentences accurately
- Identify what made a character in a story feel a particular way
Assessment prompt
When Triggers and Causes of Feelings gets upset about something at school, can they explain to you what happened that made them feel that way?
Standards alignment
PSPE-ID-LO-P2-3International · ib-pyp-pspe
PSPE-ID-LO-P2-3
IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequence
PSPE-ID-LO-P2-4International · ib-pyp-pspe
PSPE-ID-LO-P2-4
IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequence