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# Mild to Strong Emotions

Understand that emotions come in different intensities, from mild to strong, and that the same emotion can feel very different depending on how intense it is (e.g., annoyed → angry → furious, or nervous → anxious → panicked)

Subject: Personal & Social Development · Area: Emotional Literacy · Ages 7 to 9
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/personal-and-social-development/mild-to-strong-emotions-mt_rymBfJmvFl

## Ready when they can

- Place three related emotion words in order from mild to strong
- Rate a character's emotion on a simple scale (e.g., 1-5) in a supplied situation
- Explain why recognising intensity matters for choosing how to respond

## Lesson: Mild to Strong Feelings

In this example, a feeling can grow bigger, stay the same feeling underneath, like a volume dial. A little anger is annoyed. A lot of anger is furious. Before a school play, Sam feels a little worry and calls it nervous. As the play gets closer, his worry grows and he calls it anxious. Before he walks on stage, his worry is very strong and he calls it panicked.

*(drawing: Annoyed, angry, and furious are all anger, just at different strengths.)*

**Example.** Mia loses a board game and feels a little annoyed. When her brother teases her about it, she feels properly angry. Then he knocks over her next game on purpose, and she feels furious. It's the same feeling each time, anger, just growing bigger.

Mia can rate how strong a feeling is from 1 to 5. A 1 means the feeling is barely there. A 5 means the feeling is as strong as it gets. A 3 is in the middle.

Before Mia reacts, she can ask: is this a 1, a 3, or a 5? A mild feeling might just need a deep breath. A very strong feeling might mean she needs to stop, calm down, or ask an adult for help.

**Recap.** The same feeling can be mild or very strong, and noticing which one it is helps you choose the right way to respond.

## Practice

8 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Needs first

- [Naming basic emotions](https://lightmysky.com/learn/personal-and-social-development/naming-basic-emotions-mt_LhkP_KKIRS)

## Opens up

- [Hidden and Masked Feelings](https://lightmysky.com/learn/personal-and-social-development/hidden-and-masked-feelings-mt_E5ju6kQSu3)