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
What a learner can do afterwards
- 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
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You have your own feelings. Other people have feelings too. Their feelings can be different from yours, about the same thing.
Ben loves swimming. His sister Amy is scared of the pool. They look at the same pool. Ben feels excited. Amy feels scared. Both feelings are real.
Someone else's feeling does not have to match yours. You do not have to feel the same way to believe them. Their feeling is real, even if it feels different to you.
If a friend feels differently than you, say 'that makes sense.' It helps them feel heard and understood.
Other people can feel differently than you. Their feelings are just as real as yours.
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You see red. Sam sees blue. Same sky. New eyes. Minds hold old views. Open yours wide. Ask Sam what he sees. Hear his blue. Try it on. Sky can hold both. New views do not break yours. They stretch it. Say, tell me more. Say, I never saw that. Wide minds learn. Shut minds stall. Let his feel stand next to yours.
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Stand in a ring. Each pal speaks. Ana loved the story end. Ben hated it. Cara felt sad. Same tale. Three feels. Go round. Hear each view. Who felt what? Why? Views shift with hearts. No one view wins. The ring holds all. Try it at home. Mum, dad, you. Ask each feel. Watch them split. Split is fine. Split is true.
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Where it sits
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Where this leads
Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.