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Emotional Patterns Over Time

Personal & Social Development · Emotional Literacy · ages 9-11
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Which sentence shows someone noticing their own emotional pattern?

    • I always get nervous right before I go on stage to perform
    • My favorite color is blue
    • My friend is taller than I am

  2. What is a 'recurring emotional trigger'?

    • Something that upset you only once and never again
    • Something that brings up the same feeling again and again
    • A feeling you have never experienced before

  3. A person's emotional understanding usually stays exactly the same from age 5 to age 10.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Zara's stress levels before her last three tests are shown. In how many of them was her stress 7 or higher?

    Test 18Test 27Test 39

    Answer: ______________

  5. Ben's chest feels tight almost every time his little brother borrows his things without asking. This has happened many weeks in a row. What should Ben do first?

    • Notice that this is a pattern and think about why it keeps happening
    • Ignore it, since one feeling doesn't matter
    • Decide he never feels anything about it

  6. Which sentence best describes how emotional understanding usually changes as kids grow older?

    • It gets harder to notice or name feelings
    • Kids usually get better at noticing and naming their feelings
    • It disappears once you turn ten

  7. Which goal shows real emotional awareness growth, rather than just a wish?

    • I will never feel nervous again
    • I will avoid every situation that makes me nervous
    • I will notice when my shoulders get tight before a test, so I catch stress early

  8. Mia says, 'I get nervous before every recital, but that's just how recitals are. It has nothing to do with me.' What is Mia missing?

    • That this is a personal pattern in how she reacts, worth noticing
    • That she should stop doing recitals forever
    • That nervousness is not a real feeling
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  1. I always get nervous right before I go on stage to perform · Noticing that the same feeling shows up before every performance is spotting a pattern.
  2. Something that brings up the same feeling again and again · A recurring trigger is a situation that keeps setting off the same kind of feeling, like nerves before every test.
  3. False · Emotional understanding usually grows over the years, even if it doesn't feel like it day to day.
  4. 3 · All three tests show stress at 7 or above, which is what makes this a pattern instead of a one-time thing.
  5. Notice that this is a pattern and think about why it keeps happening · Spotting the repeat, and the trigger behind it, is the first step to understanding an emotional pattern.
  6. Kids usually get better at noticing and naming their feelings · Most children get better with practice at noticing and naming what they feel.
  7. I will notice when my shoulders get tight before a test, so I catch stress early · A good goal is something you can actually notice and practice, not a wish to stop feeling things altogether.
  8. That this is a personal pattern in how she reacts, worth noticing · Mia is describing her own recurring response, not just a fact about recitals. Seeing it as her pattern helps her understand herself.
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