How Emotions Feel in Your Body

CONCEPTUAL

Personal & Social Development›Emotional Literacy|Ages 7—9|ID: mt_Ytd8XC3eQr

Understand the connection between emotions and the body — recognising physical signals like butterflies in the stomach (nervous), clenched fists (angry), racing heart (scared or excited), and tight shoulders (stressed)

Mastery Evidence

Name at least three body sensations and match them to the emotions they signal
Notice a physical feeling in their own body and identify the emotion behind it
Explain why the body reacts physically when we have strong emotions

Assessment Prompt

“Before a school performance or sports day, can [child] notice and tell you about the physical feelings in their body — like butterflies in their tummy — and connect them to being nervous or excited?”

Curriculum Standards1 alignment

PSPE-ID-CU-P2-3IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequencecodes only

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Prerequisites1

Triggers and Causes of Feelings
hardAges 5—7

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Triggers and Causes of Feelings hard
Body-emotion connection builds on understanding emotional triggers
- Feelings Change and Differ soft
  Identifying triggers benefits from knowing feelings change
  - Naming Basic Emotions soft
    Understanding feelings change benefits from naming basic emotions

Unlocks3

Brain Science of Emotions
hardAges 11—12
Choosing the Right Coping Strategy
softAges 7—9
Emotions and Decision-Making
hardAges 9—11