Life Skills & Emotional Intelligence lesson example
💛 Naming Feelings
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Pre-K (ages 3–4)
Representative lesson facts
- Feelings have names.
- Happy, sad, mad, scared, and excited are feeling words.
- When you name a feeling, a grown-up can understand you better.
Sample check-for-understanding
Which is a feeling word?
- Sad
- Spoon
- Chair
- Window
Kindergarten (ages 5–6)
Representative lesson facts
- More feeling words help you say what is happening inside.
- Mad, annoyed, frustrated, and furious are related, but they are not exactly the same size.
- A feeling word is like a label on a jar: it helps people know what is inside.
Sample check-for-understanding
Which feeling is usually bigger than annoyed?
- Furious
- Calm
- Sleepy
- Tiny
Early elementary (ages 6–8)
Representative lesson facts
- Naming an emotion can help the brain pause before reacting.
- A precise feeling word helps you choose a better strategy. Lonely needs something different from embarrassed.
- People can feel more than one emotion at the same time, like excited and nervous.
Sample check-for-understanding
Why use a precise feeling word?
- It helps choose a better strategy
- It makes every feeling the same
- It removes all problems
- It avoids thinking
Upper elementary (ages 8–10)
Representative lesson facts
- Emotional granularity means being able to name feelings with detail, not only good or bad.
- Better emotion labels support self-advocacy because you can explain what you need more accurately.
- Naming a feeling does not make it disappear, but it gives the thinking part of the brain something to work with.
Sample check-for-understanding
What is emotional granularity?
- Naming feelings with detail
- Having no emotions
- Only saying good or bad
- Ignoring body signals
Make, explain, or reflect
Lesson artifact prompt: Make a feeling word ladder with at least eight words, from tiny feelings to big feelings: calm, worried, upset, furious, proud, lonely, excited, peaceful.
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