Seeing Someone Else's Point of View
Practise perspective-taking by imagining how someone else might feel in a given situation — using prompts like 'How would you feel if that happened to you?' and applying this when reading stories or during real interactions
Typical age: 7–9 years
“When reading a story together, can your child pause and explain how a character might be feeling and why — putting themselves in the character's shoes?”
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Needs first
- Vocabulary: social awareness
Perspective-taking practice is enriched by precise vocabulary including 'perspective', 'bias', and 'compassion'
- Emotion Vocabulary
Perspective-taking benefits from wider emotional vocabulary
- Other People's Feelings and ThoughtsREQUIRED
Perspective-taking builds on knowing others have feelings
Unlocks next
- Helping Others Resolve Conflicts
Mediating conflicts benefits from perspective-taking ability
- Understanding Bullying
Understanding bullying impact benefits from perspective-taking
- Fairness, Equality and EquityREQUIRED
Fairness understanding builds on perspective-taking ability
- Different Lives and Experiences
Understanding different lives benefits from perspective-taking skills
- Characters' Viewpoints and Responses
Comparing characters' points of view in literature requires the perspective-taking ability developed through SEL — understanding that people genuinely experience the same events differently