Emotional Literacy

Naming feelings and understanding where they come from — 15 skills across 9 years. Every skill below shows what it builds on and how to tell your child has it.

Personal & Social Development15 skillsages 5–14

Grouped by the age children typically start each skill. Ages are typical, not deadlines — follow your child’s pace.

Around age 5

Expressing Feelings with Wordsages 5–7AC ✓ Feelings Change and Differages 5–7AC ✓ Naming Basic Emotionsages 5–7AC ✓ Triggers and Causes of Feelingsages 5–7AC ✓

Around age 7

Emotion Vocabularyages 7–9AC ✓ Hidden and Masked Feelingsages 7–9 How Emotions Feel in Your Bodyages 7–9AC ✓ Mild to Strong Emotionsages 7–9AC ✓

Around age 9

Culture and Experience Shape Emotionsages 9–11AC ✓ Emotional Patterns Over Timeages 9–11AC ✓ Emotions and Decision-Makingages 9–11AC ✓ Mixed and Conflicting Emotionsages 9–11

Around age 11

Brain Science of Emotionsages 11–12AC ✓

Around age 12

Identity and Belonging in Adolescenceages 12–13

Around age 13

Emotional Intelligenceages 13–14

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