Childhood Map

Discover the amazing things 5-year-olds are learning — from climbing and jumping to friendships, feelings, and first words on a page. Each skill comes with fun activities you can try together.

Physical & Motor 8 › Sensory 8 › Executive 7 › Cognitive 6 › Language 5 › Communication 5 › Emotional 5 › Social 6 › Self-Care 7 › Literacy 4 › Math 5 › Creative & Artistic 5 › World & Science 5 ›

Emotional Development

Intrapersonal awareness and management of emotions — knowing what one feels, why, and what to do about it.

Sources (6)

CASEL (Self-Awareness, Self-Management)
Polish Podstawa Programowa (Emocjonalny)
Daniel Siegel ("The Whole-Brain Child")
UK EYFS (Personal, Social & Emotional Development)
ASQ:SE-2
Teaching Strategies GOLD

5 Subdomains

Emotional Awareness & Literacy › Emotional Regulation & Coping › Empathy & Emotional Responsiveness › Self-Concept & Confidence › Resilience & Frustration Tolerance ›

Empathy & Emotional Responsiveness

Recognizing, understanding, and appropriately responding to the emotional states of others.

Examples & Achievements

Shows concern when a peer is hurt or upset ("Are you okay?")
Offers comfort to a sad friend (pat on back, sharing a toy)
Identifies how a character in a story might feel
Adjusts own behavior in response to others' emotions (speaks softly when someone is sad)
Begins to understand that actions can hurt others' feelings

How to Measure

Spontaneously offers comfort/help to a distressed peer (observed 1+ times per week)
Correctly predicts how a story character feels in 3 out of 4 scenarios
Griffith Empathy Measure (parent report)
Teacher observation of prosocial responses to peer distress

Sources (3)

CASEL (Social Awareness)
Polish Curriculum
Siegel

Empathy & Emotional Responsiveness

Recognizing, understanding, and appropriately responding to the emotional states of others.

Examples & Achievements

Shows concern when a peer is hurt or upset ("Are you okay?")
Offers comfort to a sad friend (pat on back, sharing a toy)
Identifies how a character in a story might feel
Adjusts own behavior in response to others' emotions (speaks softly when someone is sad)
Begins to understand that actions can hurt others' feelings

How to Measure

Spontaneously offers comfort/help to a distressed peer (observed 1+ times per week)
Correctly predicts how a story character feels in 3 out of 4 scenarios
Griffith Empathy Measure (parent report)
Teacher observation of prosocial responses to peer distress

Sources

CASEL (Social Awareness)
Polish Curriculum
Siegel