The Colour Monster

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Think of other emotions and choose colours that might represent them (e.g. frustration, disgust, envy).

Use Scratch (or a similar coding platform) to program a monster that changes colour when you press different keys (or when another action takes place). Retell the story from the Colour Monster’s point of view. This could be in the form of a diary. You could also write Nuna’s story about the day. As a therapist I left the feeling words blank as to let client creativity lead the way (for older clients more feeling words and younger less) and not to have rigidity about what the feelings should be.For an even better way to find KS2 resources, discover tailored suggestions, and much more - visit the KS2 resource HUB! GO TO KS2 HUB The Color Monster by Anna Llenas teaches abour big emotions in a simple way for young children. In the story, an adorable monster has mixed-up feelings and the author helps to sort them out. Happiness is like the sun, anger is a burning fire, and calm is like the leaves swaying in the wind. Young children may not be able to tell you exactly what they are feeling, but they can use the concepts in this book to help express themselves. Put your little one’s memory skills to the test with this sweet monster card match-up! Shuffle the cards so that the pairs of emotions are separated. Allow learners to study the card placement before you flip them upside down and then challenge them to find the matching pairs.

The Colour Monster makes a big mess before lunch. Can you design a poster to teach him how to wash his hands nicely? This fun activity has learners practicing their reading skills as they work to match the speech bubble to the correct monster. They will also employ fine motor skills as they use scissors to cut the monsters and speech bubbles out.Sometimes feelings get… all tangled up. This can be confusing and sometimes we need help untangling them and sorting them all out. Enter “ The Color Monster” by Anna Llenas! This book is AMAZING and as I talk about here and here bibliotherapy is such a wonderful practice that is so adaptable to provide as a therapeutic approach in all sorts of settings – office, in home, at school, and of course Tele-Play! A ‘I feel … when?’ worksheets (for children to design their own colour monsters and think about when they feel different emotions. The displays give children the language to help them describe and express how they are feeling which is such an important part of their emotional development. At the start of the story, the Colour Monster is feeling confused. When have you felt confused? What did you do in this situation? What can we do when we feel confused in the future? Think of some questions that you would like to ask the Colour Monster about his first day at school. How might he respond?

Look at the illustrations in the book. How have they been created? Could you use a similar technique for your own pictures? Here’s hoping this activity brings you and your clients some superpowers to help untangle those messy, chaotic, and confusing feelings!

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Let me know what else you are looking for and I might be able to brainstorm a solution to your problem! Add googley eyes to any art projectsto make fun monsters. Here is an example of a great googley eye monster: Coffee filter monsters Practice drawing faces that show different emotions. Can you draw a happy face? Can you draw an angry face? Use a mirror to see how your facial expression can change to show emotions. The banner shows illustrations of colourful monsters that represent different feelings and emotions. Invite children to make their own feelings monsters to display alongside the banner and talk about the different feelings and emotions the monsters represent. Ideal for EYFS and KS1 classrooms to create a PSED display.

It’s important to remind young learners that, at times, we may feel more than 1 emotion, or may not even be able to verbalize how we’re feeling at all! This hands-on activity enforces this notion visually by having learners attach colorful felt squares to a Color Monster cut-out. The Colour Monster doesn’t know what school is. How would you explain it to him? How would you describe all of the things that you can do at school?

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Introduce the colors and feelingsin the story. Talk about different feelings you may have in different situation. For example, ask "Have you ever felt sad? Tell me about it". Then introduce this story about a monster whose feelings are all mixed-up! "He doesn't know how he feels. Let's find out more about Color Monster's feelings." Remember to read The Colour Monster Goes to School and try our related ideas too! Teaching Ideas and Resources: English Write a new book in this series in which the Colour Monster goes to another new place. What adventures could he have? How does music make you feel? Think of different songs/styles of music that make you happy, sad, angry etc. Look at the illustrations of the Colour Monster on the inside covers. Can you draw your own pictures and put them together into a gallery?