The Colour Monster

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Taking time to validate our learners makes them feel seen, heard, and cared for. Label an assortment of jars using a series of emotional faces. Over the course of a week, have your learners drop items, or their names, into the jar that they feel best represents their feeling that day. At the end of the week help them tally up the items and analyze their predominant emotion. This animated video is wonderful for introducing the ways in which we lose our cool. It helps little minds understand that it’s perfectly normal to do so from time to time, but also encourages them to think about how they might rein in those big feelings. Share photos of the resources in your classroom with others via social media and link to tpet.co.uk

If you’re looking for a more advanced activity to pair with the reading of this wonderful book, then look no further! This activity requires students to listen to the story and then spend time completing this fill-in-the-blank worksheet; inferring the monster’s feelings from what they have heard. Make a timetable that shows when Colour Monster took part in different activities at school. Can you think of some word problems based on this?Use this colourful display banner to create a display all about feelings and emotions. The display banner is editable enabling you to enter the text of your choice. Be among the first to hear about new resources, new schemes, new projects and the latest news from Teacher's Pet HQ! 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. For an even better way to find KS1 resources, discover tailored suggestions, and much more - visit the KS1 resource HUB! GO TO KS1 HUB 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.

Encouraging freedom of expression, especially at a young age, is very important. This activity encourages learners to use their imagination and tap into their own emotions. Guide learners on how to draw a funky monster by first giving a demonstration, and then handing out art supplies and letting them take the wheel as they create their own. How does music make you feel? Think of different songs/styles of music that make you happy, sad, angry etc.Write some instructions to teach the Colour Monster how to play different instruments. How does each instrument make a sound? How can you change the pitch / volume? See how becoming an ULTIMATE member will save you hours upon hours when planning your lessons and bring your classroom to life! Introduce the story, ‘The Colour Monster’ by Anna Llenas or listen to it being read here. There are some questions in the clip after the story which might help to scaffold a discussion around the story. Here’s hoping this activity brings you and your clients some superpowers to help untangle those messy, chaotic, and confusing feelings!