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? Monster arms and legs made from pipe cleaners can be added to complete this colorful craft; all left is for the youngster to name it! 2. A Spooky Monster Classroom Craft

Next, the children should draw a person–this can be themselves if they want–and glue it to a piece of poster board turned vertically. Make a list of words that the author links with each colour, e.g. yellow = bright and light, blue = gentle and alone. Can you think of synonyms for these words? The Color Monster is a children’s book by Anna Llenas about a confused and overwhelmed monster who learns to sort his emotions with the help of a little girl. The book is often used to teach children about managing their emotions and different ways to visualize how we feel. For more Autism emotions activities, look here. You might also like this Restorative Practice Activity or this lovely Palette of Feelings Art Activity with Feelings Monsters. More resources like this This book is a wonderful story about a “Color Monster” who is full of mixed up colors and emotions. A little girl takes the monster by the hand and gently helps the Color Monster untangle and separate out all of these feelings and put them into jars.The hand cutout should be glued just underneath the triangle as if it’s part of the monster emerging from the pumpkin! 3. Who Says Monsters Are Scary? Next, each child should have a paper plate colored to look like a pumpkin, with a slice cut out to make it appear as if the top is opening. A heart should be traced and cut from colorful paper, and the cutout should be placed in the monster’s “hands.” This feelings monster worksheet is a lovely way to encourage children to talk about feelings and emotions. In this story, yellow refers to happiness, red is for anger and blue is linked to sadness. Do you agree with those colour choices? Why?

The next sheet is all about taking time to separate out and honor each feeling. With the My Feeling Jar worksheet you can clearly identify each feeling experienced and how much of each feeling. You can go deeper with young people and identify triggers, how they felt it in their bodies, warning signs of these feelings, and choices that might be helpful vs unhelpful to honor what is going on for them over the week. Social-emotional learning is just as important as all the other topics you teach. Making time for it can be a bit of a challenge, so here are some of Twinkl’s top tips to help you encourage social-emotional learning: Colouring is a great way to encourage the development of cognitive and motor skills in young children. Through practising colouring and encouraging children to colour within the lines, they are not only making a lovely keepsake for parents and carers, but honing the following skills: Design and create your own monster using just a basic shape outline for inspiration. See how many different versions the kids can come up with. Which one is your favorite monster?Why not create monster themed drama activities to engage imaginations even further? If you liked our monster colouring, you might also love the following resources: The little girl puts the Colour Monster’s feelings into separate jars. Use the template below to draw things that make you happy/ angry/sad etc. For an even better way to find EYFS resources, discover tailored suggestions, and much more - visit the EYFS resource HUB! GO TO EYFS HUB The monster should be laminated to its front using a thin cardboard box and a hole cut out where the mouth is.