My Monster & Alien Colouring Book

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The child can write a message inside the heart, such as “Have a Monster of Birthday.” 4. An Entertaining Desktop Decoration

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: Think of other emotions and choose colours that might represent them (e.g. frustration, disgust, envy). 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. Emotions, Expressions, and Feelings Worksheet - help children recognise characteristics of different emotions with this brilliant worksheet. For this series, I designed various styles and types of monsters, incorporating diverse themes that will cater to all ages and skill levels. Included are creatures lurking in the shadows, monstrous heads with sharp teeth, fantastical beasts, realistic-looking monsters, and some inspired by popular video games and movies. Unleash your creativity and bring these chilling monsters to life!

With this innovative craft, your child can create a “friendly” monster and use it for a funny greeting card. All of our resources are made by experienced teachers and align with the Australian Curriculum. So you can rest easy knowing that you are using suitable and reliable resources to teach the children in your class. How to encourage social-emotional learning Why not create a display of the children's feelings monsters? You could use these Emotions and Feelings Photo Display Cards to support the children as they complete the sheet and display alongside the feelings monsters to further prompt discussion. Birthday party hats make a great base for this craft. Once the party guests have colored their monsters, the heads and bodies should be cut out separately.

Here at Twinkl, we understand that learning isn’t simply confined to the classroom. That is why these wonderful monster colouring are equally effective when used for home learning exercises. The monster should be laminated to its front using a thin cardboard box and a hole cut out where the mouth is. A heart should be traced and cut from colorful paper, and the cutout should be placed in the monster’s “hands.”

The Colour Monster Colouring Pages

For an even better way to find EYFS resources, discover tailored suggestions, and much more - visit the EYFS resource HUB! GO TO EYFS HUB Whether you are looking for inventive ways to provide interventional support, or simply looking for ways to keep your children occupied on a rainy day, these Twinkl original worksheets are a great way to enhance engagement. 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 colourful monsters on the social-emotional worksheets are there to encourage children to open up about their emotions and how they are feeling. A small hole should be cut in the bottom, and the peak of the party hat pushed up to create a unique and hilarious monster figurine! 8. A Comical Clothespin Monster

As an extension activity, the discussion could also focus on what things help when they are feeling sad, afraid or angry.

An excellent way to enhance engagement, and cater for a broad range of abilities and learning styles. We have you covered when creating inclusive and accessible learning opportunities for your first and second class students. These lovely sheets are an excellent colouring activity for nursery children to develop important skills. Colouring is a simple and fun way to reinforce fine motor skills, pencil control, colour recognition and develop self-confidence in young children. Put the finished pictures up on display, or send them home for parents. 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. Use the book, The Color Monster, by Anna Llenas as inspiration for this easy monster craft for young children. The illustrations in this book help open up a whole discussion of feelings and emotions about different children’s experiences. 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:

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.Once these comical creations are embellished with pom-pom noses, wiggle eyes, and funny craft teeth, they’ll make anybody laugh! 7. Birthday Party Fun Meet the Mood Monsters PowerPoint - this PowerPoint is a fun, light-hearted way to teach children about different moods and emotions. Colouring is a significant way of improving a broad range of skills in young children. Here, we look at some benefits of colouring in with your students. Invite the children to discuss their feelings. Sometimes we can feel a bit mixed up like the Colour Monster. It might help to have a friend, older brother or sister or a trusted adult help the child to sort out their feelings at those times, just like the Colour Monster and the little girl. Talk about the things which make the children feel happy, sad, angry, fearful and calm and loved. 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: