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The Color Monster


How are you feeling today? Are you happy? Sad? Angry? Scared? Calm? Maybe you're a combination of feelings like "The Color Monster"! One day, he wakes up feeling angry, happy, calm, sad and scared all at the same time! To help him, a little girl shows him what each feeling means through color. As he learns to sort and define his mixed up emotions, he gains self-awareness and peace as a result. We teach children to identify shapes, colors, numbers, letters, etc. But we should also teach them to identify their feelings and how to handle their big emotions. Especially right now, as they are trying to figure out what is going on in the world around them and how they should handle their stress/fear and other emotions.

Literacy 
Resources

Story Tips

  • Encourage Your Child

    • When your child tells you the ending words on a page or helps you "read" the story, celebrate together!

  • Make Reading Together a Habit

    • ​When you read to your child every day, it cecomes a routine that your child will remember as comforing!

  • Point Out the Details

    • ​Notice details and the small changes in the illustrations of a book. It will help your child become a good observer and see differences in the shapes of letters when learning to read.

  • Predict the Story

    • ​Ask your child to guess what will be on the next page of the book you are reading together!

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