The Colour Monster

The Colour Monster video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih0iu80u04Y&t=300s

The book The Color Monster: A Pop-Up Book of Feelings by Anna Llenas. It has been translated into many languages.

 joy

The Color Monster wakes up to find his emotions all mixed up! His friend, a little girl, guides him through the book. She helps him understand and identify his different emotions so that he can feel better.

This book is an amazing resource to help your little one understand their own emotions and talk about how they feel. It’s perfect for kids aged 2 to 5.

fear

The illustrations in this book are amazing, and the pop-ups are very well thought out and imaginative. I love the paper cut style and the different textures Anna Llenas uses to make her illustrations.

 calm

Here are some more wonderful books about emotions to read with your little one:

        

• "Happy" by Mies Van Hout
• "In My Heart: A Book of Fellings" by Jo Witek, Illustration by Christine Roussey
• "The Way I Feel" by Janan Cain
• "Sam's Pet Temper" by Sangeeta Bhadra and Marion Arbona

These are activities you can do at home with your child:


creating the emotion jars
your child can decorate each jar and label each jar according to an emotion ( in the book)
joy: yellow
anger: red
sadness: blue
fear: black and purple
calm: green
love: pink

Everytime they feel a certain way they can add a colored paper or object in the emotion jar.
You can create a routine in the morning or at night