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The Colour Monster Goes To Schoolby Anna Llenas2019 Templar Books (33 pages)
NOVEL STUDYThe Colour Monster Goes To School by Anna LlenasSUMMARYThis book is the sequel to The Colour Monster and follows the Colour Monster on a brand new adventureas he navigates his way through his first day at school. Through this book, he finds out what school is,what he needs to take, meets new friends, learns new rules and tries out new lessonsCHARACTER REVIEWThe Colour MonsterNuna (Colour Monster’s friend)Colour Monster’s Classmates: Lucas, Martin, Max, Valentin, Leo, Lucy, Chloe, Yun and Tortie theTortoise.Ms EdwardsSEL THEMES IN THE BOOK Classroom RulesRoutinesFriendshipIndividual DifferencesFair PlayFeelings: Happy, Calm, Scared, Love
STUDY QUESTIONSPages 1-2 What do you think happens at school? Discuss that there are other children at school, differentbuildings, teachers, lessons etc. What do you already know about school routines and rules?How do you think Colour Monster is feeling on the first day of school? Excited, confused,scared etc.Pages 3-4 Do you think Colour Monster knows what happens at school?What would you expect to find in a school? Where might school be? What might be outsidea school? You might have pictures of your new school to share or visit/walk past or ask an olderchild to help in this discussion.Pages 5-6 What did the Colour Monster want to take to school? Do you think those things will beuseful?What might he need instead? You might need a coat, lunchbox, pens or pencils, books (orschool might provide these already), PE kit etc.Activity School Items Sorting Activity – Think of/find a range of things that you may or may not findin a school eg. pencils, balls, teachers etc. Sort them into different piles of “I’d find this inschool” or “I wouldn’t find this in school” Discuss what each item / person might do in schoolor be for.Pages 7-10 How are the grownups feeling about leaving their children at school? Look at their faces forclues. Some grownups are sad because they are crying and waving.Nuna is dragging the colour monster. Do you think he wants to go inside? Discuss the colourmonster might feel shy or scared and that is why he is hiding.Activity Make/Paint Your Own Colour Monster - Create your own Colour Monster Collage/painting toshow how he is feeling lots of feelings at once. Make a Colour Changing Monster – Fold a sheet of kitchen roll in half. On the top half drawthe outline of the colour monster with felt tip. Open up your kitchen roll and colour with felttip inside the image that has come through with different feelings colours. Fill a white trayor dish with a shallow amount of water. Fold the kitchen paper back over and place itcarefully into the water. You should see the colours appearing into the outline. The Colour Monster has mixed feelings about going to school. For these activities you can useYellow as Happy, Green as Calm, Blue as Sad, Red as Angry, Black as Scared and colour in whatfeelings he might have.Pages 11-12 Do you think Colour Monster’s classmates look friendly? Who might he want to play with?What games could they play? Discuss the different interests of the different friends and theactivities they might want to do with the Colour Monster.
Activity Making a New Friend Roleplay – Pretend you are the Colour Monster. Could you introduceyourself to one of your new classmates. What would you say? Could you give them acompliment? Act out different scenarios to gain confidence in saying Hello my name is I likeyour or would you like to play?Pages 13-16 What lessons does the colour monster do in the morning? Music and Story TimeDo you think Colour Monster is having fun? Discuss he is smiling and he likes stories but it’snot an OK choice to EAT the stories!Pages 14-15 Where does the Colour Monster go at break time? Where can he play? What is his favouritegame? Look at what all the children choose to do at break. What would you play with? Who mightyou play with? Colour Monster is enjoying playing on the swing.Why are the children cross with the Colour Monster? He won’t take turns on the swing andthey want a go.Activity Fair Play Turn Taking Game – Play a game or play on equipment like a swing or slide andtake turns with the other players. Make sure it is fair by timing the amount of time you have withthe equipment.Pages 16-19 What does the Colour Monster have to do before going for lunch? He needs to wash hishandsWhy might the Colour Monster get in trouble? He has pulled the toilet roll all over the floor. Thisis a Not OK choice as someone has to clean this up now.What does Nuna tell him not to do when he is eating? She says he shouldn’t play with his food.Would you like Bread and Soup for lunch? Discuss how we all have preferences of differentfood and that is OK.Pages 20-23 What activities does the Colour Monster do in the afternoon? PE and PaintingWhy is it hard to paint the Colour Monster? He keeps changing colour!Activity Make a Timetable for the Colour Monster- Write out the activities Colour monster has doneat school today and sort them into the order he did them in the book. Discuss which activitiesColour Monster made OK choices (eg. playing his instrument) and in which he made Not OKchoices (eating the book). You could also include the Rules that the Colour monster needs toremember in his different aspects of his day.Pages 24-27 Do you think the Colour Monster had a good first day at school? Discuss the different thingshe has done, how his feelings changed but how it looks like he feels love at the end of the story ashe likes going to school.How did Nuna feel after a day with the Colour Monster at school? What might she need todo? Exhausted/tired – She might need a nap or sleep.
Activity Doing Turtle - Nuna was tired and sometimes cross with Colour Monster. Practice ‘DoingTurtle’ with Nuna.How to Do Turtle1. STOP2. Take a long, deep breath3. Say the problem and how you feelAdditional Activities Feelings Role Play – Role play different feelings from the story eg. Colour Monster feeling scaredas he walked in and hiding, Ms Edwards feeling cross as he was eating the book, Children feelinghappy in PE, Nuna feeling tired at the end of the day. Can you guess the feeling and who in thebook might have felt this way and when? My Feelings Collage – Think about how you feel at Nursery/ Home. Draw a picture of you andcolour in the different feelings you have. You could also draw an outline of your body in differentplaces and colour how you feel in those different places. Make Colour Monster Cookies – Bake Cookies and ice them with the colours that you are feelingabout going to school. Thinking Ahead - Think ahead to starting school. What are you looking forward to, what are youscared about?
The Colour Monster Goes To School by Anna Llenas 2019 Templar Books (33 pages) NOVEL STUDY The Colour Monster Goes To School by Anna Llenas SUMMARY This book is the sequel to The Colour Monster and follows the Colour Monster on a brand new adventure as he navigates his way through his first day at school. Through this book, he finds out what .
