Year 1 are reading…The Colour Monster!

The Colour Monster, by Anna Llenas

“Today the colour monster is feeling very mixed up. He’s yellow, blue, red, black and green all at once. Can you help him?”

This lovely book has helped us to explore our feelings in a fun way, and has helped us to come up with strategies to move between the different zones. If we’re in the green zone and are feeling calm, we can do some stretches and plan our next steps to make sure we are ready to learn. If we are in the blue zone, we can move around to give us some energy. We know if we are in the yellow zone, we can do some calming breathing exercises, and in the red zone, we can use different objects to calm us down. The children have made spinners for their tables to show the adults how they are feeling at different times of the day.

This has been a fun and gentle way to explore our feelings and to understand what changes make us move from zone to zone. The children have thoroughly enjoyed learning about emotions and how we can help ourselves each day!