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My Monster’s Colour Zone

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The Book

The Colour Monster

Written & illustrated by Anna Llenas, published by Templar

This delightful picture book helps young children understand and identify their emotions. The story follows a confused monster whose feelings are all mixed up, leading a young girl to guide him in sorting and recognising each emotion by associating them with specific colours.

Through vibrant illustrations and engaging narrative, the book encourages children to explore their own feelings and develop emotional awareness. It supports children’s ability to recognise and describe how their body reacts to different emotions and situations (AC9HPFP03 – Foundation Year, Health and Physical Education).

The Colour Monster is an excellent resource for parents and educators to initiate conversations about emotions and support children’s social and emotional development.

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Resource creator

Lian Khanh

Subject

Health and Physical Education,

Level

Foundation,

Description

This activity helps children build emotional awareness by connecting feelings with colours, supporting their emotional literacy in a fun and interactive way. This activity works well when students already know basic emotions such as happy, sad, angry, and calm and the corresponding facial expressions.

Learning Intentions

• Students are learning to develop their ability to identify the colour zone of feelings.

Successful Criteria

✔ I can match emotions to their corresponding colour zones.
✔ I can recognise facial expressions that represent different feelings.

Curriculum Alignment

AC9HPFP03 9.0 (Health and Physical Education Foundation): Express and describe emotions they experience

• identifying and describing the emotions of people who are happy, sad, excited, tired, angry, scared or confused
• learning and using appropriate language and actions to communicate their feelings in different situations
• recalling and sharing emotional responses to different situations and representing these in a variety of ways
• reading and viewing stories about adventures, and talking about how characters feel and react when taking risks or responding to emergencies
• talking about connections between feelings, body reactions and body language
• expressing a variety of emotions, thoughts and views in a range of situations

ACPPS005 8.4 ( Foundation): Identify and describe emotional responses people may experience in different situations

• identifying and describing the emotions of people who are happy, sad, excited, tired, angry, scared or confused
• learning and using appropriate language and actions to communicate their feelings in different situations
• recalling and sharing emotional responses to different situations and representing this in a variety of ways
• reading and viewing stories about adventures and talking about how characters feel and react when taking risks
• talking about connections between feelings, body reactions and body language
• exploring how someone might think and feel during an emergency

Materials

  • The book The Colour Monster by Anna Llenas
  • Colour zone and monster’s emotion cards

Instructions

  • Introduction
    • Read The Colour Monster aloud or select key emotions from the book to focus on.
    • Discuss how each colour represents a feeling (e.g., green for calmness, blue for sadness).
    • Important Note: Different cultures, schools, or regions may associate emotions with different colours. Educators are encouraged to explore emotional colour zones relevant to their own context and adjust the activity accordingly.
  • Feelings Sorting Activity
    • Show a coloured card and ask, “What feeling do you think of when you see this colour?”
    • Hold up a monster’s emotion card with a facial expression (e.g., a smiling face) and ask, “Which colour zone matches this feeling?”
    • Invite a student to place the emotion card with the corresponding colour zone card.
    • Repeat with 3-4 more expressions, keeping the pace engaging.
  • One-on-One Practice
    • Place a mini pack of emotion cards on the mat.
    • Say an emotion (e.g., “Happy”) and ask an individual student to place the emotion card within the matching colour zone.
    • Ask them to describe how their body reacts to that emotion (e.g., “I feel warm inside when I’m happy” or “My heart beats fast when I’m nervous”), reinforcing their prior knowledge of emotions.

Extensions

Check out our FREE colouring activity here.

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