As opposed to a color your heart activity (where the feelings are separate) the Color Monster’s feelings can be mixed up. One thing to notice is how the feelings are being drawn. The book identifies five feelings of happy, sad, angry, fearful, and calm, but I wanted to make sure if other feelings came up there would be space for them so I included eight. So, after we read the book I have them select colors (up to eight - but let's be honest you could add more boxes and print a duplicate of the feelings jar page if you needed more) and color code and write in what feelings came up for them today or in the week using The Color Monster Check In download. When I am reading this with young people after I will pause, ask them what they noticed, and most of the time go into a Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy activity about feeling identification and levels! I have included a free download of these worksheets HERE! I had so much fun creating these printables and thank goodness for all the Amazon packages I have been getting lately - there was no shortage of cardboard for this project! If you are doing any sort of metaphor work with kids this is a GREAT book to get the wheels turning! It compares anger to a fire you might want to stomp out, sadness to a rainy day, and calm like leaves swaying in the wind.
The book also emphasizes being able to feel and honor whatever feeling comes up and tell us that it is OK to feel all of these feelings, it is okay to listen to our bodies, and it is okay to cry! So powerful, especially for young people who often get flooded and want to repress feelings.Īnother thing that is just fantastic about this book is the use of metaphor.
But I’ll be nice to you, Color Monster, and your anger will disappear!”. This makes sense as to why my most favorite line in the book is “ Sometimes, you want to take out your anger on others. One of my favorite things to tell young people is that f eelings aren’t good or bad – they are just our bodies way of letting us know what is going on in the world around us! For a lot of the littles (and teens too) that we work with there can be a lot of judgement that comes with anger and a portion of the therapeutic work can go towards decreasing shame about this real, normal, human emotion. The level of compassion in this book is SO wonderful. A little girl takes the monster by the hand and gently helps the Color Monster untangle and separate out all of these feelings and put them into jars. This book is a wonderful story about a “Color Monster” who is full of mixed up colors and emotions. Enter “ The Color Monster” by Anna Llenas! This book is AMAZING and as I talk about here and here bibliotherapy is such a wonderful practice that is so adaptable to provide as a therapeutic approach in all sorts of settings – office, in home, at school, and of course Tele-Play! This can be confusing and sometimes we need help untangling them and sorting them all out.
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