The Colour Monster by Anna Llenas is a fantastic book to help children learn about their emotions. I can be used to introduce a ‘daily emotions check in’. The daily check-in is great to do every morning as pupils enter the classroom as it prompts pupils to think about how they feel and gives staff the opportunity to identify any children who many feel a negative emotion and may not want to approach an adult to tell them. I created this daily check in and the resources to introduce the story and have used them in KS1 and KS2. It has had a positive impact on children’s emotional awareness, and I have received great feedback from other teachers and parents. The daily check ins can be set up in many different ways, including, labelling pots and children putting monsters in the pots (as seen in the pictures) or children can attach pegs on the synonym cards. This download includes: An introduction PowerPoint to the story A Colour Monster Reading Comprehension A ‘I feel … when?’ worksheets (for children to design their own colour monsters and think about when they feel different emotions. Display resources for daily check on (Including: Images of each colour monster, synonyms print outs, mini colour monsters for children and tags for pots) The font used is Twinkl. Each document has been saved in PDF form and Microsoft Word or PowerPoint (to be edited)

KS1 Common Exception Words Bookmarks Common exception words as specified in the National Curriculum. This resource is great for pupils to have handy in drawers or books during lessons to refer to and to promote independence. These are perfect to be printed in colour or black and white and they are already formated so all you need to do in print, fold trim and laminate. In PDF format and PPT to edit the font.

These cards are perfect for randomly pairing pupils or just as a fun activity/ brain break for the whole class to take part in and get them moving around the classroom. You can hand these cards out randomly and ask the children to find their partner (the person with the matching card), for example, the child with the ‘dog’ card would pair up with the child with the ‘bone’ card. This resource contains enough cards for 20 pair’s (40 pupils) so you can pick and chose which card pairs you wish to use if there is too many for your class. Available with a plain black border or a pastel border. This idea was inspired by the ‘Favourite Resources Section’ in the “Let’s Talk: Teacher Training Guide” published on TES.

Year 3 and 4 Common Exception Words Bookmarks Common exception words as specified in the National Curriculum. This resource is great for pupils to have handy in drawers or books during lessons to refer to and to promote independence. These are perfect to be printed in colour or black and white and they are already formated so all you need to do in print, fold trim and laminate. In PDF format and PPT to edit the font.

These very simple alphabet cards in three different colour designs are perfect for brain break activities, getting children to move around the classroom such as starting at A and getting the children to stand next to the person with the next letter in the alphabet and continuing this until you get to Z.