In art class, Mrs. Bruno read aloud, The Color Monster: A Book About Emotions by author and illustrator Anna Llenas. Students experienced “all the feels” as they explored the emotions and actions of the main character through the beautiful words and collage artwork. They color coded the feelings of happy, sad, angry, afraid, calm and love then created their own color monsters to represent their own feelings. “HAPPINESS is like the sun shining. ANGER is like a burning fire, and CALM is like the leaves swaying in the wind...” This lesson helped students to take control of and express their feelings through art.
