18/09/2026
Wonderschool Taylor - As part of our focus on Child Safety, Kindness, Wellbeing and Belonging, we read the book 'The Colour Monster' with children. Through this beautiful story, children explored how different colours can represent different emotions and were encouraged to recognise and talk about their own feelings.
Our children shared some beautiful thoughts:
💙 C: “I feel sad when someone pushes me.”
💙 S: “I feel sad when I don’t have lollies.”
💕L: “I feel love when Mummy gives me hugs.”
💛 X: “I feel happy when I’m with Mummy and Daddy.”
These conversations showed children beginning to identify, understand, and communicate their emotions, while also listening to their peers' feelings and experiences.
Inspired by the story, each child created their own Colour Monster artwork, helping the monster to “untangle” its feelings. Children sorted the different colours and placed each one into its own bottle, representing the different emotions explored in the story.
This experience supported colour recognition, classification, fine motor skills and emotional understanding, while allowing each child to create their own unique representation of the Colour Monster’s feelings.
