Glad Monster, Sad Monster

I have 2 preschoolers and this book has been a super fun way for them to learn emotions. It's light hearted and interactive with the masks. Very approachable foe the 2-5 crowd.

Believe it or not...this book helps control tantrums. Most kids between 2 and 4 don't have the vocabulary to express their feelings. This book teaches them the different emotions, and assigns a color to them. If my son starts to cry, instead of getting frustrated, I can ask him, "Are you a blue monter (the sad one) or a yellow monster (the glad one)? He'll say the blue monster. It's how we get kids to verbalize instead of tantrum. It's helped immensely. I wouldn't use the mask part though, cause kids sometimes don't understand that you are behind the mask and they think you've gone away. Also recommend "Go Away Big Scary Monster" by Emberly. Fantastic!!!On a side note...I will say that I've never been able to really use the fold out pages (that has eye holes for you to look through...so you can be one of the monsters)....the book's a bit unwieldy that way. But I just ignore that part of it and just read the book like I would any other.After the "mad monster" gets mad at a kid knocking down his blocks....I ask my son - What makes you mad? And then..."What makes you sad? - Happy?" - and so on.When you tell kids to stop yelling or throwing things (or whatever your kid might do to show frustration) sometimes they interpret it as, "We're not allowed to be angry." Which'll make them robots when they grow up. This book opens the discussion up for them.

The media could not be loaded.  What a fun book, includes masks to play with

My son loves this book, and I think it helps a lot with his emotional intelligence.The masks come out and there is a pocket in the back to hold them in. Of course they still get left out and ripped up, though. But it's nice that they thought of the pocket. We tried very hard to keep them safe for a couple of weeks!My son and I will reference what color monster we feel like sometimes to help express our feelings. I can ask him what color monster he feels like when he seems a little overwhelmed with emotion, which helps him to stop and reflect on his feelings so we can better address the problem. It's also a little more meaningful when I tell him, for example, that I feel like the blue monster because he is jumping on me and it hurts.Also, and this was of his own design, he uses his "monster friends" to help protect him from his blinds. The tree outside his window sometimes scrapes his window, so he's afraid of his blinds. But he'll call his monster friends and/or lay their masks around his bed to help him feel safe. He prefers the green monster, to better scare off whatever is scaring him.

I have a student who loved “Go Away, Monster” and so I purchased this to add to my collection. This story is a bit wordy, but the photos are fun and he enjoyed flipping through it. I would love to see it made more durable as the pages that open are sure to rip quickly.

Loved this book for emotions. The students loved it too. Gave it 4 stars because the masks are cute but will easily rip or get lost in the classroom. Would be great for at home though.

It is a perfect reading book for my 3 year old daughter.

Love these books!

I LOVE this book. When I was in playschool it was a huge hit and now I am in a classroom with kiddos with special needs and it is still huge hit 6 months later. It has cute monster face cut outs. Simple,cute explanation of feelings.

Excelente para ayudar a identificar los sentimientos a los niños y ayudar expresarlos.

This book is a great tool when it comes to teaching feelings and emotions to young children.

Conocía este libro en castellano y quería la versión en inglés ya que me gusta bastante y en general a los niños también les gusta.Se trata de un libro para trabajar las emociones, yo al contarlo modifico algo del vocabulario para hacerlo más reconocible por los niños (lo cuento a niños de hasta 7 años).Es atractivo tanto por los dibujos de los monstruos como por las caretas que te vas poniendo al contarlo (y que les encanta cuando pueden ellos manejar el libro y jugar con las caretas). Es sencillo de entender y además de trabajar las emociones se trabajan algunos colores.Puntos a favor:- Contenido del propio libro.- Las caretas de los monstruos con sus expresiones.Puntos a mejorar:- Las narices de las caretas se despegan con facilidad, hay que pegarlas.

Lovely and colourful book, can become interactive using the masks included. I am sure that children will enjoy it!