Monsters
Big monster
Small monster
Very very
tall monster
This one
is a cool monster!
Roar!
ROAR! ROAR!!
Jolly
monster
Proud monster
Fluffy like
a cloud monster
This one
is a loud monster!
Roar!
ROAR! ROAR!!
Wet
monster
Dry monster
Flying in
the sky monster
Tiny little
shy monster!
Roar!
ROAR! ROAR!!
Green
monster
Red monster
Standing
on its head monster
Sleeping
in your bed monster!
Snore!
SNORE! SNORE!!
I wrote this poem because I am running some workshops with toddlers. I love to talk and write about monsters, but the monster poem I do with the older children, Ooshus Magooshus, may be a little bit scary for the very little ones. I hope the poem above is tame enough for them, at the same time as being fun and interesting. Here are some monster activity ideas based on the poem above.
Physical
Everyone wanders around the room pretending to be monsters. The supervisor calls out an adjective such as those in the poem - e.g. 'big', 'small', 'shy', 'loud', and everyone needs to pretend to be that kind of monster. They need to imagine what it would be like, do actions and make noises. They could even have percussion instruments to help generate more noise and atmosphere.
Artistic
Just like I've done below, everyone could draw their own monster pictures. They could then think of a word to describe their monsters (to be written down by a helper), and show it to the group. The supervisor could then fit these together to form a poem, to be performed by the group.
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