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Monstrous Learning!

“People adore monsters. They fill their songs and stories with them. They define themselves in relation to them.” - Jim Butcher, Ghost Story
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Monsters make learning fun and approachable, because they don't have to look a certain way. Children must use their imagination when learning with monsters. Below are some free resources, web tools, apps, and activities that include monsters. 
Monstrous Learning! Monster Activities, Resources and Apps from Shelly Sanchez Terrell

Resources 

  • Teach Your Monster to Read is a site that helps kids learn phonics, spelling, and vocabulary through various monster games.
  • Draw my monster – Students draw monsters, then are put in pairs. Student A must describe his monster to Student B. Student B draws the monster.
  • Animate student monsters with Blabberize or  Chatterpix Kids iOS app. 
  • Monster stories – Use tools like  EduBuncee, Storybird, Toon Doo, or Book Creator to create multimedia stories with the monsters.
  • My kids love creating monsters with Learn English Kids, because the monsters dance and sing after they are created. Find tons of monster handouts and animated stories with games.
  • Monster planet – Have learners create the planet their monsters came from with play dough.
  • Class Dojo uses monsters to help children learn about mindfulness and also helps teachers with parent communication. 
  • One of my favorite books to read to kids about monsters is The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson. Find fun activities, songs, handouts, games and more that accompany this book.
  • Children can learn to code! My students love Code the Yeti and Tynker. No registration required for many projects and easy for beginners. 
  • Find a few book ideas here such as Where the Wild Things Are and The Gruffalo.
  • Check out the spellbook template on Boggles World.  
  • Students can create magic potions or spells and learn science and math. Find the magic potion pair activity I created here. Find Halloween related cooking recipes here for potions, slime, fake blood, and more.
  • Make a horror flick and add special effects these free Android and IOS apps like Quo Movie FX, Creature FX, and Action Movie FX.
  • Draw My Monster, Alien, or Costume- Students can get into pairs, one describes a costume or monster that the other student draws. Try this as a web or mobile activity with Educreations or Let’s Learn How to Draw Monsters.

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