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A classic book that I hope all children have the opportunity to read is Where the Wild Things Are<\/a> by\u00a0 Maurice Sendak<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The characters in the story bring your child into a magical world where one special boy is the king of the Wild Things. It also shares that it\u2019s ok to dream and think big and that at the end of the day you are loved, even with a bowl of warm soup. It addresses the topic of anger with kids a topic which is important to discuss with your child. <\/p>\n\n\n Where the Wild Things Are<\/a> by Maurice Sendak<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n One fun way to talk about emotion is with colors.\u00a0 In the post I’m going to share with you a Color Game that you can play after you read the book. Your child will color the various Wild things and then you can or they can cut them out and hand them onto the trees of the forest you will create with pipe cleaners.\u00a0 It’s super easy and take about 10-20 minutes to set up and start playing.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here\u2019s a playful game with Max that will encourage your child to identify their colors and talk about their feelings. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Materials<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Directions <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Using the pipe cleaners create trees with your child making one for each color. To Assemb<\/span>le twist the four pieces on pipe clear together leaving 2 inches at the bottom and 3 inches at the top for the branches.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Tape the trees down to a lid of the box <\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Have your child color images of the Wild Things.\u00a0 We printed the printable pack from RoyalBaloo <\/a>with many other activities too. You can download your own graphics from MelonHeadz Illustrating here<\/a>\u00a0to create a different printable.\u00a0 OR you can simple have your older child draw the characters from the story.\u00a0 When they are coloring have them select the colors you’ve chosen for the trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Cut out the Wild Things images and attach an opened paper clip to the back with tape so that they can hang form the trees just as they do in the story Where the Wild Things Are.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n 6.\u00a0 It’s Game Time!\u00a0 Have your child sort the Wild things by their color and hang them onto the tree for their own Wild Rumpus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. As your child plays with the colors discuss with them how certain colors make them feel.\u00a0Does red feel angry? Is yellow happy?\u00a0 Does green feel calm? Encourage them to express how they feel. Next we’re going to add Max’s Boat and Bed for our Small World Play for Where the Wild Things Are!<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you haven’t read the story yet, here’s a peek to Where the Wild Things are on youtube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thedsponit02-20&l=ur2&o=1\")
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3. Cut out leaves for the trees like the book and attach to the pipe cleaner trees with tape<\/p>\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/theeducatorsspinonit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Color2BTree2BGame2Bwith2BHow2BTo2BTutorial2Bfrom2BThe2BEducators25272BSpin2BOn2BIt2B-1.png\")
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