We’ve seriously been having the BEST week ever in speech. We’ve been getting scary with the Big Green Monster.
The way this book is made it just perfect for our speech and language kids! Repetitive text with engaging pages that make the monster slowly appear and then disappear. My clients wanted to read it over and over again. As we read the book we focused on either adding an attribute to the noun (red mouth, sharp teeth, etc.) or making our phrases longer by saying “Go Away __”.
The real fun was the puppet we made! All of our puppet had the Big Green Monster but most had something else to practice too! This friend is working on decreasing stopping so we wrote his speech words on the monster.
This friend is working on following single step directions and we needed to cover the other choices and present them 1 at a time.
These friends were reading the directions to their fellow puppet maker to make three word utterances and give directions.
This friend was just working at staying in a group with his friend!
These friends are working on sentences and we glued the sentences strips to their bags to take home and practice!
Sounds fun right? Here is where you can get the goods: (Affiliate links included for your convenience.)
Go Away, Big Green Monster!
Go Away Big Green Monster App ($1.99)
Go Away Big Green Monster Puppet Directions Made by me.
(You will need Boardmaker to access these. I can not save them as a PDF because Mayer Johnson doesn’t allow freebies with Boardmaker symbols in them to be shared for free anywhere except in Boardmaker Share in a board maker file. )
Green Monster Coloring sheet freebie by Pink at Heart. Cut this across the mouth and attach to a paper bag to make a puppet.
Story Sentences found on Boardmaker Share
So hurry and ‘Go Away’ to download all those goodies! Post a picture on Instagram if you use them!
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I have not heard of this book, but I will have to check it out. I love these activity ideas! Sounds like a lot of fun!
I’ve never heard of this book, either! It’s going on my list!
I’m trying to get a weekly linky up & running; this would be perfect for it! I’d love it if you’d join in! 🙂
Thanks for all the links for the activities! My preschoolers will LOVE this! I esp like the ideas for my friends who are beginning talkers! Thank you!
I love this book! We also made monster feet that we tied to our shoes and stomped around to pretend we were the big green monster that was being scared away. My LIFE skills kids LOVED it! There are so many things that you can do with this one!
I love this book and these activities are so cute! We’ve been using it all week. Thanks for sharing Jenna!!
Hello Jenna,
Thank you for posting these activities. I do not have access to Boardmaker. Is there any way you could post the Boardmaker Online links to Teachers Pay Teachers? I feel bad for even asking. Thank you for all of your wonderful activities!
Like I noted in the post, giving them away in any format except boardmaker share violates the copyright terms. Thanks for stopping in!
Jenna
Hi Jenna!
I love these activities, and plan on using them in speech therapy this week. I am unable to find the “Go Away Big Green Monster” app in the app store. Please help! What am I doing wrong! Thank you.
Sincerely,
Marla Bentley
Hi. Were u ever to find this App????
No, I was not able to find it.
Somehow I always forget about this book! I can’t wait to use these activities with my preschoolers this week, and just in time for Halloween! Thanks so much for sharing your ideas!!!