Milo's Monster is part of our Starts With a Story Collection, which includes more than 550 picture book companions based on high quality children’s literature that support you in delivering highly-engaging interactive read alouds with follow up activities. Learn more about this children’s book below! - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
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SUMMARY
"Milo's Monster" by Tom Percival is a heartwarming and relatable children's book that delves into themes of anxiety, friendship, and facing fears. The story follows Milo, a young boy struggling with his worry monster, a physical embodiment of his worries and anxieties. When the worry monster grows bigger and more overwhelming, Milo starts to listen to the green monster and completely stops seeing his best friend, Jay. However, with the support of a new friend, Milo learns to confront his worries and finds that his monster starts to disappear. Through gentle storytelling and colorful illustrations, the book offers valuable lessons about opening up, seeking help, and the power of friendship in overcoming anxiety. "Milo's Monster" is an empowering and comforting tale that resonates with young readers dealing with their own worries.
 USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Our read aloud lesson plans for this picture book come with reading comprehension questions (with sample student responses), 30 writing prompts, teaching ideas for grammar skills, social emotional learning discussion ideas, and more. Check out our list below to get a sneak peek at some of the skills this resource teaches.
- Analyze the illustrations in the story. Discuss how they provide meaning that the words might not.
- Cause and effect can be a difficult skill for students. This book is a perfect mentor text for teaching this skill.
- Practice making predictions throughout the book. Encourage students to check and see if their predictions were correct.
- Discuss the different adjectives used in the book.
- Teach a lesson on verb tense and have students categorize examples from the book.
- Use this book to discuss a variety of emotions with students and how to manage them.
- Discuss friendship and the qualities that make a good friend.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- comprehension questions
- 30Â writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
This book is a must have for your school or classroom library. Your students are going to love completing these activities for the book and you will be impressed with how much they learn. You will want to read this book to your class every year.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
You and your students will love the similar books listed below, which can all be found in our free picture book list.
- Meesha Makes Friend by Tom Percival
- Perfectly Norman by Tom Percival
- Ravi's Roar by Tom Percival
- Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival
- Tilda Tries Again by Tom Percival
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