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	Listen to a song and use the song as a model to write or talk about a monster.

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	Monsters

Monsters are great fun for children, and you can use them to talk about lots of topics. Younger children will enjoy inventing and drawing monsters. You can talk or write about the pictures together using language for parts of the body, colours, and phrases such as 'He's got ...'. Older children will enjoy finding out about monsters in stories and legends. You'll find some examples in the activities on LearnEnglish Kids, but you could also talk about monsters from children's books and films, such as King Kong.
You'll find activities about monsters here:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-topics-monsters.htm

			With these materials your child can:
			make their own monster online, and practise parts of the body
			practise matching simple descriptions to pictures
			read jokes about monsters
			learn about monsters from stories and legends
			learn about Nessie, Scotland's Loch Ness monster (and read a story about her!)
			listen to a song and print some activities for the song
			read stories about Hairy Henry

The activities range from the simple (matching the descriptions and pictures for example) to more complex activities (such as doing a quiz about monsters from stories and legends). On the topics page you'll find symbols to help you choose the activities for each group and level.

You can use these materials to practise English with your child. On this page you'll find an idea for an activity you can try with your child. On the left you'll also see a list of links to resources about this topic on teaching websites that you may find useful.

SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOUR CHILD

There is a song called the 'Hairy Scary Monster Rap' on this page:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-songs-monster-rap.htm

			The song is about a monster called 'Song'. The song tells you where the monster lives, what he drives, what he looks like, what he eats, what he drinks, what he likes and what he doesn't like.
			Listen to the song with your child. Listen again if your child likes the song, and would like to hear it again.
			If your child can read and write some English, download and print the first activity. You will find the lyrics to the song with some words missing. Can you and your child remember what words go in the gaps? Some of them rhyme! Listen to the song again to see if you are right.
			Now download and print the second activity. Here you can see a picture of Song the monster, and some simple sentences about him. Your child can draw a monster here, and write similar sentences about their monster. Your child might want to write some inventive things about their monster. If you don't know words in English, look them up in the dictionary together.