Purple People Eater

Earlier this week our class did a new fun visualization activity. This group of kids really gets into the concept of visualization. They love the idea that they can "make a movie" in their head.

Continuing with our monster theme, we listened to the song Purple People Eater. First I had the kids listen to the song and close their eyes to get a picture of the monster in their head. Then we listened to the song a few more times on repeat while they set to work drawing their mental picture using crayons and markers. After everyone was finished we shared the examples with everyone. The interesting thing about this visualization lesson is the song does not tell all the information about what the monster looks like. It gives certain pieces of information and you have to fill in the gaps using your imagination. The kids loved seeing everyone's different interpretation of the monster. Here are a few examples:

After sharing the examples, I pulled up a picture of the movie cover to show the kids:

We had fun comparing our version of the monster to the one in the movie.