Shake off the winter blues with Grumpy Monkey Spring Fever activities. They’re a joyful mix of English Language Arts and social-emotional learning perfect for springtime! Students explore big feelings and buzzing energy through labeling emotions, drawing calming strategies, and reflecting on how moods can change. Literacy skills bloom with sentence starters, vocabulary work, parts of speech sorting, fact vs. opinion activities, and informational reading about spring. Creative crafts like flower crowns, paper potted plants, and egg decorating keep hands busy while conversations about emotions and self-regulation grow. The Grumpy Monkey Spring Fever activities make it easy to harness that spring fever energy and turn it into meaningful learning.

As a result of the included activities, students will be able to:

• Create a flower crown.
• Decorate eggs.
• Illustrate various emotions.
• Label emotions.
• Draw calming activities.
• Illustrate story events.
• Complete sentence starters.
• Illustrate a spring scene.
• Write about spring.
• Alphabetize words from the story.
• Sort nouns, verbs, and adjectives from the story.
• Sort facts and opinions about spring.
• Read and comprehend informational passages about spring.
• Sort words based on shades of meaning.
• Create a paper potted plant.
• Apply Writing Skills with the included: writing templates and prompts.
• Practice Reading Comprehension with included discussion questions for the beginning, middle, and end of the book.
• Engage in Social Skills with included whole group prompts and activities.
• Develop Fine Motor Skills with included coloring, tracing, cutting, and gluing activities.
• Participate in a scavenger hunt.
• Use digital tools to define vocabulary.
• Use speaking and listening skills to participate in focused conversations.

With these activities, students don’t just read about spring fever. They practice managing it with confidence, kindness, and creativity.

💙Feeling a little spring fever? Our educator-created learning activities turn wiggly energy into meaningful learning!

💙 After downloading the activities, enjoy the story with your Novel Effect soundscape for a read-aloud that buzzes with springtime fun.

About the Book and Soundscape

Jim’s not grumpy. He’s giggling?! When spring fever hits the jungle, calming breaths and lavender won’t stop the sillies. This playful soundscape bursts with marimba, bongos, kalimbas, and monkey drum fun. Plus a cheeky surprise when Jim talks straight to you at the end!

Don’t have the book yet? Grab your copy and help students explore big feelings, blooming moods, and brighter days ahead!