Shy Me Word Search

Include vocabulary such as brave, friend, teacher, practice, crowd, sharing, courage, feelings and kindness.

Emotion Charades

Students act out different emotions while classmates identify the feeling and explain the clues they observed. 

Our Classroom Courage Book

As a culminating activity, create a collaborative class book inspired by Shy Me. Give each student one page with the prompt: “I feel brave when …” or “One way I help someone who feels shy is …” Students complete the sentence, illustrate their page and sign their work....

Courage Collage

Just as Ashley Barron’s collage illustrations communicate emotion through color, texture and shape, students will create their own mixed-media “Courage Collage.” Provide magazines, construction paper, patterned paper, tissue paper, markers, crayons and glue. Students...

Sometimes I Feel Shy When … But I Can …

Invite students to reflect on how the character learns that being shy does not mean they cannot participate or be brave. Explain that everyone experiences moments of uncertainty, and those moments do not define who they are. Provide each student with the sentence...