The beginning of the school year is a busy time filled with teaching expectations and procedures. However, it is also a time to celebrate just how diverse and important each student is to your classroom! Just like a box of crayons, each student plays an important role in the overall picture. For this reason, I love to read crayon-themed picture books to help set the tone and build classroom community.

Crayon Colors Printable Book with 6 pages {free}

The Day the Crayons Quit Unit Study has book based activities ad snack ideas that you can use to create a unit study that is fun and educational.

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Crayon Box Craft for Kids inspired by The Day the Crayons Quit! (Fun activity for Back to School!) ~ BuggyandBuddy.com

Everyone knows the crayons love to colour but did you know that crayons have feelings too? Sometimes they are happy and sometimes they feel downright blue. From the creative minds behind the The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home comes a fun board book to help young readers understand and express their feelings.

Discover how to make invisible pictures just like in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day! This fun book activity is a literacy based art project that also builds writing skills as students paint “invisible” crayon resist pictures and write about what Alexander’s teacher would say now that she can see it-just like in the book!

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As a part of our art unit, we talked about line as an element of art. To introduce line, I read the classic book, Harold's Purple Crayon...