While I read the classic tale of  “Harold and the Purple Crayon” by Crockett Johnson to my students, I invited them to draw and tell me their own purple crayon story…
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I have several versions of “Harold and the Purple Crayon” and I went ahead and shared two of my versions with the children. While I read our first version of the book, the children were given a crayon and a clipboard to draw their own stories…
Some of the children drew while I was telling the story while others waited until the story was finished before they began to draw. It was interesting observing what the children preferred to do…
As the children completed their drawings with a purple crayon, I invited those who would like to share their drawings or tell a story about their drawings with us to come up and share…
Although many of our drawings often looked like long lines going off in different directions, each line still found its way to tell us a story…
As part of our center time, the children were invited to complete a drawing that I had started on the wall while reading our second version of “Harold and the Purple Crayon.”…
I pretty much drew the same simple lines Harold had followed in the book only I purposely left out some of the lines so the children could either choose to add them or add their own ideas to our purple drawings on the wall…
Throughout the morning, the children could stop by anytime they wished and add to our purple drawing but I didn’t get a photo of the drawing in action today but here is a look at the drawing behind the boys playing…
And a little look at the drawing with the books laying nearby…
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