My Favorite Colors Book

Young learners become authors as they write their own books about colors, using crayon resist art techniques.

• 1.

  Talk with children about their favorite colors and the objects, foods, and animals which are those colors. Encourage imaginative choices.

• 2.

  To create personalized books, fold white paper in half for the inside pages. Children write color names and draw things that are their favorite colors with Crayola® Crayons. Use the crayon labels as resources for spelling.

• 3.

  To make a book cover, use Crayola Scissors to cut firm paper...or oak tag to a size slightly larger than the book pages.

• 4.

  Illustrate the cover with more crayon drawings and color names, as well as the author/artist's name. Press firmly.

• 5.

  Cover the work area with recycled newspaper. Paint over the cover with Crayola Washable Watercolors and Watercolor Brushes. This crayon resist technique leaves a special background effect.

• 6.

  When the covers are dry, have an ADULT staple the finished pages and cover together.

Benefits

• Children make decisions about their favorite color(s) and create personalized books about them using drawing skills and crayon resist art techniques.
• Literacy skills are further developed as children write book titles and names of colors and objects, as well as their own names.
• Children's positive self-esteem and appreciation for human diversity is enhanced through a creative, individualized project.

Adaptations

• Compile a chart of children's favorite colors and items that are those colors. Emphasize how interesting it is that there are so many different color choices and such a variety of items in those colors.
• Make crayon rubbings on textured surfaces with paper and crayons whose labels have been removed. Cut or tear pieces of the rubbings, and glue them on construction paper to create a colorful collage.
• Read books about colors, such as <i>Hawaii Is a Rainbow</i>, to broaden children's awareness of color as it appears around the world.
• Younger children and those with special needs may need assistance with writing color names. Write color names on index cards for children to copy into their books or provide preprinted color name cards to glue into books with Crayola Washable Glue Sticks.