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Foundations for writing
Activities and Strategies
for Development
Scribble A’Round
Use the recipe below to make round crayon disks from old crayon stubs for
your toddlers to use for scribbling.
Provide plain white or colored paper.
Show the children these uniquely shaped crayons and invite them to see how
they work on the paper.
Recipe for Scribble Rounds:
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Ahead of time, collect old crayons and remove the papers.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and turn it off.
Put crayon stubs in old muffin tins, sorted by color, and put the tins in
the oven.
Remove the tins when the crayon wax is completely melted.
Allow the muffin tin to cool.
Take a knife to gently lift the edges of the wax disks from the muffin pan.
Sidewalk Picasso
On a sunny day, take your children to a sidewalk outdoors.
Let the children help you carry out small buckets of jumbo colored chalk.
Invite them to use the chalk to create pictures on this large “canvas.”
As you observe, ask the children to tell you about their “drawings.”
When you return to the classroom, say, “Jamal told me his picture was a fire
truck. Casey made long, yellow lines on the sidewalk. There are yellow lines on
the road too!”