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BROKEN CRAYONS (AND UNBROKEN CRAYONS) IN EDUCATION

(Last updated December 22, 2019)

First off, THANK YOU SO MUCH for the enthusiasm and kind words about my broken crayon doodles!

I've also been excited to see educators and librarians using broken crayon activities to inspire art and writing with their students. If you've been using my broken crayon art examples and activities in your school or library, I would love to hear about it!

Here are just some of the ways they have been using broken crayon activities in schools and libraries...

CREATE A BROKEN CRAYON MAKERSPACE

Inspired by K-5 Library Media Director Rhonda Jenkins (@luv2teachtech on Twitter)'s Makerspace challenge in her Art Center, I've created two print-ready Makerspace signs.

One is in color (click the image to see a print-ready version or click HERE for automatic download):

One is a 2-per-sheet b&w version with a writing exercise added (click the image to see a print-ready version or click HERE for automatic download):

 Here is the Makerspace that Rhonda Jenkins posted (thanks for her permission to share):

I also love the broken crayon Makerspace photos that Lori Quintana (Twitter: @LinTheLibrary) posted:

COLLABORATING ON ART

Fifth-graders at South Davis collaborated on broken crayon art after reading SAM & EVA. Check out their broken crayon collab creations in this Padlet gallery.

After reading SAM & EVA to her kindergarten students, Allison Stout had the students collaborate on art:

LEARNING CREATIVE CRITICAL THINKING WITH BROKEN CRAYON ART

Educator Marilyn McAlister used broken crayon art to help her students practice creative critical thinking. The students did the project on index cards. Then they took a photo of their creation, inserted it into a Google slide, then wrote what their "intentions" were about their design. When I asked Marilyn about this, she recommended the book Intention: Critical Creativity In The Classroom by Amy Burvall and Dan Ryder.