Written by Shane DeRolf
Illustrated by Michael Letzig
ISBN: 978-0-385-37303-6
In this fun little story about arguing colors in a crayon box, I thought it would be fun to have students discover the different rhythm patterns that each crayon name can have. First share the story above with the children. After hearing the story, we started with simple crayon shapes (I put a link below to order them if you don't already have access to them) that were laminated with magnets on the back. You could also use the attached SMART board activity if that's easier -- but the kids really enjoyed using the actual crayons from the box most.
Take each color from the box and lead students to discover the rhythmic pattern of each name. For example, "red" would be a simple quarter note pattern while "yellow" would be an eighth-note pattern. We decided that we would call "purple" lavender - thus giving it 3 sounds on a beat. They also decided that "blue" would be a 2-beat sound and used the half note for this color.
After introducing the color rhythms, share the story with the children again, asking them to "build" rhythm patterns as they hear the colors mentioned in the story. After each 2-page reading, invite children to read their color rhythm patterns as an interlude between each page of text.
Create and INTRO and CODA with the following poem:
Can you hear all the crayons in my box?
No one ever listens since everyone talks.
They argue all the day and they never get along.
Some day I hope they hear their names as rhythms and as songs.
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE YOUR COPY OF THE CRAYON BOX THAT TALKED.
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