Materials
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
Purple crayons
Large paper banner
Instructions
1. Read and discuss Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson.
2. Invite the children to create a character like Harold and give him or her a name. Lay the bannerpaper on the floor or a long table.
3. Decide what your character will do first, and draw a simple picture using straight or wavy linesin purple crayon. Invite one of the children to continue telling the story and add some lines tothe drawing. When the first child is finished, invite the rest of the class in turn to finish the storyand drawing.More to doLanguage: Have the children dictate their own story and design a book of their own with whitepaper and a crayon.