Back in the day when I taught elementary art I would put these large size crayons I made above each group of students’ table. I had 4 students to teach table. That way I could do my seating chart. I no longer teach elementary school, but wanted to share how I made these. The end of the crayon is just a styrofoam cup that I got for free from the lovely lunchroom ladies. The body of the crayon is just a piece of poster board wrapped into a cylinder. I stuffed the cylinder with old newspaper so that it would hold it shape. Then I glued the cup and the body together using hot glue. I would make the cylinder slightly smaller then the opening of the cup so it would fit tight. Then I would close the end off by hot gluing on a poster board circle at the bottom. Then I would paint the crayons, and use construction paper for a wrapper. The color names I made those in Adobe Indesign. I’m including a PDF to download if you would like to use them. I really think it helped me with the volume of student in elementary to have a seating chart for attendance and for behavior. I placed my son’s guitar next to it so you could get a sense of the size.
I really think more art education programs focused on classroom management. Though lessons are important, but if you don’t have good management nothing is going to get taught. It’s really about having protocol. People in general do better when they know what to expect and how things are run.
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