Crayons for Cancer

Teachers' Page

Want to get your class or school involved?

Here are some ideas that have already worked!
   
  • Get everybody involved by collecting crayons.  We can either pick them up, you can deliver them or ship them (email to discuss the details with us)
  • Have all the students in the school peel, sort and break the crayons (one school used recess time for this, kids choose to participate)
  • Add in a "Math" lesson for the kindergartners by having them sort all the crayons by color.
  • Add in another "Math" lesson for first grade by cutting curling ribbon to 12 inch lengths.
  • Host a "Crayon Party" (probably through your PTA/PTO) that does all of the above steps in one night.
  • If your in the southern New England region, ask us to stop by to discuss Crayons for Cancer and how it is helping families and children battling cancer everyday.
  • Another great idea (submitted by Parker Farms School in Wallingford, CT) is to have a school wide "Crayon War" to see who can collect the most.
  • Create Graphs with Crayon data (graphs on colors, days of the week that have the most crayons collected and number of crayons peeled per day.
  • Students who need to complete Community Service Hours can get involved by peeling crayons or sorting them by colors.
  • Check out some Crayon Slicers from our "library" and use them to slice crayons.
  • Have the Student Council take a leadership role in organizing an event.
  • Our favorite way to receive crayons is peeled, sorted into color groups and broken into small pieces as seen in the below picture.

     vs what we have received either is great!

 
  Here are some files to help get the word out.  Click on the previews to open them.
   

 

 

This document should be printed double sided and then folded into thirds.

 

 

 

 

 

This is a one page flier.