A Box of Crayons

A box of crayons was the title of the lesson for our kindergartners. Diversity was a new vocabulary word we introduced during this lesson. To start the lesson, we did an activity called "trading places." We would call different traits out and if the students had that trait, they would trade places with another student. After that game, we had the class take a piece of white construction paper and fold it into three parts. They would then draw a head on the first part and fold it behind the other two parts and pass it to the person to the right of them. That person would draw the middle section of the body, and then fold it under and pass it to their right. The final section would have the feet drawn on to it. After everyone was finished, we showed all of the drawings to the class and discussed the importance of everyone being different. When we were finished with that, we had the class draw on the crayon templates. We asked them to include a picture of themselves and anything else that they like, such as their hobbies, colors, or dreams.


As an extension activity, it would be great to work in Martin Luther King day with it! Showing students positive role models that embrace diversity and change would be different for them. Reading different stories and watching videos of Martin Luther King would be a good activity.