Harold and the Purple Crayon
Harold and the Purple Crayon
"One night, after thinking it over for some time, Harold decided to go for a walk in the moonlight." So begins this gentle story that shows just how far your imagination can take you. Armed only with an oversized purple crayon, young Harold draws himself a landscape full of beauty and excitement. But this is no hare-brained, impulsive flight of fantasy. Cherubic, round-headed Harold conducts his adventure with the utmost prudence, letting his imagination run free, but keeping his wits about him all the while. He takes the necessary purple-crayon precautions: drawing landmarks to ensure he won't get lost; sketching a boat when he finds himself in deep water; and creating a purple pie picnic when he feels the first pangs of hunger.
Crockett Johnson's understated tribute to the imagination was first published in 1955, and has been inspiring readers of all ages ever since. Harold's quiet but magical journey reminds us of the marvels the mind can create, and also gives us the wondrous sense that anything is possible. (Ages 4 to 8)(amazon.com review)
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Online Units and Resources for Harold and the Purple Crayon
Literature resources for younger children
A large number of FIAR resource for specific books as well as general resources that can be used with any literature. Includes Elements of a Story Bookmark, World Traveler Passport, Classic Story Timeline, President Chart & President Disks and more. Scroll down for the links to the downloads. Requires Adobe Acrobat reader. (Y,M)
Harold and the Purple Crayon Lapbook
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Purple Crayon resources
Vocabulary cards, fraction pies, memory game, and more (Y)
Crayon Creation
Using Harold and the Purple Crayon as inspiration, the students will tap into their imagination to create their own crayon drawing. Then, they will use their crayon drawing to a write story. (Grade 1-7)
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Harold and the Purple Crayon
This unit for emerging readers uses Crockett Johnson's Harold and the Purple Crayon as a jumping off point for an exploration of neighborhoods, principles of color, and map reading. (Grades K-4) (Y)
KinderArt® Lesson/Activity
Students will use shapes to stimulate their imaginations and create a unique image, practice correct gluing skills, use crayons to draw details that will complete their images. (Grade: K-3) (Y)
Learning about Maps and Colors
Students will develop basic geography skills by reading neighborhood maps. They will learn how to interpret map symbols and identify the specific colors used for each. Students will learn to identify primary and secondary colors, then use them to create their own map, map symbols, and colored map key. (Grades K-4) (Y)
Harold and the Purple Crayon Children's Activites
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Creative Nature
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Go-alongs about Transportation
The Energy Story - Comprehensive description of electricity with 15 chapters detailing the many sources of electricity. Includes: Geothermal Energy, Fossil Fuels -- Coal, Oil and Natural Gas, Hydro Power and Ocean Energy, Nuclear Energy, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, and Transportation Energy.
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Zoom Inventors and Inventions - From Enchanted Learning; indexed alphabetically, by date, and by category (Clothing, Communication, Food, Fun, Medicine, Science/Industry, Transportation, Undersea)
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Go-alongs about Astronomy
A Solar System Coloring Book--Beginner - The source of this material is Windows to the Universe, at http://www.windows.ucar.edu/ at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). (Y)
A Trip Through Our Solar System An Internet Scavenger Hunt - You have been selected by the National Space Travel Institute to take a high-speed voyage through our solar system. Your journey will begin on our star, the Sun. This fantastic round-trip voyage will take you all the way to Pluto and back again! You have been asked to find the answers to some interesting questions along the way. Click on the underlined blue links to find the answers.
Good luck...and have a great trip! (Y, M)
A Trip Through the Solar System - PPT presentation from Mrs. Frederick’s
6th Grade Class in 2004
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Amazing Space - Web-based space activities for classroom use. This site is full of excellent lesson plans and activities, but be aware this site does present the Big Bang Theory in an understated way. (Y, M, O, T)
Apollo 11 - NASA has put together a commemorative Apollo mission section of their site to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the lunar landing of Apollo 11. Start with the flash video on the linked page, then looking around the site. Click on the "to NASA's Apollo site" link below the video, you will find the main Apollo page. From there, check out the Google Moon exploration of the lunar landing site, the onboard audio from the ship (you can either listen to the hours of transmission or download a pdf transcript), see the restored videos of the moon walk, view the image gallery, and more. (Y, M, O, T)
Apollo 11 Story - On July 20, 1969, the human race accomplished its single greatest technological achievement of all time when a human first set foot on another celestial body. Get the Apollo 11 story from launch to splashdown. (Y,M)
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. (Y, M, O, T)
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
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Astronomy: Our Place in Space - From Ology - American Museum of Natural History. (Y, M, O, T)
Auroras - Find out more about the mysterious phenomenon also called the Northern Lights. Beautiful photography and a teacher's guide with a few ideas for using the site in the classroom.
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Blast Off Boutique - The Space Shuttle EMU (extravehicular mobility unit) is like a space ship for one person! It is made up of nineteen separate parts. Each part has a special job to do in keeping astronauts safe and healthy while they work outside their spacecraft. Can you match the description with the correct EMU part? Once you have made your decision, type the letter from the picture next to the clue which you think best describes the part. (Y)
Blast off! Explore the solar system online - Look through telescopes to see what's happening in space (Y, M, O, T)
Exploring Planets in the Classroom - This hands on activity guide will use concrete examples to introduce scientific concepts involving space. "More than 25 hands-on science activities are provided in classroom-ready pages for both teachers and students for exploring Earth, the planets, geology and space sciences. (Y, M, O, T)
Google Earth - Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in -- Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips. (Y, M, O, T)
Interplanetary Virtual Tour - This is an awesome collection of almost 100 pages of photos and information that can be explored systematically through the tour or overviewed through the "Express Tour". The images of the planets and their satellites will entertain the youngest students (Y, M, O, T)
Journey Through the Solar System - Welcome to our ThinkQuest Junior project. Sit back and relax as we show you incredible pictures from around our solar system. We also have interviews from two highly respected sources. Dr. Kevin Baines, astronomer from NASA/JPL, and Dr. Eleanor Helin, astronomer from NASA/JPL. She is a member of the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking Team. (Y)
Kennedy Space Center Educator Resources - (Y, M, O, T)
Make a comet tail - Activity for space unit. (Y,M) (Y,M)
Nasa News for Kids - Science fun, Games, Art & Stories, Activities and Kids club. (Y, M, O, T)
Nasa Quest - Connection K-12 classrooms with people, research and science through mission based interactions and activities. (Y, M, O, T)
NASA Teaching Materials - Extensive database of downloadable educational materials searchable by subject, grade level and product type (Y, M, O, T)
National Science Foundation - NSF - Where discoveries begin. (Y, M, O, T)
OLogy - OLogy means "the study of." And here on the American Museum of Natural History's OLogy Web site, you can study and explore many cool OLogies. What's your favorite OLogy? If you're fascinated by spiders, then you're into ARACHNOLOGY. If you erupt with joy for volcanoes, then VOLCANOLOGY is your thing. If you're completely wowed by planets and stars, then you love ASTRONOMY. (Y M)
Our Trip Through the Solar System - PPT presentation from Arthur T. Cummings School 2006 (Y)
Outer Space Crafts - Great hands on crafts for younger students studying space. (Y,M)
Soaring Through Our Solar System - Reading Comprehension worksheets for solar system unit. (Grades 2-4) (Y)
Solar System Wordsearch - From ABC.teach (Y, M, O, T)
Space Agriculture in the Classroom - Inspiring kids to stay close to the earth and reach for the stars! (Y, M, O, T)
Space Kids - Space science for kids! (Y M)
Space Science Institute - The Space Science Institute (SSI) is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation formed in 1992. Our purpose is to create and maintain an environment where scientific research and education programs can flourish in an integrated fashion. (Y, M, O, T)
Space Shuttle Launch Simulation - From NASA; this simulation requires students to complete pre-launch steps in order to actually launch the space shuttle. If an error message occurs, the all systems will shut down and the student must restart the launch process. Good practice for real life. (Y, M, O, T)
Space Weather Center - With games, Activities and E-Cards. (Y, M, O, T)
SpaceWeather.com - For the skywatchers among us, SpaceWeather.com is a wonderful site for predicting space events such as meteor showers, auroras (northern lights), falling asteroids, and more. (Y, M, O, T)
Star Journey - This site from National Geographic contains star charts, start attractions, and views from the Hubble telescope. (Y, M, O, T)
StarChild - Developed by two middle school science teachers for NASA, StarChild is a learning center for young astronomers with information, movies, and songs about astronomy. The site has two levels, one for elementary and one for middle school grades. It has sections for our solar system and the universe as well as a space stuff area where students can find information about astronauts, telescopes, space travel history, and more. (Y M)
Styrofoam Planets - You guessed it: make styrofoam planets. (Y,M)
The Aurora Page - A source for Information, links and images about the "Northern Lights" on-line since the Web began (Y, M, O, T)
The Space Place - Come on in and check out our games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology. (Y)
the virtual sun - The Sun is our nearest star. Because of that, we can study it better than any other star. And when you do that, you see that the Sun isn't as boring as it may look from earth! In the following `Trip through the Sun' you'll see flames on the Sun larger than ten earths, winds going 1000 mph, and you'll see how the earth eventually will be scorched by the dying Sun. The duration of this journey is about 20 minutes. It shows spectacular images and MPEG animations of solar flares, sun spots, magnetic fields and solar eclipses, and explains a lot about the science of the sun and the influence it has on the solar system. (Y, M, O, T)
Trip Through the Solar System - Language Arts Grade Level - 1 (Y)
Websites for Blast Off Program - here are lots of fascinating, fun ways to explore space through cyberspace! Take a look at some of these stellar web sites! Some are just fun games to play. Some help you learn more about space. (Y)
WorldWide Telescope - Immerse yourself in a seamless beautiful environment!!! WorldWide Telescope (WWT) enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world. Experience narrated guided tours from astronomers and educators featuring interesting places in the sky. (Y, M, O, T)
Zoom Astronomy - a comprehensive on-line site about space and astronomy (Y)
Go-alongs about Art
Acting Out: Create a Play Using Sculpture - Combining appreciation for outdoor sculpture with drama (Y, M, O, T)
Animate Your World - "Animate Your World: Shaping Character is a fun, innovative, and unique CD-ROM program designed to help educators, both in and out of the classroom, incorporate character education skills into their everyday curricula... AYW provides students the tools they'll need to create their own custom animation, using positive character traits and behaviors learned through the countless activities and resources found on the CD-ROM." Both my kids love using this software to created animated short features. (Y, M, O, T)
Art Attack! - Great site for art! There is a nice list of projects with easy to find supplies. This is not your preschooler's art! This site is graphic intensive so it takes awhile to load, but those of you who like step-by-step pictures will love it. Thanks to Sherry (Y, M, O, T)
Art Capades - activities to encourage kids to think about the things they see (Y, M, O, T)
Art sparkers - ideas to spark the art imagination in your children (Y, M, O, T)
ArtBug Mail - This is a new resource for homeschooling families, designed by a homeschooling family in BC, Canada. Frëë art tutorials and art software designed especially for 4 – 10 year olds are available from their website. A private online art gallery service for children (allowing them to easily archive their own work) and the first completely safe art email service for children as young as four years old are offered as a low-cost resource but are not required to access the fr๋๋ resources. Angela and Jon have made their own children's art galleries viewable on their website to give other families an idea of what their own children's art galleries could look like. Family membership on the website (for up to four children), is $5.95 per month and the annual family membership offers best value, equivalent to $4.83 per month, but you can use it at NO COST for the rest of 2007. All you need to do is download the software and follow the instructions on the setup wizard and you will have fully featured membership for fr๋๋ee for the rest of 2007.
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Artist Quest - (Y, M, O, T)
Baby Honu (Pacific Green Sea Turtle) Origami - (Y, M, O, T)
Cheeky Monkey Magazine - This new online magazine (it's in PDF format) features the artwork and writing of homeschool students. There is no cost for the subscription and some of the work is quite good. They even pay a small fee if the work is published. Whether you just want to see what other homeschoolers are accomplishing or want to submit work of your own, Cheeky Monkey is worth a look (Y, M, O, T)
Create Line Art - Students of all grades will recreate works of art by analyzing their lines. (Y, M, O, T)
Cross-platform Animation Software - Pencil is an animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics. Pencil is free and open source. There is an abbreviated online user manual and a forum for users. (Y, M, O, T)
Didjeridoo - From the Aboriginal Australia Art & Culture Centre in Alice Springs. (Y, M, O, T)
Exploratorium - The museum of science, art and human perception. Online since 1993, the Exploratorium was one of the first science museums to build a site on the World Wide Web. Our site now contains over 18 thousand award-winning Web pages exploring hundreds of different topics. (Y, M, O, T)
First Gov for Kids - First Gov is the U.S. government interagency Kids' Portal. The site was developed and is maintained by the Federal Citizen Information Center and provides links to Federal kids' sites along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by subject. Explore, learn, have fun and don't forget to add us to your favorites! (Y)
Geometry and Islam - A short student activity that introduces why patterns are used in Islamic books, textiles and architecture and how to use a compass and a ruler to create two common patterns. (Y, M, O, T)
How to read a painting - "As a result of this learning episode, students will be able to follow a structured method of critiquing an art work to discover its substance and meaning." (Y M O)
Islamic Art and Culture - Large collection of links to cultural resources (Y, M, O, T)
Kids at Art - The Imagination Factory - Kids at Art is a website dedicated to teaching how to use recycling in art. In addition to many projects, the site includes an exploration of various artwork around the country. (Y, M, O, T)
KinderArt - Despite its name, KinderArt is not just a resource for primary grades. Whether you are looking for drawing lessons for your middle-schooler or multi-cultural holiday crafts for any age, KinderArt is the place to look. The site includes lesson plans and project ideas. (Y)
LEGO® Madness - Want to motivate your kids to turn off the computer and television this summer? Send them to this website and I bet their play area will be strewn with LEGO® pieces before you know it. Eric Harshbarger has created hundreds of sculptures and mosaics using LEGO® pieces. Photos of them (some with multiple views) are posted on his website, along with a detailed FAQ to satisfy the curiosity of inspired artists-to-be. (Y M)
Mr. PicassoHead - A friend sent this great site to an unschooling list of which I am a member. It is so cool! I just spent the past 15 minutes creating my very own Mr. PicassoHead masterpiece. Once your child creates a painting, you can email it to yourself to save a copy. (Y, M, O, T)
Picturing America - An exciting new initiative from the National Endowment for the Humanities, brings masterpieces of American art into classrooms and libraries nationwide. Through this innovative program, students and citizens will gain a deeper appreciation of our country’s history and character through the study and understanding of its art. (Y, M, O, T)
Portsmouth - Courthouse Galleries Programs - The Courthouse Galleries, housed in the 1846 Courthouse, are devoted to offering quality educational, cultural and aesthetic experiences in the arts through rotating visual art exhibits, lectures, classes, and performances.
Outdoor Sculpture Competition February 8 - October 12, 2008 The outdoor sculpture exhibition, now in its third year, is displayed in the historic courtyard of the Courthouse Galleries.
New Revolutions - Wood-turners from Tidewater February 8 - May 4, 2008 - Entrance Galleries Featured in this exhibition are wood-turners from the tidewater region of Virginia, many of whom are members of the Tidewater Turners. Works by Bob Chiavarini, Tom Crabb, Mike Dennis, Cliff Guard, Jim Vogle, Wolfgang Voglebean and Jerry Whitehurst are offered.
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Teach Art at Home - excellent resource by an art teach with monthly newsletter and free online projects (Y, M, O, T)
The Art Zone - From the National Gallery of Art Kids' site, the Art Zone is an interactive online art studio. Hate the mess of paint, scissor, and glue? Try the online collage maker, the Paint Box, the Pixel Maker, and more. The Art Zone will keep your artist busy for hours. (Y,T)
The Values of Color: Drawing Shades and Tints - (Y, M, O, T)
Vatican Museums On Line - View the collections Online, Read about the artworks and Zoom into the details of paintings, frescoes and artworks.
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Vatican Virtual Tour - (Y, M, O, T)
Vatican Virtual Tour Practise - See how much you learned after taking the Vatican Virtual Tour (Y, M, O, T)