The Day the Crayons Quit 
Create a story: If I was a colour, I'd want to be ... because ... (SCSA: ACELA1444, ACELA1446, ACELA1787, ACADRM028, ACADRM027, ACELT1581 and ACELT1582)
Directed discussion topics (EYLF Outcome 1.3 and 3.1) (SCSA: ACELT1581)
Discussion/Debate/Role-play : I quit because... (SCSA: ACELA1444, ACELA1446, ACELA1787, ACELT1585, ACADRM027, ACADRM028 and ACADRM029)
Group activity: Use your bodies to create a machine that makes crayons. Make sure you use movement and sound effects. (SCSA: ACADRM028, ACADRM027 and ACADRM029)
Persuasive writing: Write a letter to Duncan explaining why you left. (SCSA: ACELA1447, ACELA1449,ACELA143,
Reduce, reuse, recycle: Design and create a new home for the broke crayons or think of ways they could be repurposed/reused. (SCSA: ACSHE022, ACSIS025, WATPPS06, WATTPPS07, ACAVAM107 and ACAVAM108)
Homecoming parade: Create an outfit/dress to represent a given crayon/colour and plan a celebration to welcome the crayons back to Duncans room.(SCSA: ACAVAM106, ACAVAM107, ACAVAM108 and WATTPS07)
Exploring emotions: How did each crayon feel and why? (EYLF outcome 2) (SCSA: ACELT1585, ACELT1584, ACELT1582)
Complete a role play or obstacle course through Duncan's living room: Draw a labelled map and a contingency plan on how to best escape from under the couch from the position of the Maroon crayon. (SCSA: ACMMG023, ACPMP025, ACMP029 and ACPMP032)
Explore the use of colours to represent emotions and replicate them in a personal painting/drawing in response to the stimulus 'I feel ... when ...' (SCSA: ACAVAM106 and ACAVAM107)
Empathy
(EYLF Outcome 1.4, 2.4 and 4.4)
- Which crayon do you feel most sorry for? Why?
- Which crayon seems the happiest? Why?
- Which crayon would you like to cheer up? Why?
- What could Duncan do to help his crayons?
Fairness: (EYLF Outcome 2.3)
- Is what happened to the crayons fair? Why/Why not?
- How could you create a safe space for all the crayons?
- What does fairness look like?
Colour survey: Conduct a survey and record your peers favourite colours and interpret the data. (SCSA: ACMSP262, ACMSP263 and ACELA1443)
- What is something you want to quit? Why?
- Do you ever feel like Beige (ignored and not valued)? When? Why?
- How do you feel when your friends argue like the crayons in the story?
- When have you felt embarrassed like Peach crayon?
- Are the crayons being treated equally/fairly?
Write a letter from the point of view of another everyday object that decides to quit. (SCSA: ACELT1581, ACELT1582 and ACELT12583)
Role play a conversation between two (or more) different crayons. (SCSA: ACADRM027, ACADRM029, ACELA1444 and ACELA1787)
Write a response to the crayons from Duncan. (SCSA: ACELA1447, ACELA1449, ACELA1452, ACELA1454, ACELA1457 and ACELA1458)
Design and create a new home for the crayons. How can you help each crayon feel safe? (SCSA: ACELT1584, WATPPS07, WATPPS09 and ACAVAM106)