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Teaching first graders to color is heart-felt. Teaching first graders to color correctly is challenging. My first graders want to rush through their coloring. When we have read a story, (ie: about Martin Luther King Jr) and his picture is on the front cover, I encourage my firsties to color their picture so it looks like Martin Luther King Jr, or Jackie Robinson, or Rosa Parks, or George Washington. Please do not color your person, orange, blue, purple or green, which is always followed by "have you ever seen an orange, blue, purple or green person?" My reply I hear is always "no." So they will take out the brown or black crayons and color or leave the paper white. With having a box of skin tone crayons, they will now be able to choose their color choice that is specific to their skin. Hopefully, I won't see any more brightly colored people.

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Teaching first graders to color is heart-felt. Teaching first graders to color correctly is challenging. My first graders want to rush through their coloring. When we have read a story, (ie: about Martin Luther King Jr) and his picture is on the front cover, I encourage my firsties to color their picture so it looks like Martin Luther King Jr, or Jackie Robinson, or Rosa Parks, or George Washington. Please do not color your person, orange, blue, purple or green, which is always followed by "have you ever seen an orange, blue, purple or green person?" My reply I hear is always "no." So they will take out the brown or black crayons and color or leave the paper white. With having a box of skin tone crayons, they will now be able to choose their color choice that is specific to their skin. Hopefully, I won't see any more brightly colored people.

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