Okay you heard it here…Crayola is retiring the dandelion color from its 24 crayon box. I sure hope its replacement is bright yellow because kids need that for sunshine faces! Tomorrow is National Crayon Day which my husband just said is synonymous with National Crayola Day. There is nothing quite like getting a brand new set of crayons and judging by all the adult coloring books in prime real estate at Barnes and Noble, adults are finding joy in coloring too.

Setting out a box of crayons and plenty of paper is a wonderful open-ended activity for kids and helps build fine motor skills for writing as well as language skills as kids create stories with their illustrations. Some children find writing a story challenging but will get inspired because they can draw the illustrations.