A Box of Crayons : Learningplay : 9780986412158 : 0986412155 : 19 Oct 2017 : The song, A Box of Crayons, is about expanding a child's imagination. I wrote and sang this song to the children I babysat at 13 years old. Over the year's I have added additional verses and a chorus. My song has entertained hundreds of children in schools, libraries, and birthday parties, and encouraged them to use their imagination and "paint what they imagined" in the air. Given scarves as props, they would whoosh the scarves and "paint" with the colors they held in their hands. Afterwards, I would ask them to "hang it up" in the air and "show" everyone what they had painted, delighting in their detailed descriptions. Recently I found that the song helps soothe my mother, an Alzheimer's patient in a loving care facility near my home. Mom attentively read each page and her focus was longer than any other time I had seen before. I am now proud to present the printed version of my song "A Box of Crayons" with