"The crayons we collected will be melted down to make new crayons for kids in children's hospitals," Overdeck said. In conjunction with a national group -- The Crayon Initiative, which recycles ...

Crayons And Choice: ... So if you do the math (and the ever-so-geeky Velo did) we have what is called Crayola's Law, which states: The number of Crayola colors doubles every 28 years.

Bedtime Math's free kit will guide teachers and students through colorful math exercises in which the kids will count, sort and weigh the crayons to learn basic statistics. Top-collecting schools ...

There are three crayons lying vertically on a desk in positions 1, 2 and 3. Red is not in second position, and yellow is not in an even-numbered position. Where is blue and in what order do the cra… ...

said Laura Overdeck, founder of Bedtime Math. “The Great Crayon Cleanout is a great way to get kids thinking about numbers in a meaningful way, while saving the environment and helping other kids.

“Every pound of broken pieces of crayon saved from the landfill can make 40 fresh new crayons, instead of becoming non-biodegradable sludge,” said Laura Overdeck, founder of Bedtime Math.