This is one of my favorite lessons and is a great way to start off the year. Many of you have seen the book The Dot
There is a cute animated video from the book that you can see here and there is a whole website about the International Dot Day which is September 15.
The kindergarteners start by tracing lids on colored paper and cutting out the circles. They are glued on to paper. This is a good first project to gauge skill levels for cutting, tracing and gluing. Emphasize neatness, overlapping and layering.
During the next class period, the kindergarteners use markers to add dots to their picture.
Finally, use paint dotters to stamp additional embellishment.
I love how the pictures all turn out so different, even though they are just composed of dots and circles.
LOVE this lesson! Thank you so much for sharing. I am always looking for Kindergarten lessons (it doesn’t come intuitively for me). Stop by my new blog and take a look! http://steinlageartblog.edublogs.org/
Hi Marsha
What a wonderful project. I also love how different each artwork looks.
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Such a wonderful project! I’m browsing through your paint related posts, interesting stuff
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I was excited to find this idea. My Dot Day celebrations had to be on hold a bit this year, so I’ll be doing this next week with my kindy classes at my library.