Painted Initials with First Grade

One of the best parts about lesson planning and blogging is the ability to get all sorts of new ideas quickly on the Internet.  This was a fun lesson I saw first on The Busy Librarian.

We read the book The Dot and the students received papers with their first initial drawn in pencil.  The students then used crayons to draw dots and circles on their initial.  Using watercolor paints, they painted dots and circles and made marks in the background.  The crayon acted as a resist to the paint, so the crayon was still visible even if paint was on top.

Have you seen Phyl’s virtual pajama party?  Check it out.  You will see a picture of yours truly in art teacher pajamas!