Dot day

Thanks to the alignment of our calendar and curriculum map this year, we're celebrating DOT DAY at the end of our "Colors All Around" unit. We've learned about primary colors, secondary colors and shades, and have been identifying shapes and types of lines. Searching for a dimensional art project that would be a great summary to the unit AND a link to Peter H. Reynold's beloved book, I stumbled across this video from Cassie Stephens, a wonderful art teacher: ... and EUREKA! Give the pieces…

"International Dot Day", a global celebration of creativity, courage and collaboration, began when teacher Terry Shay introduced his classroom to Peter H. Reynolds’ book The Dot on September 15, 2009. "The Dot" is the story of a teacher who challenges a doubting student to trust in her abilities to “make her mark”. What begins with a dot on a piece of paper becomes a breakthrough in confidence, which has gone on to inspire countless children and adults around the globe. To celebrate, each…

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This International Dot Day , make your mark MOVE! There are many ways to animate a dot, including using software, apps, a paper flip pad, stop motion with clay or objects... the options are endless. Here's one easy way to bring your dot to life: 1. Create your film in

Every year on September 15ish , students around the world celebrate International Dot Day. Inspired by Peter H. Reynolds book, The Do...

Making the rounds in social networking has been this wonderful post titled, "This is What Happens when you Give Thousands of Stickers to Thousands of Kids." from Colossal. This post shares the wonderful artwork called, "The Obliteration Room." If you haven't taken a look at their sticker dot covered white room

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There are dozens of ways to conduct your Dot Day celebration! This September 15th-ish celebrate with "The Dot Song." Singer-songwriter Emily Dale collaborated with Peter H. Reynolds to create this beautiful melody inspired by The Dot and International Dot Day ! Listen and sin

Every year on September 15ish , students around the world celebrate International Dot Day. Inspired by the book, The Dot , students are ...

In case you are looking for some dot art ideas to do with your kids, here are lots of them. 19 in total. Maybe you've read The Dot by Peter Reynolds and want to create dot art to tie in with that inspiring book. Or maybe you're studying pointillism or some other dot art style and want to try something similar. Or maybe you just want to make some fun art and try something new. I put this round-up post together because I got excited about all the different dot art ideas I was thinking about…