Explore the world of 'The Dot' and get inspired to create your own masterpieces. Discover tips, tricks, and activities to unleash your creativity and embrace the power of art.
"The Dot" by Peter Reynolds is an amazing book to teach students about their own importance as well as growth mindset. This post shows how I use the book to build discussions about growth mindset as well as to let students be creative and explore using the book as a model. Growth mindset activities, growth mindset art, growth mindset projects, growth mindset lessons
International Dot Day is celebrated on September 15th. It is a day meant to encourage students to be creative, curious, and brave. The inspiration for the day comes from the book, The Dot , by Peter H. Reynolds. The story of The Dot centers around the main character, V
Handwriting has never been easy to teach to kindergartners, but it is in the Common Core Standards that they learn how to print letters correctly. Each year I have tried through the traditional ways of working on fine motor skills the first half and then formal handwriting sheets the second half of the year. It never worked so this year I tried something new... An inquiry about lines! I asked the kids what kind of lines they knew of. At first they drew straight lines, but then started to…
Like many other art teachers around the world, my students participated in International Dot Day. The students dressed up in polka dots, we watched the story of The Dot and sang along to The Dot s…