Dot Day

This week we participated in International Dot Day.     Dot Day is a day to celebrate being brave and taking a chance even though you think you can't do something.  We had so much fun trying out new things and meeting our new buddies!

We started our day by drawing our very own dots, just like the little girl in the story.

During Group Time, we sorted ourselves by kids wearing dots and kids not wearing dots. We noticed that the dots we were wearing came in all shapes and sizes!

Following Group Time, we all created 3 different kids of dots.  The first kind of dots we made were out of loose parts.  We used glass beads, gems, bracelets, elastics, lids, corks, rocks, etc and made a design on a big silver tray.

The second kind of dots we made were with pastels and paint. We worked together in small groups to make some very big dots and designs.

   

Then we used bingo dabbers to make lots of little dots.  We are going to use these rainbow dot pictures as a background for another art project. 

Another great thing about Dot Day this year is that we got to meet our Buddies.  Our buddies helped us cut out dots and decorate them using watercolours, markers, and crayons.  Once we finished making our dots, we glued them all together on long pieces of yarn to create a beautiful collaborative piece of art!