Kindergarten: The Dot

I like to start the year for kindergarten with a story called "The Dot" by Peter H. Reynolds.
It talks about a student who felt like they couldn't draw, so their art teacher tells them to make just one mark and see where it takes them. The character then creates many art pieces based off of a dot. I like this book to encourage my young students that everything they do in this class is art! To feel confident in what they do and to know we are all here to experiment and learn.
Kindergarten then designs their own dot using water color paints, just like the character in the book. We talked about making a dot by filling in the circle, or making a dot by NOT painting a dot. ( filling in everywhere around the circle).
Here are our dots!