1st Grade: The Dot Group Painting

"The Dot" Group Painting 

For the students first project, we read the book "The Dot" by Peter H. Reynolds. This book helps to encourage students that they can all be artists. It shows that all it take to create art is to "just make a mark and see where it takes you".(Peter H. Reynolds)

We talked about how to create art like the girl in the story, using only dots and circles. The students started with a single dot and went from there. The project also provided the young first graders a chance to practice working together. They worked very well in sharing their paint colors and well as working side by side.