The Dot Project

    The Dot was a fun project that showcased how to incorperate other subjects, like reading, into a art lesson. We read a short story called The Dot and then got to make our very own! We played around with different medium. I chose to use crayon, water color, water color crayons, and marker. I tried to use my white crayon to write the word "bloom" but it did not show up as well as I would have liked it to (trial and error). 

   It was a great way for students to play around with materials and medium to find out which one they like to use. Depending on the grade it also refines those fine motor skills. I also think that reading the story along side the project was a great way to get all students involved. Sometimes using different "eye-catchers'" is a great way to get students to be actively involved. There are many other lessons that could have gone along with the dot and even many other skills! 

    

Extension Activity:

    A great extension acrtivity would be instead of laying the coffee filter on tin foil, lay it on a piece of thick water color specific paper. Then you can encourage the students to design the dot and draw outside the lines. When the dot is dried you could raise the coffee filter off of the paper and see that you have made two dots! One using the coffee filter and one using negative space on the paper! This activity goes great alongside the book as well.