Dot Art

It was our 10th day of preschool today, and so we read the book Ten Black Dots, by Donald Crews, as part of our morning counting routine.

I put out dot markers and other utensils at the art table during center time to see if it might inspire any counting or dot art. For me, preschool art is more about letting the students experience the process of making art, rather than being worried about the finished product. So while the book models using dots as part of a larger picture, most of the students just seemed to just enjoy putting dots on the page.

Although, if you asked them to tell you about their pictures, many were able to identify some sort of meaning behind what they created.

One student moved onto using regular markers, and discovered she could make dots using those as well.