Description: For "Dot Day" we read the book The Dot by Peter Reynolds. We made our own dots with a coffee filter. First, we colored the filter with water-based markers (Crayola) and used them like watercolor, and also just used regular watercolor paint. We took a paintbrush soaked with water and painted the filter so the colors would bleed. Use more color than you think for a more vibrant result. Then, we let them sit out to dry over-night. After it was dry, we used crayons to add patterned detail to the dot.
Extension Activity: You can further hone in on the personalization of the dot by asking the students to repeat a specific symbol. The symbols should represent the student like a baseball if they like that sport or a dog if they have a pet. This repeating pattern could make a mandola and you can include different forms of symmetry: reflective, asymmetrical, radial. This possible extension activity would focus on radial symmetry.
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